Show Farm Indebtedness IndebtednessIs Is Cut 25 Per Cent CentIn CentIn In Past Pastjwe Five YearsFarmers Years Yearsfarmers farmers arousing are using their larger In Incomes incomes Incomes comes wisely In reducing their In Indebtedness indebtedness Indebtedness debtedness Many have paid off oft all alltheir alltheir alltheir their mortgages and others have re- re reduced re reduced re- re reduced - - duced their obligations obllgatlons tar far more morerapidly morerapidly morerapidly rapidly than their schedule of pay payments paymeats payments ments meats required The total mortgage mortgageIndebtedness mortgageindebtednes8 mortgageIndebtedness Indebtedness indebtednes8 on farms has decllned declined declinedat decllnedat at least lenst 2 25 per cent during the last lastfl lastthe lastfive fl\ fl fle the \ e years Farmers are much bet better better better ter prei prel prey ared financially to meet the thereadjustments thereadjustments thereadjustments readjustments that may be neces necessary necessary aecessary aecessaryIn sary saryIn In another way farmers are act actIng actlug actlog Ing lug wisely vlsely In order to a avoid void heavy heavylosses heavylosses heavylosses losses later They are trying to keep keeppi keeppi pi 1 Ices of farms from sky rocketing rocketingas as land did in I * . 1919 and 1920 only onlyto onlyto onlyto to be followed by a collapse colJapse which whichwas whichwas whichwas was a heavy burden for many j I ; ears . . The danger l3 is not yet past for forfarms forfarms forfarms farms are being sold In many cases casesoser casesov 0\ 0 0er oser \ er 50 per cent higher than In pre prewar prewar prewar war times The situation Is becom tecom becomIng tecoming becomIng Ing a little better now pow ow and end the theprospects theprospects theprospects prospects are lire more promisIngMerchants promisingMerchants promising promisingMerchants Merchants and business men In Inrural inrural Inrural rural communities commuDltles and smaller smalJer towns townsare townsare townsare are preparing preparmg to meet changed con cond cond cond d tlons tions for their prosperi prosperity ty l3 Is so soclosely soclosely soclosely closely tied up with 'eith eith \ ' Ith that of the thefarmels thefarrneis thetarmeis farmels farrneis Conditions for them are ares arevery \ s ery good as Indicated by the rise riseof riseof riseof of bank del oslts osits in agricultural re- re regions regions re regions - - gions by higher retail sales and andIncreased andincreased andIncreased Increased consumer demand for both bothgoods bothgoods bothgoods goods and services Merchants are aretr aretrying aretr3ing tr tr3ing Ing hard to get the goods for forwi forwi torwl wi [ Ich ch the demand Is so largeTJ largeTi large largeTl Tl TJ Ti e good judgment and wise man manIIgement management management IIgement agement which has already success successfully successfully successrally fully rally accomplished accompllshed so much will wlJl help helpnot helpnot helpnot not only the farmers but also the theentire theentire theentire entire country during the post\\ post postar postssar postssarperiod postwarperiod \ ar arperiod period We are ready to face what whateer whateser whatever e\er e er eser \ comes Much has been done doneand doneand doneand and even moie mOle is going to be ac- ac accomplished accompltsbed ac accomplished - - complished compltsbed to make ma1.e ma1e . the future futnre as asprosperous asprosperous asprosperous prosperous as possible There has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been some unemployment due toI toclos tocbs to toclos I clos cbs ng down of ot plants engaged in ini inthe Inthe Inthe i the manufacture of war material |