Show price of potatoes the farmers of utah have noticed a great decline in the price of potatoes under the wilson tariff in fact even the secretary of agriculture J sterling morton has himself noticed the prevailing low prices in one of his reports he says the most serious complaint of the potato grower this year ia the low orice of the product particularly in the northwest northie at the report from the departments dea daa part a ments agent for wisconsin and M minnesota n desota represents that in the latter state the tha tubers do not pay for digging that condition almost has prevailed in utah this is the home of the tubers and they grow here in great abundance and of fice flavor under the mckinley tariff of per bushel utah farmers could ship their potatoes to the large cities in the east even with the high freight rate ana and compete with canadian farmers just across the border who have bave but a short haul but with the tariff reduced to per bushel as at present enythe the foreign farmer has the advantage most of the large cities are now new auppl supplied led with the imported tubers A glance at the united states sh statistics t will prove our assertion it will le be found on investigation that in the year 1892 the country imported only bushels of potatoes while the first year under the wilson tariff the num number berof of bushels imported rose to was it any wonder potatoes dropped in price herein utah |