The Washington times., 1919-03-27


Do not forget tha. the high cost of living like the
hRh cast Of anything ess means that somebody Is GET
TING MORE MONEY THAN HE USED TO GET
Ths higher cost Of living means among other things,
that the farmer who used to be the verge Of bankruptcy
Dadsd with mortgages and Worries is getting great deal
marc than be used get and is happier than be used to be-
70 emphasize the farmers poverty they used to say
thAt when the farmer ate chicken, 1.-THE chicken
nick, the farmer sick
They meant that the farmer would not eat q chicken
unless he himself ILL., unless 'ths chicken sick
and had to be eaten to prevent its dying and becoming
total lO8.
Conditions have changed for the farmer He eats
chickens that hardy and fourishing, he longer
lives skinned milk and salt pork.
Agricultural machinery and agricultural science, taught
IN hundreds of admirable colleges enable him grow
hundred bushels where he used to grow yand he gets
more for each busheL
Better rOads-due largely to the automobile it
easier for him to get his goods to market
Farmers unions, oranges, and other organizations
have enabled the farmers to work together instead Of being
cheated separaeyhat has made better prices for the
farmers and better profits. i
The rural free delivery, carrying the of the day
to the farmers including the latest ideas in agriculture
and the latest prices of his products have protected him
against dishonest dealers.
The telephone connecting the farms and the stores
has saved the farmers tme-and with the farmer espe
ciaIy time is money.
The telephone and the rural free delivery by the way
have also cut down by about one-haf the of in
sanity among farmers wives.
The farmers wife was once poor wornout woman
before she had reached thirty Eighteen hours day was
her days work in And her husband little
camp meeting highly beneficial but slightly dole
full, prayer meeting a week
Now the farmers wife when her husband is an able
man. has her literary and social club Her daughter is
lightly touching real piano with intelligent fingers and
her grownup is working mechanical musical instru-
ment with his heavy feet.
There is red automobile in the barn. the folks col
INTO town to attend heaters public meetings. and look
around generally.
The life that the saddest the hardest the least
remunera+ive of ALL the life of farmer the life that was
led in ignorance of the outside world and of true farming
ITSELF rapidly becoming life of independence of happi
ness life guaranteed against want life that is really
worth while and toward which the weary dwelers in the
cities begin by the millions to turn longing eyes.
When you think of the high cost Of living remember
ta in part least the meaning of the higher prices is
THAT THE FARMER Is BEGINNING TO GET SOME
THING FOR his WORK.
No man gTudgeS or should grudge him that. When you
rad that pork live weight cattle on the hoof" sell
S0r prices higher than known before you are
reading that the that actually produce the animals are
FSsting something for their trouble
The duty Of the citizen Is make sure the money spent
@ higher cot Of living ACTUALLY GOES TO THE NAN
WHo DOES THE WORK. The problem is not TO cut down
&c iam not 10 put potatoes back thirty cents bushel
g EN- - any osnta
y As hoaghiiu oitiasn would, he could partly solve