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Show Lef fie Grass Grow The careful seaman watches his barometer carefully, and although he mar have clear skies overhead, a falling fal-ling barometer always puts htm on his guard. We have at present In this country, a falling barometer, a feeling of uncertalntlty. Understand , wo have had a steady advance in WNfc farm lands and prices for ten years, and we are likely now to have things Blip a little. Wo are up against a readjustment re-adjustment of farm lands- and prices on farm produce. The old Scotch proverb, pro-verb, "Many mickles make a muck-le" muck-le" has a good deal to It Argentine beef may not alone affect the rise of cattle, but when you import, as we hre doing now, Argentine corn, beef, mutton, Australian mutton, Canadian wheat and oats, Chicago eggs, and all kinds of eggs and potatoes from European Eu-ropean countries, you cannot convince mo that It will not nave a tendency to lower in the next six months the prices on all our farm produce. And as our farm products lowers in price our farm lands will not be likely to lncrcaso In value. Yearling Bteers ,of good quality are selling up to 18.23. What prospects are there for Uicse yearling steers to pay out7 A dry season and short grass would knock all profits. I don't think it is worth the risk at present. Labor conditions do, not improve and the outlook Is anything but encouraging. en-couraging. Every llttlo country representative' rep-resentative' and Congressman, who wants a llttlo notoriety amuses himself him-self hammering the trusts, railways, etc. No question but that they did not need looking after, but we seem to be going to the other extremo now, and the consequence Is falling dlvl-, dends, a great many men already latd off and many more factng a reduction re-duction in wages.. All of which, to come back to the old story, looks bad for any advance In beet prices and other terra produces. Just to a little slowi for few months ,and let the grass grow. |