The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-06

Because of the strike Of 900 yard
men in Chicago last week, that market
received but 1,400 cattle and 2,100
hogs in three days. The strike made
it necessary to unload hundreds OF
cars Of stock at various western feed
ing stations and the Chicago packers
sent their buyers to those points to
buy for shipment to their eastern
plants. Wilson and company bought
400 head of cattle at Galesburg last
Wednesday, and loaded them for
direct shipment to New York.
1t Is pretty generally recognized
that there will be as great or pos
sibly even greater need for gardens
this year than during war days. Met
ropolitan newspapers have already be-
gun to urge the planting Of every back
yard and vacant lot: first, for the
benefit Of the individual family, next,
cans Of peas, string beans. corn, toma-
toes, berries and fruits will partly re-
lieve the pressure on commercial can
ners and packers and have tendency
to keep prices within reasonable
bounds.
With reference to future possitlli-
ties because Of the present industrial
| drift; and Of the need for thrift and
for all possible food production, Frank
A. Vanderbilt, former president OF the
National City bank Of New York, said:
Fears a Deficient Harvest.
''Bolshevism will not touch US IN
America now because we are not
hungry. But may we not be hungry
soon? Industrial corporations are TAX
| ing men from the farms. 1t is fact
| that with the present supply of farm
labor they will not be fully planted
this year. 1t means a deficient harry
est next fall and a hungry world"
| The above quotation is from an ad-
dress delivered in Chicago few days
ago, in which Mr.. Vanderlip discussed
the causes of high prices and gave the
] imitation OF our currency as the basic
reason for the H. c.. L. Imitation re-
suited in high wages, and because of
high wages, labor lost the connection
between efficiency and the pay envel-
ope Today labor works at so per
cent efficiency"
Grain Men Want s5,ooo,ooo
Grain dealers from Kansas, Okla
homa, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois
are represented by a committee in
Washington in a quest for 100000
This amount they claim to have lost
in 1917 through the fixing Of the price
Of wheat at 60 cents less than the
| then current market price.
The dealers now claim that they
were misled by the food admins
, traitor and the president of the grain
corporation, who told them that there
was no authority for fixing the price
On this assurance, it is claimed, the
dealers went ahead and contracted
for and sold grain. The later setting
of the price upset all their calcula
lions, lowered the price of their grair
and netted them loss that they are
now asking congress to make Uncle
Sam pay.
Russia Has Vast Supplies
An amazing statement comes from
Russia to the effect that there are
100000 tons of grain ready for ship
ment in that country. Siberia has {
surplus of about 100000 tons, it is
claimed, and that Ukraine can spare
the balance. 1t is also stated, in eff
feet, that Russia has a pound of but
ter to spare for every man, woman
and child in America, an unlimited
number of eggs. and an incredible
amount of meat for export. wheneve