The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-07-13
WOES OF Farmer MUST Be SOLVED TO see
NORMALLY ESTABLISHED IN UNITED STATES

the cattle TO Chicago. In other words,
Mr.. Hunter bought 100000 pounds of
live steers for sl0,s10 and sold 1872
500 pounds OF beef on the hoof-just
40, 800 more pounds Of beef than he
bought--for $10,6S4. taking loss OF
1925. a loss Of seven months work, a
loss of all the alfalfa and corn he
fed these steers, and a loss OF seven
months interest on $10,S10-a rather
heavy penalty for having contributed
more than 10000 pounds OF addition
al beef to feed his fellow country
men
Naturally, when stockmen lose so
much money in raising, feeding, and
shipping meat animals, there are go
ing to be fewer such animals Pro-
duced, and eventually meat is likely to
become scarcer and dearer for strict
~ legitimate reasons. This time next
year steaks in Washington restaurants
may be costing So a pound instead OF
81, and quite possibly the producer
will not be receiving satisfactory
return even then for his labor and his
| feed and for interest on his invest
ment."
In his address Senator Capper
touched the edges of the national farm
problem, using some of the ammuni-
ton furnished by Gray Silver, the man
! in charge of the farm bureaus Offices
| in Washington.
Now Mr.. Silver is far from being a
conservative in his statements. He is
given to spreading it on" to make his
figures impressive and to get his facts
into the high light. That is his bust
ness in Washington.
! Mr.. SilVer's Comparisons.
| A few weeks ago Mr.. Silver sent out
the following from his Washington
office, and many other paragraphs tc
| the same effect. He has talked before
the various agricultural committees ii
the same strain. 1t should be remem
bered that Mr.. Silver is talking o.
values at country stations. and or
farms, and not at market points witt
heavy freight charges added. Here
are his conclusions, made a short time
ago:
IF on parity with the present price
of corn, Mr.. Rockefeller would sci
gasoline for eight cents a gallon II
stead of "a, the Coal Trust would sci
ton of coal for SO instead of S13, tht
clothier $50 suit of clothes for SIS
the shoe dealer a $40 shoe for So, The
halter a S. hat for 50, and the Wash
ington market man would sell bacoI
at pre-war prices instead OF at post
war prices, then American agriculture
would not today be in need Of TIL
credit pulmotor. Corn should be ant
is worth more if these things ar
worth what is asked for them"
While some will not agree with al
OF Mr.. Silver's statements very few
will resent his conclusion that price
of nearly everything sold everywher
are still out of line with present price
D.. on live stock, on corn, so cent oat
and dollar wheat at country elevators
in fact, in some portions of the cor
: belt, notably tributary to Kansas CITY
! corn is bringing little more than ar
Wayne oats, which today are 80 cent
per bushel. July corn is but so cent
: at Kansas City against Sc at S
, Louis, and 64c in Chicago, the highes
{ corn market in the west. These price
are much higher than were paid las
/ week.
) Senator Cappers Summary.
: At the conclusion OF one of HI
f numerous speeches Senator Cappe
D summarized as follows:
3 The biggest problem that confront