Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-04-11

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farm products.
But what about the middleman?
Cut the freight rates all you please,
and that won't help the farmer II
the middleman cuts the reduction
IN freight from the price he pays
the farmer.
And 1t won't help the consumer
n . middle man adds to the cost Of
food what is saved in the freight
rate.
At the little ferry that crosses
the Hudson River opposite Kings
ton, N. Y, farmers were unloading
magnificent apples in barrels. The
price at which the farmer sold them
WAS about for a cent. At little
stand inside the ferry house lady
with q pleasant face was selling
apples not SO good-price 10 cents
apiece.
You can't do much for that situa-
tion until you do something about
controlling middlemen.
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Scientists fear the approach Of
another Ice Age. The last one
lasted 1000 years. long enough to
make human beings forget almost
all they had learned.
1t would be hard on business.
real estate and prosperity, gener-
ally. II We should have two or three
years Of winter with NO Summer
between. and then ice gradually
creeping down from the Pole. COW
srinG the continent. as far South ~
San Francisco. or Santa Barbara.
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But perhaps Il won't happen. or
science might handle the situation
With artificial heating. Anyhow
Il would not disturb old earth. She
has still several hundred million
years to live. We are only $4,000
years from the Stone Age. II mat.
tiers little to Mother Earth whether
We become civilised now or forget
our lore and postpone civilization
900 years more. Nature IL not
II . hurry. There are living ami.
mails whose evolution represents ten
million years. The whale. for In
stance. that used 10 live on land
and was smaller than . gray squir-
rel.
Colonel Bryan need not believe
that. II he doesn't want to. It's
only what scientists say.
= William Ferree. war veteran. has
had two-thirds OF his stomach re-
moved and has gained thirty-five
pounds in weight. He is now able
to work and enjoy life.
Nature and science combined
work wonders. and will take care
of US. II we give them half n chance.
Many man with his stomach
whole would be better off with half
OF II II he learned to take care of
what he had left. II men. occa-
sionsiIy. would throw into pail
what they throw. half chewed. into
their stomachs. and then look at
the pail. they would know why 80
many die too soon.
4, - ----''s'
with Standard OIL setting the
example. fifteen great corporations
have agreed TO discontinue road
aide advertising that dissieurss
,AndscAses. Manufacturers OF tires.
automobiles. soap. flour. motor
parts. oil. yeasts and products are
sneiudsd among corporations that
will discontinue disfisurins the
Landscape with billboard advsrtis-
ing.
This 10 more than . concession
10 public opinion and good taste: Il
10 also good bssinsss. Roadside ad.
vsYtisins 10 wssteful sdvertising.
1Sueo "eSVsN Be"se"
Who might bs more usefuliy en-.
pioyeA-viii usdertaks thought
tsaasmisssoa. Or tsiepathy. from
Harvard 70 Paris. across The A.
lantie ocean. It's . harmless pastims
aaA u the gsstis0sa on both sides
havs ssoush Imagination they will
beatevs that they have accom- piished
so0otAing.
Meanwhile Il 10 fortunate for the
hvnAo saes that slowly. through
ne aoas, usa have learned With the
epeksa aaA Deintea word. that they
80 tsaasese thought sre0 ess