The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-09-28

buy Ia bushel OF corn in Iowa. In
1918 I bushel Of wheat In North Oak
ota; in 1921 IL bushel In 1918 ell
pounds Of cotton in Texas; in 1921
los pounds In 1918 10 pounds Of
hogs in Nebraska; in 1921 Is pounds.
In 1918 / bushel Of potatos in New
York; in 1921 l.5 bushel. In 1918 IA
pounds Of sheep in Wyoming; in 1921
% pounds. In 1918 81 bushels Of oats
in Illinois; in 1921 % pounds. In 1918
81 bushels of oats in Illinois; in
1921 SO bushels. In 1913 81 pounds
of butter in Missouri; in 1921 4 pOu-
nds.
Prices Go Up.
In fairness it must be taken into
account, Of course that before the
corn, wheat, hogs, sheep, cotton, but
ter or other farm products get to the
consumers table, a good deal has
been added to the price which the far
mer received. This margin between
the farmer or producer and the con-
sumer has greatly increased during
the past eight years. At the same
time it is also fair to note that a good
deal Of this increase has been due to
the increase in the wages paid the
people who handle these products in
connection with their marketing and
distribution. The foregoing COMPARE
son show, however, that the wages
of the farmer a. represented by the
prices paid for his crops are lower
than his wages were before the war
measured in purchasing power, while
on the other hand, the wages of the
workmen in organized industries, are
considerably higher than they were
before the war, WHETHER we measure
them in dollars and cents or in pur-
chasing power.
The fact is that the farmers of the
country, numbering almost one-third
of u entire population, have borne
altogether the heaviest burden of de-
fation. They have ~endeavored to get
relief by all lawful means. They have
appealed to the administration, to
Congress, and to every other agency
which they thought might possibly
help them, but while making these eff
forts to avoid their heavy losses, they
have not stopped working. They have
kept on producing and in the face of
extraordinary low prices they have
this year grown one of the largest
crops in the entire history Of our
country.
I Believes In Law.
The farmer believes in law and
order. He believes firmly in govern
ment. He believes in fairness and JUS
tice between man and man. He be-
lieves in working hard and producing
efficiently and he does all of these
things in which he believes.
The farmers wages are not paid re-
gularly every week or every month,
Instead he must receive his compen.
sation at irregular intervals varying
from three months to a year or more
depending upon the nature of the
crop. Neither the rate of wages MOI
the hours of labor are agreed upon il
advance. The consuming public pays
but 1t makes no agreement whatever
v as to the amount it will pay.
2 The farmer is urged to produce alb
n undantly, but the price he receives
2 for what he raises is determined afte.
/ the amount of his production il
f known. The buyers naturally driv,
$ the closest bargain possible. The NOR
the farmer produces, the less the buy
ers want to pay, and thus, strange a
it may seem, we have large produc
: tion actually penalized. Very often, il
fact it is the general rule, a larg
crop brings the farmer fewer tota