Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-29
Hay MAY TRIM
COST Of LIVING
8umper Crop Expected to Bring
Material Reduction in Cost
of Food Products.
BY 3. c. FORBES.


down Articles of clothing made from
cotton should also move in the same di-
rection, while if woolens do not decline
the public will have reason to feel cha :
grined over the outcome Of tariff revi-
sion
What crop, think YOU, ranks next in
value to King Corn? Cottono No
Wheat9 Not at all. It is hay. The Wall
Street breed of farmer seldom realizes
this. Indeed, city dvellers hear so little
about this inconspicuous product that
they do not grasp how intimately it af-
fects their household bill This year's
grass crop promises to pass all records,
thanks 10 the abundance Of moisture
Now, with an abnormal supply of green
grass and hay. the farmer will he able to
raise plenty Of cattle to supply all do
mestie requirements and the needs of for
eign customers.
You viii recall-if YOU have anything
to do with household accounts that every
time the butcher adds a few cents more
TO his charge for meat he lays all the
blame at the door of Nature there is a
great scarcity Of fodder owing to the
drouth. he conveniently explains The
same reason is given when butter and
milk soar skyward. Hence, it should and
no doubt will-follow that a bumper crop
of grass spells lower prices for these com
modites Of everyday use
Sunshine viii Bring Hsrvests.
Woman service has latterly been rem
dered the United States by King Sol \
few weeks of such feather as has recently
been enjoved will work wonders in Great
ing a agricultural wealth, upon which our
prosperity so largely depends Let us
have harvests or unprecedented size and
no amount of political wrangling will hold
the country back. at least not in the
near future. although the political por-
tends are grave enough to rause capital
10 pause
The extreme desirability Of more gen
erous Yields Of farm products will he
realized when it is noted that while food
stuffs show an increase Of less than two
per cent for the last decade the rise in
value has been some so per cent Popula
ton has gone UP - per cent in the same
period
Fnanciers are striving herolcaly to re
main unmoved by the political storms
now raging But their equanlmity does
not mean Indifference. One morning
there VIII probably be real od-fash-
loned scare, and then security values Will
temporarily tumble headlong.
Outlook Politically.
Wall Street can not foresee the outcome
of the present many-sided struggle But
here is one financial reading Of the situa :
tion:
II President Taft receives the Republi
can nomination Mr.. Roosevelt will found
new party and the split VIII result in
the election Of the Democratic candidate.
II. on the other hand. Mr.. Roosevelt wins
at Chicago and the Democrats select =
worthy leader close fight is expected
No condolences are betrayed by saying
that Wall Street believes Mr.. Roosevelt $
bark is much worse than his bite would
actually be If elected. Nor is capital
after its experience with the Republicans
during the last ten years, greatly afraid
of Democra tic rule.
The truth Is. that many Of America :
strongest men Of affairs are veering round
TO the view. already forced upon British
employers. that the people will not rest
satisfied until the relations between CAPT
tai and labor, between the rich and the
poor. have undergone substantial modif-
cation A more equitable distribution Of
profits. a Encouragement of taxation less
discriminatory tariff schedules are among
the demands that will not be sienced
Day of the ProgressiVes.
For good or for evil and surely II IS
for good progressive" legislation is
being forced upon the statute books. not
ONLY OF this country but of the most en-
lghtened nations of Europe Certain far
sighted capitalists are now urging their
colleagues not to throw themselves yainiy
against the tide, but rather to endeavor,
bv fair means. to direct the tide into le-
gi1imate and non -runous channels
Business is doing little better, The
warmer weather has stimulated purchas-
ing of goods at retail Prospects Of boun-
teous crops are causing the railroads to
order enormous quantities Of material
and prices are d shade higher in one or
two lines Traffic even now Is of heavy
volume but net earnings are not cor
respondinglv satisfactory.
Railway tiremen in the East and freight
handlers in the West are agitating for an
advance in wages. and the selection OF ar
bitrators for the Eastern engine drivers
dispute has had to he passed up to gov
eminent officials Labor troubles, there
fore are not an impossibilty
Anthracite Producers Gain.
Anthracite producers have simply
thrown the burden Of the increase in
wages upon the defenseless public In
deed. they have gone further they have
added few million dollars extra. so they
are better off than under the old sched
ule It is naively explained that the adj
ditional twenty-five cents A ton can not
he levied upon certain sizes. as there
would be competition from bituminous
coal but the householder. cornered, must
use anthracite and must pay whatever
price the producers please to name
In face Of The fortunes the anthracite
Interests have been piling up for Years.
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