Show CITY AND Farm papers are quoting statistics to prove that while the city man's expenses have been increasing faster than his the countryman has been cultivating more producing moro to the and receiving a higher price for his crop than was the case a few years Taking the most favorable and it appears that the increase in wages within the cities has not been more than per while in some gainful occupations wages have shown very slight if any while the increase in living expenses for all city dwellers has been per Even those whose wages have risen during the last decade have not kept but the farm-owner can show a very different result as follows Consider America's greatest The average farm price per bushel in 1898 was in 1907 it had increased to the average farm value per acre in 1898 was in 1907 it has increased to In the ease of wheat the average farm price per bushel in 1898 was 58 in 1907 it had increased to 87 average farm value per acre in 1893 was in 1907 it had increased to Take the average yield per acre in was in 1907 it has increased to the average farm price per bushel in 1898 ws 41 in 1907 it had to the average farm value per acre in 1898 was in 1907 it had increased to For cat-ton the total value of the country's crop in 1897 was in 1907 it had increased to These official statistics tell The rush to the their own cities but the struggle to live in the city as with the country is growing harder for the to the is likely to become a popular |