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Show Food Costs Compared With Farm Income Although the larmer's share of the consumer's food dollar is now larger than it has been in recent years, the retail cost of food now represents the smallest share of the industrial worker's income on record. This surprising announcement was made this week by the Utah State TJSDA war board. food dollar which goes to the farmer farm-er has been gradually increasing and at present is the largest since 1920. This makes it obvious that the industrial in-dustrial worker is getting his food at a very reasonable cost in comparison com-parison to his greater earnings, while the farmer is receiving a larger share of the dollar spent by the consumer for food. Both the consumer and the 'farmer are getting get-ting a good break on these food price relationships." The farmer's share of the dollar spent by consumers 'for food has remained constant at 54 per cent since August 1942. It averaged 53 per cent for the first 11 months of 1942, 48 per cent for 1941, and a little more than 58 per cent during the 1917-19 World War period near a record high of 60 per cent in 1917. In 1932, the farmer's share was 33 per cent, the lowest on record. Industrial workers in this case include factory, railroad and mining workers, Orville L. Lee, chairman of the state war board, explained. According to Mr. Lee, the data available for the first 11 months of 1942 show that the retail cost of food for the average industrial worker's family amounted to 28 per cent of the worker's earnings a record low in relation to income. The larmer's share of the dollar spent for food by consumers averaged averag-ed 53 per cent during the same period the largest share since 1920. In commenting on these food price relationships, Mr. Lee said, "These 'facts show that while the earnings of industrial workers have been on the rise, the share of this income which went for food has been decreasing, de-creasing, reaching an all-time low in 1942. On the other hand, farm income has been rising also. Moreover, More-over, the share of the consumer's |