The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-16
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. Sanborn

other factor. For the present there is
no disposition to bull the market"
There has been considerable doubt
as to the amount of wheat that India
would be able to spare for export this
season, and now we have an official
crop estimate from the British govern
ment. This estimate is for a crop of
100000, 900 bushels against 251,000,000
harvested in 1921. Based on pre-war
consumption this would show an ex-
portable surplus of nearly 60,000,000
bushels
Threshing returns to the Northwest
ern railroad from Minnesota show
spring wheat yields ranging from 10
to 20 bushels; barley, Is to 40 bushels;
oats, 80 to rs bushels; rye, II to Sc
bushels; South Dakota spring wheat,
10 to So bushels; barley, II to so
bushels; oats, 20 to SO bushels, and rye,
10 to 80 bushels
1t is now surmised that any material
lowering of the price of Canadian
wheat at Winnipeg may result in the
! government taking control in the in
terest Of the farmers, and for their
i protection. October wheat in Winnipeg
| is about on a parity with September
prices in Chicago, and this for choice
spring wheat which brings a consider
| able premium in this country over our
soft red winters.
! Peaches at ST a BusheI
! Peaches are retailing at 81 a bushel
at English, Ind, and at several points
in Crawford county. The crop is very
abundant and is said to be ripening
two to three weeks earlier than normal
which is proving to be Improbable,
| thew t &c cotd
that Cincinnati has been receiving a
world of peaches and spectators have
been trucking them out so or more
miles and selling them at low prices
and still realizing a fair profit
The report from Greencastle is to
the effect that the peach crop now
being gathered is the best in the recol-
:, lection of the orchardists. Thousands
of bushels have been produced in the
county and are being shipped over a
wide area. The finest peaches are
bringing 81, and the smaller kinds
$3.50 per bushel
Il Daviess county also reports a bump.
er peach crop and it is said has had
u the satisfaction of marketing a good
part of the crop early and when prices
were around the seasons top. It viii
take another week or more to mature
the late peaches. Contrary to general
fears the railway strike has not yet
affected shipments.
Secretary WaIIace's Talk
: Leesburg, Virginia is in easy motor
ing distance from Washington, so It's
not surprising that Secretary Wallac,
ran out there to address a farmers
picnic, on Monday. In the course o.
, his talk Mr.. Wallace said: "The far
: mer calls upon capital and labor TO
cease their petty chickering's ard re-
sumo production. trusting to American
institutions, and the American sense
OF fair play to see that justice is
done"
Mr.. Wallace presented compa -ative
figures to show that the purchasing
power of the farmers dollar had de-
creased sharply since 1913, while the
wages of the workman, and especially
in organized industries, are consider
2 ably higher than they were before the
= war, whether measured in dollars and
cents or in purchasing power"
Compares Purchasing Power
THE purchasing power of the
| wages of the railway employee in 1921. ,
/ he continued, was 81 per cent greater
than in 1913. The purchasing power
of the wages of the coal miner in 1921
was 80 per cent greater than in 1913
q The purchasing power of the farm
f hand, who works for wages, in 1921
: was 4 per cent less than in 1913, Will ,
f the purchasing power of the farmer
! himself was, on an average. from %
t to As per cent less than in 1913
: I'm short" Mr.. Wallace emphasized.
e ''the farmers have borne the heaviest
: burden of defation. They have en-
deavored to get relief by all lawful
j means. But they have not struck.
: They have not created disorders
: They have kept on purchasing and
: in the face of extraordinarily low
e prices, have this year grown one Of
4 the largest crops in our entire history
The farmer believes in law and order
IF other groups would do rs the
a farmer has done, our economic
troubles would soon be over Prices
would soon be adjusted to their nor
NAL relationships There would be
work for everybody and at just
wages