Show m jhc OF FARM HANDS CAUSE or HIGH priced secretary of agriculture wilton wilson says say dearth of laborers laborer render randers much good land idle washington secretary of agriculture Wil soi who bas baa just returned from a trip through the western states says bay that lack of far 1 la is the chief caulp of the high price of 0 foodstuffs all through the west and northwest the same situation exists sald said mr wilson the country la is a healthy and prosperous as ever it was but thousands ds of acres of valuable and fertile land Is lying idle because the farmers cannot hire labor although wages paid form farm hands in these states uro are the equal ot of those paid to labor ers in our large eld cities the nio immigrants who land on ou our r shores all hock flock to the larger cities and those of them who have done farming in their own countries are incompetent and nearly useless to the american farmer fanner because they do not understand the modern machinery used on the he farms in this country prices of grains and vegetables therefore aro are bound to be high and of course with these staples Ft selling elling at high prices the value of meats Is thereby raised |