SOME FACTS FOR IOWA COUNTY FARMERS.
In the county of lowa there were, ac
cording to t he census of 1880,167 851 acres
in improved farms valued at a total of
$8,222,331. Reduce this o a gold basis
and it was $7,149,354.
Ton years robed away. Improvements
were piled on these farm*. More acreage
was brought under improvement, and
when the census of 1880 was t aken there
were 253 677 acres of improved land, a
gain of 34 per Cin f . Ba‘ the total valu<
of these farm*, wi h 86000 more im
proved acres, with all their valoah'e im
provemsnts were th<-a valued a* only
$7,603,489, a gc : n of only $350,000 in
round number*. In o‘her words, the
improvemen's of t-n years, the -abjura
tion of 86 000 more acrt s of land, had
simply held the value of the w iOh sub
stantially Stationary.
That is the way the high tariff has
helped the farmers of lowa ouan’y. The
ten years of toil and of improvement
wore practically thrown away. Tne
county was worth practically the same
that it was ten years before. ha’ was
the way protection kept i's promise to
the farmers. They paid for protection to
the eastern sta'es. Every n< oeißry of
life they used was taied for the benefit ot
the eastern manufacturers. Cons'quent
ly Massachusetts, New York and Pcnnsyl
vania showed enormous gains in personal
property. Hat the broad acres of the
western farmer declined in value. He
added houses and barn s with lumber and
iron and paint, alt tariff taxed, and miles
and miles of fences. He added to the
acres under improvement; but still the
heavy hind of depression held him and >wn.
