Show 1 I I I i I WORSE THAN IRELAND Potatoes are quoted on the markets of Salt Sal Lake at 30 cents per peck This means per bushel bushel or 40 per ton The soil of this valley vaHey yields from fr m five fire fivelo to lo eight tons tOllS per acre At the thc lowest y yield riehl then an acre of ground around at that figure produces in a n sea sea- son SUD One man can can an plant hoe irrigate and dig tUg eight acres of potatoes This requires eight months' months labor which can be bc engaged for 50 per month The Thc ploughing and harrowing of the land might cost if hired 25 A pony to plough the potatoes twice might cost 16 To ro haul the potatoes to market market market mar mar- ket might cost 25 Thus we have the whole cost of producing harvesting and sending the crop from the theor eight acres or for one acre 2050 leaving e clear per pcr acre Now the thc average land of this valle valley valley val val- le ley is not worth 1950 per acre If we the allow the thc retail merchant 20 per cent commission that leaves the farmer net profit per acre 1108 1103 profit on one man mans man's s labor after paying all expenses But we do not believe that the thc farmers get any such returns At 50 cents per bushel that gives them over oyer 80 per acre for their crop or 60 per acre profit which conscience knows is enough This war against the ups hold-ups must not stop slop The rhe good book says sar All that a man hath will he hc give for his life but it nowhere sa says s that man mans man's s mission on earth is only to make mone money enough to buy potatoes for his children |