Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-10

extendfnx ovor III the yc1rs o8 fhe presepf century. HErmoI8 gEeW so weary of wo11dnk for nothinE and boardinx thsmsefves: that they pssen The result was noticeebie reduc- ton Of croppaBes and consequent shortaze of suppIy in the face of en- largsd demand That another reason Farmers simply havnt got the soods to sell didn't rase them. last year, because they were begfnndng to tire of the sorry work of growing them market" rates which didn't pay any profit on the cost of production
 And right tEers eones in the real ket' rates which have been used for so many past years to bludgeon farmers out Of their pruzfts and even their rights. have not. usuAaly, peen 1ssed on edfhsr pzoGurs.on or ,,; dsma ns. that demand yovuus DupUey and CO., trols prices. r u1l xle11t aB . theory and would WoGk eun0kiy-if the mar ket controlled 1tDsH inetshd q being merely the fzctitt0us invention and supple tool Of uttsrly unDcrypu7ous and greedy manipuisturI.
 For ths past tswsnty and more years. the price of potaHoes, For instance, ply on Arooscoolk fields and the aud ible demand from New York city kitchens, but by the opportunities which grasping speculatore and eoif- ated to depress the price to the pro ducer and enhance the price to the consumer,-for their own gain. Same with meats; same with fish; same with cereals.
 And these opportunities for pillage have not been originally due to any thing on the farms or in farmers, but solely and entirely to city conditions and city mismanagement.
 When the great city milk distr1but- ors of New York not only admit but actually seem to brag that it costs them three times as much to pass g quart of milk from the farmers can to consumers jug as the farmer gets for producing the milk, there's no further room for discussion The sy-s- tenn which makes such an absurd par adox possible is and must be an ut teriy wasteful. incompetent, dunder-
 Yet the farmers have no responsfbii ity for it nor any power to amend 1t
 Whether the consumers have or not Is for them to say. And the sooner what they can or may do in this re- gard, the better.
 But the government might do much. | has been for many years pouring out advice and suggestion to farmers, mint, could and should devote some of its attention and some of it's outgo to the consumers. side oc the prob lem, and help that seemingly self helpless class to protection against the gangs of marqzet-manipiat- DTS and produce handlers, whose ex- toftions have, for many years, des- boiled both rural farmer and city con- sinner of unfold millions
 don't think many farmers want ,harity or are willing to live on gifts. even from the government They don't want free seeds or free advice half as much as they want fair play 1 for what they do and what they pro- l luce. They don't want to be molly ,od'dled or wet-nursed; they want to l oe treated like men, nan-fashion.
 When we get,-if we ever do-a gov statesmen rather than one | " wooly-mouthed and frothy- brain l d spelrbinders, that government will | make 1t a primary duty to see that | he producers of the nations food make up hak the popu- ation-are assured adequate. facilities or the conduct of their all essential | abors; and that the consuners--who nake up the other hak.-are protected gainst both graft and Iaiwiess greed n the part of the in-between band1- rs.
 At present governments, both na. onai and state, are trying to stir up nd shalSe up and whip the farmess to lore st1.nuous not to say more fever Ih activity; not for the ultimate ben- lit of either consumers or producers ut for the profit of middlemen and oh ma kers.
 This is not only putting the cart efore the horse, it is also turning the art on it's back and then licking the ! orse because he doesn't go faster nd haul a bigger load.
 THE FARNER
 His Usual Way. r. Why worrq, even should Bryan gain declare himself a. candidate for le presidency? He would merely be l ljoying himself in his accustomed ay.-C1eveland Leader. Watertown.-A correspondent re- orts that at least 5000 bushels of po- ltoes are being held in that town in l 1ticinatiOn Of a frrrffef- 1-f<e in !