Show Law LUlU of Supply and Demand DemandT T P RESIDENT T WILSON will wf havo have havethe the theL L hearty approval nl of or the ultimate consumer consumer con con- sumer in whatever he ma may sa say about the tho mf middlemen and their machinations ons that ad add to the cost of ot living But It Is not al altogether altogether al- al altogether together possible to agree with wih the PresIdent President President dent when he ho a ascribes present skyrocket prices to methods of or distribution The law of ot supply and demand Is largely largel responsible 4 An Insatiable market abroad for everything everything every every- thing tho the United States produces in the wa way of ot foodstuffs and the depreciation of gold In America Ameria due to the stupendous over over- Ocr plus are the primary primar reasons for the mountIng mountIng mountIng mount- mount Ing cost of ot living that makes our vaunted prosperity a starvation star prosperity for tor so o many Americans The Tho 1916 crop was not nol nota nola a record record breaker er but hut it was ample for Amer Arner- American American ican lean needs at normal nermal prices pries If It Europe had been contributing Its Is customary tion ton The middleman is as he always wa wasP was no worse and probably no better Even If It hebe he hc hebo bo be exacting a greater toll toU than heretofore for tor his services that b by no means explains the sky high rise for tor ln Instance tance in 1 meat cat prices that has converted tho the nur nursery H r rhyme of the cows cow's flight over ovel the moon into stern tern reality Europe is bidding high for what America supplies and the rising tendency of or prices pries is as logical as tho the upward flight of the sparks spark A t |