Show A Mainstay l of Agriculture Ao According to a recent authorItatIve survey it c s the falmer f aimer less o 0 market his sheep cattle and hogs to- to today to today day than nt at any other time tune in m the past st 51 six years vears ears Out of every Cry dollar spent for live livestock livestock stock in 1 1 1024 4 the study states 5 j f cents cent was spent for freight and three cents for other marketing costs such suh suhas as feeding bedding and com com- commiSSIons commissions commissions missions The producer 91 cents In 1919 the tho freight cost taken out of etch cich dollar was but 37 3 7 cents and other costs tota two too 0 cents while 9 45 cents wen wei o J a the producer The study also u loses Joses that be- be between between be between tween 1 1924 andr and 1 F r J 3 the average a price paid p for iv stock mcrea j 1 from to 11 s1 1 per hundred pounds an f 63 JY- JY p p- p pc cPi c i t Yet marketing cos s we-c we ee tens ten's sper per hundred in to each ye r As a result re- re re result sult suIt the en entire tIre increase se of 3 88 per hundred went ent to the producer In snort the mOl more moie e or less common supposition that th a larg largo large part of the farmers larmer's economic difficulties hive litre re suIted from irom high freight costs IS false e sa sas says s a national n authority on transportation questions The prices of ninny miny of the thc commod t es he sells have gon up while t decreased remain remain- remained remained costs have either 01 or ed cd stable In addition ce is b bet bet- better bet better t- t ter now than at any other time In our history Trains Trams carry rry more make higher speeds and cir car shortages are practically unknown The Am- Am Am Am- American railroad industry is one of the mainstays s of American Amerl n agriculture |