Show 0 A l T WOMAN'S WOMANS 0 Jj NS N'S ORSER OBSERVATIONS S BY EDNA K WOOLEY v- v TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON FANCY GOODS AT FANCY PRICES T nl Just been reading about some someI Ivl I 1 rich man who nas bought up a alot alot alot lot of or land In a middle west vest state stale with the I idea ct of or demonstrating to peo peo- pic plc what hat can be bo done with u II farm It If It ItIs Itis itis is run on a n good b business basis said the woman who rends reads the fie newspapers newspapers news news- papers and thinks s about what she aha reads lies already put Into the place sho ho hio continued e and und expects ex expects ex- ex to put In still moro more mone money I Hut But he ho figures fIure that hes he's going to got It all back with good profits to boot hen When I read that ho gets ets aa as high aw as 10 a a. bushel lor br his tomatoes and Scents Scents S Scents cents a quart for his milk at wholesale lots Iota and GO CO cents R R. dozen for his fresh eggs In Izi wholesale lots and fanc fancy prices for tOl his bacon et c cetra tra I dont don't wonder wonder wonder won won- der ho has an l Idea cn that his farm is going to pay But t how man many farmers farmer can get thoo tholo fancy fanc prices no matter how good their products ma may be By that 1 mean meau How IIo many people are able ablo to pa pay such prices prices' S Goodness knows know the cost of ot living U Is high enough already for us poor common and It s 8 all alt wo we cando cando can cando do to pa ia pay the tho prices asked now Vo Wo 0 c cant can't nt all aU be bc rich and nd pa pay such prices as 03 this man gets get for tor his fancy goods gooda and therefore it Jt wouldn't profit the tha average farmer to work his farm tarm on that basis A swell hotel can afford to lm pay CO GO cents a dozen for eggs but I cant can't and neither can a good man many thousands of oC other women just like Ilka me mc As it I Is 30 cents a dozen for eg ts s at this time of year makes too big a n. hole holc In m my purse If It the farmer farm farm- er wants to sell to the dealers dealon at ot 30 cents in the Iho first place by the time the middleman and the tho retailer add their profits Id I'd have to stop slop bu buy buy- lug eggs I 1 think its it's about that some somo of these farming arming experts stop atop telling farmers what high prices they the can get for th their h products b by working their farms arms scientifically After fill all there thero are arc only a few who can pay such prices even en for the finest and fanciest stuff tuff The rest of or us need something good and substantial at nt prices within our means If Ie f the farm experts will preach that and teach that th to farmers a lot of young youn fellows would go JO into agriculture with the right l Idea ca and anti mal make c a success of oC farming As it is s a good many of them sink everything e in a farm an and then because they hey ho don dont don't t get et rich In a a. J. J couple of years they ther sell sellout sellout out an and come to town to get a n. Job spreading the news that farming fanning is a failure |