Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-17 | Page 2 | Both Complain of Hard Times

BOTH COMPLAIN i OF HARD TIMES! Consumer and the Fanner Fur-nisTi Fur-nisTi the Great Paradox olJ Modern Times. CHICAGO, Feb. 1G. "The great paradox para-dox of our times tho people aro complaining com-plaining of tho high cost of living and tho farmer at the same time Is finding find-ing that his business is not profitable," Is given as the basis for a call Issued here today for a national conference on marketing and farm credits to be held hero. The call is Issued by a committee representing rep-resenting a number of farm und country llfo journals. Farmers, railroad men, dealers in farm products, economists and agricultural experts arc Invited lo attend at-tend tho conference. "Compared with Europe, the business organization of American agrlculturo is crude," the call states. "Marketing methods and provision for the financing of farming have been far outstripped by the organization of other American Industries. In-dustries. The condition is remediable, but a constructive programme is necessary." neces-sary." A bureau of markets In the United States department of agriculture is an object to be sought by the conference, according to tho call.