Show SOIL IS BEING impoverished secretary of Aari agriculture culture wilson sounds a note of warning to farmers of 0 middle west new york causes that tend to increase the high cost ot of living and the proper conservation of khe the soil boll as the remedy for the increase were subject matters of an address on wednesday by secretary ot of agriculture james wilson before the new york produce exchange we cannot afford to be buying food from foreign countries ho he said and wo we must see to it that our western farms farma produce enough not only for home consumption but also to sell abroad and square up the balance of trade the cost of living calls tor for a careful inquiry into the causes that have operated to bring about conditions now to us is as a people wo we have had great abundance of food and prices that were lower than most other countries with which we compete in commerce and manufacturing compensation for skill and labor has been comparatively high in our country but increased cost of living has been an absorbing factor that cannot be adjusted at present to the satisfaction ot or those concerned the major part ot of our people in the east are being fed from the alts mississippi sis sippi valley and tho the states of the south draw much from the samo same source I 1 am well satIs satisfied fled that the sorts of that valley are being subjected gradually tt to the same unwise treatment that so seriously Aes destroyed troyed the soils east of the alleg hentes and south of the ohio |