The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1921-01-14

pie IN the cities are disposed TO tnlnk
that If there is anything wrong 1t is
in the cities where food is selling at
such high prices, and not in the coun-
try where the food is produced. But
both farm and city students of national
problems see in the present agrlcul-
tural situation certain conditions
which give cause for real concern to
every lover of his country"
He then referred in most interest
ing way to the development of the
great central west and sketched briefly
fha settlement of the great central val
legs, as follows:
"Through the homestead law the
government gave farm of the richest
land in the world to every man VINO
wanted one. Railroads were built, the
prairies were plowed up, and almost
overnight the agricultural production
of the United States increased by
so per cent Grains were produced
and sold at the bare cost of utilizing
the soil, and the farmers of the older
states to the east were smothered by
this food Of cheap grain. The only
thing that could be done with this
sunerabundance of food was to build
cities out of it. And great cities we
did build, not only in the United
States, but across the seas"
He smoke of the hard conditions
which came upon the farmers OF the
central west as a result of their over
production, and then OF the gradual
Improvement which began about 1900,
when the increased population In the
cities began to catch up with farm pro-
duction. and how this increased de-
mand for food was accelerated by the
great World War.
Speaking of the part played by the
farmer during the war, he said:
Splendid Part Of Farmers.
"The splendid part played by the
farmers of the nation during the wal
nrobablv never will be understood OF
fully appreciated by our people More
than % per cent of all our lighting
men came from the farms, and aftel
sending their sons to the camps, the
fathers and mothers, with the help OF
the Younger children, turned to anC
nroduced more food than was ever be
FORE produced III the history or the
world in the same time and from the
same area of land. Their working
davs were measured not by the clock
but by the number Of daylight hours
| They took to themselves the respon
sibility Of feeding not only our owl
ncopIe. but also our allies across tn
| sea. In more ways than one, our farm
| ers made the war their war, and count
ed no sacrifice too great to help fight /
| through TO a successful finish. Tn
story of what they did, written b.
some one who understands 1t, vii
furnish one of the most glorious char
ters In American history. One thin
/ NAV say-in every American cor
fict from the revolution for indepene
enee TO the world war for maintaine
/ rlohts. the farmer has been 100 pc
cent American and ready for ever
sacrifice"
fortunate results la agriculture, grow
ihg out of war conditions, eSpecialI.
the premium put on grain growing q
fthe expense of livestock production
He referred to the heavy losses suffer
ed by marry livestock producers ant
} feeders, and pointed out the urgen
need of restoring the balance between
livestock and grain production a
quickly as possible On this subjec
he said:
"For two outstanding reasons til
maintenance Of normal balance be
tween livestock and grain production
is a matter of national concern. On
is that we are a meat-eating people
and should have fairly uniform SUI
ply at a reasonable price. Condition
which ei+hnr praa fIv stimulate o