Evening journal., 1910-04-18
ALL COUNTRY
MAY EAT SOON
Price Of FOOdStuffS Bound to
Come Down, say Observers
WESTERN FARMS
BECOME GLUTTED

NEW YORK April 1s.-There is every
indication that the consumer of food in
the big cities, after onriching the whole
saler the retailer and the farmer-who is
now riding about the country in his auto.
with his farm and his home cleared Of
debt with a fat bank account and with
his sons and daughters away at college
is about 20 come into his own in the mat
ter OF lower prices for edibles.
The much sought relief in month or
two away IL Is true but, according TO the
best authorities. It has got TO come. There
are several reasons for IT, one of them
and the chief one, according to men who
have studied the subject closely-is that
the farm and ranch are about quilted
with their products. The ranchman has
fattened his cattle TO the limit and he has
now 90 get his stock Off his hands. The
farmer must get his produce into the city
market, or IL will rot I'm his harms. An
other reason IS that all over tho nation,
according TO the best reports, men who
never raised a head Of cattle are going
into the bushes on "a considerable scale
ana men who never grew an ounce OF
grain are planting their fields with t.
Farmers who never saw anything in poul-
try raising have listened to the siren Of
the markets lifting the song Of % cents
pound for fowls ana their incubators
are working fun time. All OF which. the
students of the situation say. is making
for such an overproduction OF the staple
commodities Of life that, though the farm
err may keep his auto. the prices he will
get for his produce a couple Of months
hence will at least make him economical
with his gasoline.
on the Produce Exchange within a
week or two have been seen many
straws which Indicate the direction of
the foodstuffs wind. Several months
ago. for instance, pork was quoted at
81 a barrel mere than it was selling for
on Saturday, the quality or grade being
the same Hogs on the hoof are
bringing 50 less on the 100 pounds, and
lard has fallen away cent a pound
in the tub
Last April corn brought 90 cents a
bushel more than it was quoted on the
exchange i'm the last few days, and
grain is 10 cents a bushel cheaper on
the average. A year ago wheat was
selling at Si.2O a bushel. cash. and now
il is "a fraction under S1.1O
one of the leading credit agencies
Of the country declares the top notch
price of $1.45 "a hushel for wheat and
80 cents a bushel for corn made The
Western farmers wealthy beyond their
fondest dreams. II has enabled them
to take advantage of all the latest auto
matte devices for planting and harvest
ing their crop. Everything about the
farm and dairy where the use of human
hands is not imperative is being done
| by machinery. The farm is being con-
Quoted with half the help formerly
needed.
The farmer had fat bank account.
did not need ready cash, his crops were
bountiful and he decided 70 keep his
pork in an animated state. He could
feed il Off the farm. He has done So
His hogs are now fat and they are al
together too numerous TO suit him
| Meanwhile. the city man has learned
that he can live without pork and corn.
and is doing H. The pens of the West
| are glutted The granaries are bulging.
| So. say the prophets the slaughter of
| prices will pogin,