The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-25

Senator Gore pf Oklahoma Is
brilliant man sna has made a good
record rerresenting his state N con
fress. However. Of late IL seems a.
thought he h suffering from an all.
ment which has had 0 tendency q
make him take a gloomy view oi
life. Witness. FOR Instance. his TRADE
in the senate a few days ago when
she food control bill vas under con-
s~sderatlon. He declared that the bill
will strike at the fasmer: viii cause
losses to producers this year Of s2se.-
100000 In wheat and $500. Gee. oeo In
corn and result in famlnq next year
through reduced production
senator Gore may be right. Bu,
we doubt H., We do not believe the
bill viii have the effect OF reducins
the amount which the farmer re-
ceives for his grain. The TACT OF the
matter Is The farmer has cen the
goat 90 a great extent in the past.
ERa AllNA4Nhta ~ AEM a4aE tARAN NNN
senator delivered his speech agains;
the food control bin on the floor ~
the senate Il was announced that the
farmers Of AIR. Cores own state did
NOT receive TO exceed sl.22 a bushel
for their wheas last ear. although
whoa sold FOR twice thai figure. Tho
difference went TO the mlddlemen.
Therefore the farmers Of the country
Oklahoma inciuded-did not prof,
TO any great extent from HI high
price OF wheat.
II must be admitted that this prob
lem Of food control Is n Of great
magnituxle and II may require some
months to set the machinery In mo-
ton and get 1t TO working smoothly.
The plan may not work on tas nicely
as anticipated. However. the average
individual is satisfied hat there Is
something radically wrong with our
plan OF marketing foodstuffs and a
change will be welcome. No matter
what the change IL. II a hardly be
worse than the situation prevailing
at the present time.
For instance: Everybody has been
finding fault with the high price Of
potatoes. Of May IL Irish potatoes
were selling on the New York market
Tor from 81 to $3.50 n bushei although
in England. thousands OF miles from
her base Of food supplies and with
the dread submarine lurking around
her borders. potatoes sold on the
same date for sl.54 a bushel.
ON April ls bread sold In Wash
ington az : cents a pound. while in
London and Liverpool IL sold AT s
cents per pound. The bread SOLD In
ENGLAND was made out Of wheat
grown In this country which vas
transported across the Atisntic. the
shipment having been subjected to
high transportation and Insurance
charges.
NA IAAAt - NtA'tA NNAA w WV - .
az 81 cents per pound and IN Liver
pool al rs and 20 cents per pound
This bacon sold abroad had been pur-
chased M the middle west, the loca-
tion Of nearly an the big packing
houses. u had then been hauled 4
the Atlantic saaOoard and s.0e'
miles across the ocean. Arriving a
its destination Il was sold at a pric'
practically she same ~ h people %
The United states had to pay for IL
on May o No. 2 hard winter whes
sold Ia New York At s5.2a per bushel
81 IAverpooI at sac 10 &2ss aud Il
Paris at s2f5 60 sass per bushei
This IN an probability was our owl
wheat.
Even IN Germany the price ~ breal
has been held 20 a figure that amount
70 a little less than . cents per Jos
~ aealns, 5 cents on May .. Germany
a. everybody knows, Is s%urrounde
with a ring Of steel, cut or from al
supply Of the world, dependent abso
1utely upon her own resources, bu
she h seeing that her consuming por
ulatlon D. getting bread al 3 cents
loaf while we. the riehest. frees
and greatest nation on earth. wit
nothing 10 Interrupt t~ransportatio
facilities have 10 pay 3 cents moi
per o than .hey are paying In 0cl
many.
sugar ia Germany has ilnctua''
between : and s cents per ponn'
while In Washington u has nuctuate
from Z cents ~ April. 1870 90
cents per pound in 1911 Potato
are being sold ~ N5s per hnndre'
weight. or about 81 per bushel
oermsny. although II Is stated IN
during the pas, scar In Germany %
,atoes we're exceedingly scarce re
nj. Id tho United states have pee
pa,sne from 81 To- 81 a hushel for %
tafoer.
The foregoing figures were g''h'ie