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Show v ; HENRY STUDE Chicago Pres. Am. Bankers Assn. Diet Faddists Injures Farmers the natural enemies of the farming farm-ing industry, by Henry shade Chi cago, President of the t" dKeis Association, in an address delivered here today at the open mg of the international conference and exposition of the baking indust "The way to help the farmer " said President stude, "is to help to consume the food he raises Are we doing that? Half the popula- alSU 5 diet- ur Whole 0-cial 0-cial and industrial development is toward a lessened food consump- of"f- ha6 tUmed from the joy of eating," continued Mr. Stude "to the pride of fasting. Socially w no longer speak of operations and display our scars, but most of us tell our weight and display our diet "Fifty percent of the people are on a self-imposed diet from a self diagnosed ailment. 90 percent of which is that tired feeling produo-b!;a produo-b!;a ack of sufficient food. Kcth Mr. Hoover and Mr. Coolidge have suggested going back to work as a help in the present business : uv.piession. it we go back to eating eat-ing probably we'd have the stren-tn and the will to go back to wo "The eighteen day diet was Hollywood's Hol-lywood's contribution to the farm surplus. It helped California and raised hell with Kansas. We went on a reduced diet to get thin and then a restricted diet to get well The fad cost the farmer several million dollars. "We used to tell how good and nutritious food was. Now we count the calories and value the vitamins. A return to normalcy in eating would hasten a return to normalcy for the fanner. "That the law of supply and demand de-mand is still operative has again been proven. We hope soon to have recognized the American industrial in-dustrial fact i. e. those industries tha have made a fair return have devoted part of this return to development, de-velopment, research and pioneering. "This has inevitably resulted in giving to the consumer a better value, to the producer a better return, re-turn, to the worker a better wage. This might well be accorded to ail American food industries. Trying through political price pressure and publicity to produce cheap food in the cities and high priced products on the farm is like reversing the law of supply and demand." |