Show NEW ilou e membership two le apportionment bills seek 1 ing to increase inci ease the membership of the house haying failed republican leaders have decided to drop the mat ter lanclo Ln clo joe will retire when abraham lincoln was being eulogized in ili the house of representatives senta tives on oil his birthday anniversary there sat in ill the chamber as a member one who had been an associate is and personal friend of the gi gibat eat emancipator that was joseph G cannon cainion the veteran legislator bioni illinois while the ceremony was in ili pi ogress progress mr cannon let it be known that lie he would not again be a candidate for congress ho he is now eighty six yeats of age and his family has prevailed upon him to recognize the fact that lie he is an a n old man and shoals should let tile the responsibilities spoils bill ties and carb of office go to those who are more able to bear tile the burdens uncle joe 1 is s perhaps the most beloved man in washington and the old animosities and r rancor ancor of ills his former political battles battle have been forgotten by reason of tile the sweetness of his manner in ili the closing years of ills his life ak tenant failers in ili the united states state rent land equal to the combined area of texas illinois iowa Air arkansas kausas michigan wisconsin ind and florida rl orida dr C L stewart land economist declares arcs in analyzing figures issued by the department of agriculture alio showing wing that farm tenancy is increasing more rapidly than census figures indicate tenants he says operated 37 17 per cent of the farm lands of the country in 1920 representing 42 per cent of tile the improved acreage and 41 44 4 1 per cent of the total valuation of the improved and unimproved land improved land and under lease alone equals six times the area of illinois lie he added and tile the unimproved land rented is equivalent to more than the entire area of france in ili 1920 11 said dr stewart part owner tenancy involved coined acres which added to the acres reported in tenant farms swells the total of rented laud land to acres and the valuation from to about 11 in ili point of acreage of 0 all land leased dr stewart continued both Dela delaware waro and illinois have long since passed the halfway half way mark and in ili improved laud rented the halfway half way mark has now been passed by alabama georgia iowa kansas mississippi oklahoma south carolina south dakota texas and washington the highest percentage of temacy shown by state on tho the basis of improved acreage is tor for georgia while tile the highest on oil the basis of valuation is for illinois w 1 agricultural liepo icv for 1921 the department of commerce states that the total volume of exports of the principal agricultural products tor for the year 1921 amounts t to 0 over ver tons tells compared with ali tons in it 1900 1920 and tons in ill 1913 in fact we export the largest total volume of such products of any year in ili our history the principal commodity is grain including grain products product which alone amounted to tons in ili 1921 as compared with and in fit 1920 and 1913 1 respectively the exports of cotton exceed those of 1920 which is also true of meat ineat products sugar oil cake and meal and tobacco there was a slight decline in ili the exports of dairy products pio ducts and vegetable oils when we come to consider the price paid for the exports to europe we find that the united states received a little less than for agricultural products the past year as compared with a little over in ili 1920 and a little over ill ili 1913 in money va value lue therefore wo we have received eel ed only about two tuo thirds as mush for our total exports as in 1913 all and I 1 i received therefore about twice a as s much goods considering tile the economic condition in ili europe it in may a be recorded as rather remarkable that they have been able actually to buy from us its twice as much of these princ prine nial ial products as they did in in 1910 3 these purchases have been financed by the european countries without ann any apparent difficulties Anic rican abc ile 98 per pel cent shops the necessity of affording ample protection to american industry can not be more strikingly set forth than in data just issued by tile the national industrial conference board compiled front from the U S census of manufacturers this compilation shows that 98 per par cent of all manufacturing fac turing establishments in it the united states employed or ies less wage earners in ili tile the great indesh aai boom year of 1919 in ili ot other h er words all but 2 per beut of the manufacturing establishments in ili the united states are what would be called small shops which by reason of their limited mechanical and financial rebours es lie ire unable to meet foreign competition unless afforded ample protection by proper tariff laws |