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Show NEW AUTD3 Attitude of Agriculturists Is Barometer of Country's Business Stability. One of the most encouraging features fea-tures of the optimistic attitude of the American people, as a whole, toward business conditions, despite so-called ml hysterical economy rumors brought on by the war, is the spirit manifested by the American farmer, according to an article by John N. Willys, president ot the Willys-Overland company, which is represented in this territory by the Browning Auto Jc Supply company. "The country no longer hears alarm-.. alarm-.. ing stories, so contmou in former days of alleged industrial uncertainty, about farmers hoarding their products and profits," says Willys. "Un the other hand, the rural folk are investing more money in motor cars, for example, than ever before, notwithstanding uncertain markets and almost endless rumors of higher living costs, w "The average farmer represents the country's most . conservative type of I ymsiness man. lie believes firmly in vlaying as he goes and he does not aam-ble aam-ble on the future. The fact that he buys a motor ear this year is the best sort of evidence that he has real confidence con-fidence in the nation's business future and he takes no stock in hysterica! economy. "Because of his conservative ideas and because agriculture is one of our chief industries, it is proper that we should pay particular attention to the farmer's attitude. He represents a most powerful force in our business affairs. af-fairs. " "According to the department of agriculture the total value of crop and animal products for the last year amounted to approximately $1S,-! 19,-Ono.000, 19,-Ono.000, an increase of nearly $2,7UU,-000,000 $2,7UU,-000,000 over 1915. "By comparing last year's returns with those of former years, 1 899 for example, we find that the present pro-" pro-" duction has about 2S5 per cent greater value than tHe production at that time. "Those figures serve to show most impressively the highly important position posi-tion agriculture occupies in the affairs of the world, and we owe an everlasting debt of gratitude to the progressive farmers who have developed our ngri- cultural output to such an extent. "We are glad that the farmer has prospered, but we are more than glad that he is showing real American business busi-ness sagacity by keeping his profits in circulation and enabling others as well as himself to benefit thereby. "He is setting an example which ' many of his friends in the cities would g find it worth while to follow' |