Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-05
that full advantage 10 to be taken Of
these things this year. perhaps to q
greater extent than ever before.

that full advantage 10 to be taken o.
these things this year, perhaps to 8
greater extent than over before.
What WIN the Poor City People Do:
Contrast in your mind, the condi-
tons surrounding tho average family
on the farm. with those surrounding
the family that lives In tho city. where
1t 10 impossible for them to produce
anything at all. and consequent,
| must buy everything they will need.
At the present time it is a wonde,
moment, how the city family car
live at all. There has een q very
great increase in the cost Of all ar
uoles Of food. and in many cases
there has also been advance in the
pay they receive, but the increase In
wages in many cases does not CORE
spond with the increase in the cost
Of living.
Tho country cannot get along with.
out the workers in the city to produce
the things which they must buy from
them, and neither can the city people
get along without the farms, to pro-
duce the food and other things which
they must buy to live o n, while
manufacturing.
There 10 . cry. or has been, auoons
tho producers. that they were not r
ceivins a fair return for their prod
ucts. but at the present time there II
. very great cry among the consum-
I.ers, against the prices they have to
Epay for products Of the farm.
Better Methods OF Distribution Must
Be Arranged.
We hear . great deal in this period,
about tho methods Of distribution OF
food products. and there IL no CUES
don but what there are great things
to be accomplished in working out
better methods Of distribution.
The consumer at the present time,
is getting the worst Of It. There can
be no complaints from the producer,
as to the prices he is securing for his
products, but there a be q COM
plant made hat there is too much OF
q margin between the amount receiv-
ed by the producer and that which is
paid by the consumvr.
h question is an old one and has
never been SO prominent as It IL al
the present time. Unquestionably
there must DO something done to
bring about better conditions. Every
body is telling the farmer that the
whole question IL up to him, but the
farmer does not always see it in this
way. He realizes that It is up to him
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idea Of larger crops and selling them
for even high prices, and yet see the
consumer pay proportionately more
for what he receives that he ever did
before. 1t cannot be said that this
is not true. The margin between tbs
producer and consumer has been
gradually widening. until It 10 entire
~ too wide at the present time. II
something is not done to stop thia
widening there ID going to be . reck-
oning that may not DO food for our
system Of production and distribu-
ton. II some Of the energy now dis
played In telling the farmer how to
increase his production, were spent in
showing how to distribute this pro
duction o economically among the
consumers there would be mucn NOR
headway made.
Farmers Doing Their Best.
At tho present time there 10 nc
question but that the farmers are do
Ing absolutely everything that can be
expected Of them, and in many case.