Show picking the J 1 Nations Nation's Pocket By HERBERT KAUFMAN Tow O V much longer will you suffer the extortions of the food gang Do you know that war ridden Europe is purchasing necessities I at less than we pay But then over there taxation is a of and not governments a promiscuous privilege We Ve rec recently emerged from a of trust prosecution wh which ch tg give gave e promise of some slight justice in the relations between producer sand land consumer but the titan corporations at their worst never t turned th the thumb screws so hard or pilfered pennies more brazenly than the crowd which is now gorging upon the national pay envelope Ih H Unfortunately for purposes of immediate redress we are not r r. grassed by an force and therein are at a loss for means to arrest this pocket picking and the pickpockets r The responsible parties are comparatively small operators operators- who interpret every wage betterment as a license to plunder lunder der incomes and boost the cost of living to the breaking point Iv Their Course ourse is unwarranted by agricultural conditions or export I shipments Only Onty a continental drouth and a coast to coast epidemic among owls and animals could justify the arrogant and conscienceless terms a pon which u we are permitted to continue eating I a Fractional advances at the farm and ranch are added to allA all A long g the line and in geometrical ratio until the extra dime ime far farmer er Cyan Cyan- nd breeder receive has usuriously grown to a dollar in m the final transaction of distribution B Pure milk and white bread will soon be available only to toa the thel c l to do the cheaper cuts of beef have long since commanded as nuch uc uch as prime ribs and choice steaks brought a decade ago if In New York City on September 5 potatoes which were l s sack ck last year rose to hens laid eggs for the metropolis at 4 cents instead of 36 cents per dozen Big hotels get as much for forI fors I 14 square s meal as your father paid for a full weeks week's boardM board M Europe is fiddling and we the noncombatants dare are are expected to Glance ante ance to the music as though it were our own j K If laws do not exist to protect us from commercial franc iI e en in the name of common sense and of the common good let make it our business to pass some some and and lets let's do dp it quick I m. m If there are any statutes applicable to the he situation the proper should exercise their power and jail so some e predatory folk I hose recent profits laugh at atthe the thought of mere fines They've marked us up to the fighting mark I Were We're not shipping all our food abroad not half nor a fIfth fifth I l' l o 0 tenth of it I Theres There's no such shortage in produce nor provisions as thet tl the e t claim daim I h Grasping Gasping Gra ping human n nature turc c cant can't t p pass ss the buck to Mother Nature Its It's t s a case of cupidity not reps lOP r 1916 by Herbert Kaufman u Great Britain an and reserved |