The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-10-02
TRADING WITH EUROPE

culture writes: while we DelleYe
that the chances are three to one that
nothing very serious in its immediate
effect on the United States will come
out of the present disturbance, never
theless every upset of this sort post
pones the return of a normal Euro
pean market for our crops.
The writer thus reasons upon the
desirability of this country ceasing TO
trade with Europe and goes on to say:
Europe is so continually in turmoil
that we can not help but incline TO
the opinion that it is the part of wis
dom for the United States gradually
to cease trading with her. She can no
longer pay us cost of production for
our surplus food, and every new war
makes it less likely that she will ever
be able to do so. The international
debt situation and the high American
tariff both make the continued eX-
portation of food to Europe difficult
and new war extravagances will tend
to make food exports Impossible, eX-
cept as a charitable proposition.
The average farmer, and surely
every exporter, will view with alarm
any tendency to diminish our exports
of grain and meats about which the
government furnishes so many stats
tics. No man liveth to himself alone,
and in these modern days of inter
trade and world broad inter-communt-
cation no country can afford to stand
aloof from any other nation. Thls
withdrawing our crops from European
BUYERS, gradually or otherwise, won
work.
Buy Pure-Breds Now
The ADVANTAGES shown in the raising
! of pure-bred stock over the same ex
pense and labor devoted to mixed and
/ scrubbv lots. is so clearly apparent
| that the wonder grows that any far
mer whatsoever can refrain from Try
! ing to not merely increase but to bet
| ter his herds. The story OF the
! effects of using pure-bred slres mas
| been told so often and so truthful!
! in regard to the improvement OF cattIe
! strains that it everywhere is accepted
at face value. This is not only true
| as to cattle as mixers, or for beer
but also as to all classes of live stock
and even fowls.
Never within our recollection have
| buyers been favored with such oppor
] tunities to buy the best classes o.
! breeding animals for so little money
! Needless now to go far afield to securl
what you need. Perhaps your mex
door neighbor can supply you, or sure
lv there is a breeder within easy dis
lance who can.
We are reminded of this by review
I of our farm sale calendar thus far TIL!
fall and of the announcements OF sale!
to come, for the breeder as we'll as the
farmer tells his story in that calenda
and in our advertising pages. Scar
these adds with care, it will pay you
to do so.
A Great shorthorn Sale
The Union District Shorthorn Breed
! ers' association will put on their thlr:
annual sale in Liberty on Thursday
! October II. There will be 40 head o
high class Scotch or Scotch toppe:
animals in the sale ring, of which L
, will be males which are their ow'
best reference. These cattle are cor
signed by 16 we'll known breeders VIII
are members of the association. Ralp
Druley, secretary, will be glad to fu!
nish you a catalog and may be &C
dressed at Kitchell, Union county.
But keep your eye on our sale ca
endar from day to day. You will i'm
mention of coming farm and breeders
sales right along through the season
Also watch the adds covering thi
field all through the season, which vii
extend into the winter.
, From a Farmers Wife
Mrs. Mary Francis Long, of Evan:
! vile, has written a letter to Capper
Weekly, in which she discusses tn
troubles of the farmer. She says sh
understands that the senator is trul
and deeply interested in the real ia
, mer and she writes to plead with hiI
! ito do all he can to give US the al
! we are so much needing" In col
; tinuing she says: 81 believe every ia
mer in southern Indiana is in despe
J.. ate need, since he has not made e,
: penses for three years" In cittn
p their own case she says:
: Our own case is one of a Thousand
4 We live on one of the finest farms
l. the state. We cannot rent it for eve
r enough to pay taxes and the real e
V tate agents tell US they have long az
r ceased to deal in farm land. o.
land is valued for taxes for more tina
we could sell it provided we could fin
t a purchaser. Our men are leaving til
n farms not to make more money bl
r for livelihood. To quote our governo
j. who farms heavily, "The farmer
e taking one-third of the war prices Il
p his products and is paying about tw
3 thirds of war prices for everything
e has to buy"
t Senator Capper has already LITE
t his voice in the farmers behalf, ar
e l beg of him to keep it up until som
n thing can be done. If we were on
allowed to put living price on OF
L products! In every other line of Blu.
l. ness the producer is allowed to chars
n many times its worth if that produc,
< is so disposed. We put in twice /;
4. many hours and no other people skin
e and sacrifice as we do"
# The author of the above letter pain
Ii a rather gloomy picture and shou
IT conditions be as described we fear TIL
4 Senator Capper can do mighty little
remedy them. Time and natural a
e iustments of supply and demand, al
o the coming leveling down to paritie
Il can be counted on to even things I
in the long run