The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-01

continue going round and round until the
laborer awakens to his responsibility and
realizes that he must use that word living
as a yardstick to measure the value OF
dollar by. And that he must produce some
thing as a commodity of commercial value
to go into the channels of trade SO there
will be enough Of all commodities to meet
the demands of consumption and then, and
not untib then, will supply and demand
govern the price.
Distribution is another item that comes
very close to production and whiel too
many times adds much to the cost OF an
article and makes widespread in the price
between producer and consumer. Too many
times the consumer believes that the pro-
parasite Chat is. they. that toll not,
existence by living off the fruits of Some
one else's labor) This will be changed
only by a closer relation between the pro;
cooperation between the two.
Then perhaps. we might say here is
very little produced that does not pass into
the hand of speculation somewhere, and too
| often there Is too muc:i speculation AS
long as production is below consumption
speculation viii be rampant, for as long
as any commodity is scarce, there will be
hoS Of t hs e
pose of increasing the demand and thereby
raise the price But as soon as there. is
then there is no desire for speculation -
Then there is too much waste in dis
| tribution: for many. times when there is
a good crop CT any kind grown more than
there is a local demand fer 1t seems as
| tho there is no market to be found else
where and transportation is such that it
canot be gotten to There there are people
that are in need Of that particular com
| modify. Again. too many. times. as 1t is
were more potatoes grown than there were
needed locally, but dealers would pay only
oeed ?F and a aepea
| east. And in other localities nearby in
Nebraska. Wisconsin and Minnesota pota-
S2.25 to $3.50 per bushei and the same is
| true with apples and many other products
| that might be mentioned.
Then again there is often too much waste
i with the housewife; she does net at all
| times aexercise. as much judgment as she
might, especially in the cities. She buys
/ time she buys over the telephone. She
calls up the butcher to buy her meat and
| the baker to get her bread and the grocer
for her canned goods and vegetables an she
wants them all delivered at the door and
must have them at once as 1t is only thirty
| pay for the telephone, also for delivering
/ those goods. Then she has them charged
must Of necessity be some lost accounts
| which those who pay their bills must help
/ bear, all of which must be added to the
cost of the goods. If the, consumer would
| get into the habit of buying more in guam
| titles at one time and from the producer
neighbors and buy collectively It would be
most to their advantage. Also pay for.
goods as they get them, and learn to pre-
pare and preserve more Of the foods and
bake their own bread and prepare their
| meals much as their grandmothers did, We
are Inclined to believe there would be
quite little saved in this way. for many
| times it is more the cost of living high
than 1t Is the cost of high living.
! So after summing It all up We cannot
! help but think and believe that to get
back into normal conditions each one
| must put his shoulder to the wheel and
realize that we have part to do and
| a duty to perform and that We owe 1t to
] ourselves as well as our country, and that
we put in as much time as possible and
/ that we must produce something of COM
mercial value that may be used by some
| one.