Evening journal., 1920-12-01
40 BILLIONS
INVESTED IN
FARMS OF i. 5.
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continued from first pas
ntuaiion In this country were made
ecently by Prssident-elec. Harding.
he said
We must arouse the country 10 the
menace 90 It's future, unless Amer
can agriculture is preserved. A ma
ions life is no longer than the span
lf her agricultural health II is land
hunger which POUNDS revolutions.
lnarchy and decay We must look Ouf
'arming problems squarely in the
acc. Bunglin~ and economic nom
tense, which have smOthered farmers,
must cease Agricultural problems
nusl b. met in The full sunlight OF
definition and forward marching
we have come DO the point In ih is
country VIII re W realaize and appre-
,iafe as never before the truth and
ogc OF Mr. Hardng's staten nts
"a few statistics Will serve 90 show
low other indusiri =. thought by
many persons iO Doe Of primary inn
1Ortance, compare with agriculture
There Is invested In farm property In
ihis country more than si0OO0l0 GOO.
Rhile Inc combined value OF AN the
railroad, the manufacturing and The
mining and quarrying Industries only
equal about $50 OO0OO0OOO
"ln value Of products. the annual
production of iron and steel. boots
md shoes. paper and wood pulp,
ROOlen. leather and cotton mdnufac-
ur S. printing and publishing, pack
mg-hOuse products and the chemical
Industries do moi an combined Yea
approach the products NJ our farms
'0r one year. More than this ssvera
lf ihe above have their origin on the
arms NJ The country.
says Farmers Won't Strike.
9Th re are eanizaiiOns aud ind-
ridu1ls these dcys who are urgina
healthy Industry cannot thrive with
put AN equally prosperous agriculture
'ni rference with the normal move
nenls Of farm products from produc-
PRS iO consumers in this complicated
organization Of society which w'
have. means within a W DAYS ih'
putting or ~ our food supplies. IN
siagnation of industry In ~
weeks. sickness. mob violence. dealt
and destruction would prevail.
But the farmers OF the countr,
wiil not strike They realize that nl
,lass has the right 10 strike agaIns
me public safety. and they have eve
been as Mr.. Roosevelt once said
the mainstay Of the nation in tine
Of peace as well a. OF war
There are many persons who de
cry On movement OF people from
rural regions to the larger centers o
population. As a matter OF fact. thi
shifting of the population gives farm
Frs their opportunity. The grOwin
nf a maximum acreage and large
yields-the development Of rra
business 0f farming calls for a larg
consuming public 10 make a marke
for these goods. II Is highly impor
lant then That the proper balanc
should be maintained between th
producers and consumers. The s0one
leg slaiors and paid agiiators recoe
1iZe that sirable ronomic condition
cannot be created by laws and cias
legislation. but that anything that wi
endure must root Itself I'm a sOunC
balanced. stable. economic structurl
and that conditions existing in othe
countries will vitality affect our owl
the sooner viii We return % satisfal
tory conditions, prosperity and Co.
tenimeni
Fertility Spells Profits.
In thi@ business OF agriculture
the. Nations Big Busipess--the -four
daiion stone Is q fertility Of m
soil. Our soil resources have bee
wasted in the past Consumers ha,
seldom paid the cost Of prOducin
their food when fertility remove
from the land has been taken into cor
sIderation. Profits from farming
the past have been made chiefly froi
increased land values. a 'robber' syi