Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-06-27 | Page 7 | Timely Topics

Timely Topics I IA A A LITTLE SPI SPINACH In the spring pring our thoughts lightly turn tp to gre greens ns Let et th them riot not ot turn so lightly They fire are re costI costly We buy buya a small quantity without considering the price and let it go at 1 t that B But t the case cas is s worth a Itt le tudy study for greens are representative tiye The other day a farmer m In n Texas who had iad a. a field o of spinach shipped a lot to Chicago receiving 5 per ton The freight t bijl liU wa was or more than thap aix lx times as much as the farmer received for tor or his product But we have only reached the commission merchant A few steps more and we arrive at the dinner table of some fome ba banker ker in Evanston or some laborer on Halstead street w er spinach costs a ton ton rich rich fare indeed If it w we do Jo not the far-away far Te Texas Tes as agriculturist Jingling his five dollars in his jeans and looking ig Inthe in inthe inthe the window at a 12 pair of shoes shoe for Sunday Thirty dollars freight is six times five dollars and andI I three hundred dollars a ton retail is sJ sixty ty times five rIve dollars dollar It is said that greens are especially rich in iron w which would account perhaps for the heavy heay freight bill But not even Mr Ir Ga Gary ever thought of charging a ton for iron or even for steel The man pian who will solve olve the problem pf f ho how v to bridge the he gulf between tle the farmer and the ultimate te l guaranteeing 7 flie e producer what he deserves L and protecting the eater from fron th the will wiIl deserve a monument in every courthouse square in Ii America Le Lexington Lead Leader r. r I I Harvard prote Professor sor Announces Announce New Fib Detector He So SQ hes he's Carried narried eh Ann eh-Ann J Ann Ar Arbor or Times News New neer- neer Stein Beer Beer tein I Heading of a wedding notice An empty ceremony ceremonY ceremony-B Bay f City Times Tribune Germany ny is c calm but not yet ret collected COlumbia Columbia S. S C. C Record S i i iA A tire thief rather abuse abuses t the fre free frea air privilege Detroit News S 'S Despite the late frosts frost there ther l is tp be Je e a crop ol oj bathing suits go News Ws Bad business that t to s-cr s scrap p the navy a y now and and ther rebuild it cost plus later Bridgeport They are now discussing Ip i in N New w York the question Is divorce a failure Savannah failure Savannah News D Depew pew a attributes tes hl his longevity to hard F which m may y be why so many nany of his his anecdotes survive Washington Po Pot Post t. t