The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-08-25
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'"Ho VT ultCuAc, and
not from the lack of opnortun,,t,. mi, tho ,,..rt,,
union ana Injustice apparently incident to our
present Industrial system While tho problem of
inc poor has always been and doubtless will al
ways be. with u.s. that il no reason why we should
a.ep' with eomplacency conditions which. II
uo' capable OF being completely reformed are
T" Ishht. chphblc OF considerable correction
The Increase In the cost of living in recent
years mas given new interest to attempted ex.
plantations Of existing conditions and various the.
o'es "e oHered We are told that the Increase
In the amount OF gold production, or rather the
decrease In the cost OF gold production, has low.
cred It's value, and. therefore enlarged our moas.
ure OF value, with consequent increase In the
cost OF necessities well as the luxurIes of life
"'thou' a corresponding increase In wages and
salaries: that combinations and trusts have I'm.
creased the price OF their products by arbitrarily
hiking the price Of the raw material to the pro-
Queer and the price OF the finished product TO the
consumer; that labor unions have Increased the
cost OF the necessaries OF lifo by the Increase
that they have brought about in wages; and
hnally, the explanation Ia offered that supply has
not Kept pace with demand that consumption has
increased more rapidly than has production
II Is unusual that general condition Ia TO be
attributed 20 any one cause. That all OF these
influences are more or less responsible for the
present conditions is probably true. That n per.
manent correction OF the tendency OF the price OF
the necessities OF life TO increase must be based
upon a proper relation between supply and de-
mand Ia at once apparent A demand increas
Ing out OF proportion TO the available supply ia
sufficient In and OF itself TO cause an increase I'm
prices. And any correction OF the other conditions
which may have helped to bring about the in.
crease In the cost Of living must necessarily fail
unless there Ia maintained n proper relation be.
tween consumption and production. The fact that
In 1903 tho value OF our exports OF food stus de.
creased. an compared with 1908 eighty seven mil.
lions OF dollars while tho value OF the food stuIa
Imported ~ Lee,
millions OF dollars making a charge OF one hun.
dred and twentyfour millions OF dollars upon the
wrong side Of our national ledger. shows that the
consumption OF that which We produce has been
Increasing more than has the production
To bring about correction OF these conditions
II is apparent at once that there must be an In.
crease in production. aud the question IL how IL
this to be accomplished We must either use to
better advantage the soil that is already In cult.
walton. or cultivate that which is now uRcutlynted
The truth IL. we must do both Production in
this country, as compared with other countries
shows that are not using to the best advan
tnge the great resources with which nature has
endowed MS, The average production Of wheat
In the Netherlands Is "a bushels to the acre; in
England, 80; In Germany 2S In France, 90, while
In the United states II s only II. The same dis.
parity Is found In fields Of corn properly cultivated
compared with those not properly cultivated
In recent report T. was stated that ap.
proxlmately 40 per cent OF the soil that was cul.
hvated was used in such way as to decrease.
rather than Increase. its productivity The cor.
rection Of this condition OF inadequate production.
due 10 lack Of scientific methods OF cultivation
must come from the agricultural department OF
the United States and the agricultural colleges OF
the different states. From these sources the farm.
ers must get the scientific information which viii
enable them to adopt not only effective methods
of agriculture. but effective methods for consery.
Ing the productivity OF the soil The other cor.
FpCtiOn he ned nv nd
larger portion Of our population to engage in the
Of the soil
We can all agree as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF the
Back TO the Soil" movement But how to make
Il effective and successful is anothe and far more
difficult problem Some time ago George AIDE, the