South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-05
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RAISING THE PRICE
on BULLDOGS AND on MIX


once upon a time the story goes = certain pro
fessionaI entered his Office az the accustomed
morning hour bright and delighted .G made four
hundred dollars Breakfast this morning he said
TO partner. That might not have meant 90 very
much had trust maFnate pulled g. but 70 p-o-
fessional it was conside-abie
Pray. wise said partner. How asa
you do ite"
II raised the price my buLdogr answered tho
party the first part-and then picking I'D the morn
Ing paper he THAI dealers had announced
the price milk 20 the extent OF two cents
quart. There was 10 be 81 even sPlt vlsh pro
Queer.
The main difference between me professional man
and the maAman is thai bulldogs are not a necessity
but milk is-or nearly The professional man could
take his consolation realization that no was
sporting expensive luxury while the rnilknan
starts out to cash in on necessity Mr.. Ultimate
Consumer pays tie BILL and OF course It. is AL on &C
tho war.
Yea now the milk producers are not even ssushed
with the announcement OF the dealers one cent raise
is no, enough their share. The var has put such
awful burdens them that they cant make an sven
grade. They get FOR their corn by holding
high market than they can get To- their hoEs
feeding them; they can get more for their
cattle feed By selling 1t than they can BY feeding II "a
their dairy COWS selling the AND then tho cows
IN other words the price % bulldogs gouo UP 50
q
excuse for what the professional Iaan did
We would like know where the corn ana oAsss
feed goes to for which the farmer Is getting such
handsome prices There must he consumption some
The situation is almost amusing as Il is cor
temptible. Eliminating the farmers greed quite IN
keeping with that Of the Spectator and ditto, MS
adaptabty the spectators habits preference.
in other words. easier methods OF accommodating
funds-and milk be produced and distributed "a
but slight increase the price years
when it selling TO consumers at six cents a
quart They making money then: they who knew
how. cent quart the average product OF most
any COW worth keeping in dairy would for the
legitimate increase IN maintenance upkeep and dis
tribuuon The OF il is fat perhaps not with tho
farmer. the dairyman. dealer altogether 70 blame
but fiat Everybody has been raising price on
BULLDOGS before breakfast.
And what is the answer They're wrestling with
at Washington-food control. a minimum maxi
price for things guaranteeing 10 the producer a
price at which he produce make a legitimate
profit and protecting the consumer on the other hand
boy maximum price above which even spectators must
Between those two prices speculation might
left At hearts provided prices ara
rightly hxed.-and they cannot be made much worse
than they are now
Besides since price fixing" appears TO be such
magnificent order of the day farmers dairynen. mills
dealers the Elgn trade etc meeting and pro-
ceeding thus viii, defying the law. "the
devil" really cannot see why Il wouldn't be just az
righteous for oraanized society indulge
the ALL even II # is something little
different
right here is where We Jump in and help the
president or scrape DON'T the food control
measure be blocked by that commissioners three
amendment Mr. President You can appoint as such
commissioners Woodrow Wilson Hoover and ms. Ana
YOU bet your life we'd make the thing unanmoue
by voting with Hoover every time. Hoover can do an
the bossing and work too, for all we care