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Show DON'T BE AFRAID HE WILL NOT HURT YOU Commencing noxt week, December 1st, the Chlpmiiu Morcuntilo company will take' a special Interest In showing show-ing tho children nnd purcntB tho Inrg--il nml most complete Hue of Dolls, Toys, Novelties nnd Xiuus Goods. These Gorman made articles wcro all iiurchased before tho war affctcd prloes. Thoro will bo no ndvnnco In toys this your. If you buy from us. Wo were successful In securing, not only thu staple urtlclim usually exhibited, ex-hibited, but ti lurge iiuuibor of lutui-ohUiik lutui-ohUiik attractions mid many now toy that have not been hIiowii bo-fore bo-fore Our full line will be shown ln'ceinber 1st, In our Grocery Dopart-,it Dopart-,it ut Xmiis Goods, Ximis Hooks. I inns Cards, Xmiis Dishes mid Xmiis . iidii-s Old SniUu will ho one of ilm .- i mi nit features on dlfpln ; ciiipmvn's ni(i m: stow: ninkati Fork 2 ' NOTHING EXCEPT THE .MINT can make money without advertising. adver-tising. Hut Injudicious advertising advertis-ing Is a sinful wasto of monoy. This paper la a good puller and result gottor. Give It n trial and bo convinced. tf o We lune u nice line of SAM. PLi: (SHEETING CARDS, both for luilhldttnls and business tlrms for Christmas. If interested call and see them. (Jet your orders In enrly. 21.31 i I . Band Dance 4 Iiy Am. Fork Silver Band Orpheus Hall Pleasant Grove Sat. Night Dec. 5th All the latest hits - Tickets 50 cents Ladies Free Xmas Gifts You can hu.v at Webb's JcMclry Sloic thnl nill .lust her, or him, u lift-time. lift-time. New uud llrsf das Jou'lrj, Nothing clieiip hut the price. Eiigrutlu(( Free All kinds of repair Murk catvfull) done uud guaranteed Pine Wnlches a specialty. J. G. Webb Main Street I'loaMint Grinc, ('full tiMJUtisjMLiBi(imiara!X3SfiXf:ffiaaHE STOP at the Culmer ifei Cimlcit Place In the Count. Clean, Coiiifoi table Itotitns l'frst CIhsn Scnlco --Eillicr Itcgiilnr Mi'tiNor Slmrt Orders Pleasant Grove, Ul. j mmt jmrnmmmmmmmammm MARKETING WORLD'S GREATEST PROBLEM ' HH WE ARE LONG ON PRODUCTION, ' sHfl SHORT ON DISTRIBUTION. HH iBBsl By Peter Radford fl Lecturer National Farmers' Union. fl Tho economic distribution ot farm l products Ib today tho world's grcntCBt H problem and tho war, whllo It haB ! Bl brought Its hardships, has clearly era- H plmslzod tho importance ot dlstrlbu- ' jH tlon as n factor in American ngrlcul- ' H turo and promises to glvo tho farm jH era tho co-operation of tho govern 1 JH ment nnd tho business men tho Dssfl solution of their marketing problem. il This result will, in a mcasuro, com- JH pousnto us lor our war losscn, lor iuu bbbbI business interests nnd government 'bLH havo boon In tho main assisting al- Lbbh most exclusively on tho production ''LB sldo ot agriculture. Whllo tho dopart J H mont of ngrlculturo has boon dumping B tons of literature on tho fnrmor tolling ( 1 him how to produce tho farmer han I'ILbI boon dumping tons of products In the isLI nation's gnrbago can for want ot a 'sLbh L H The World Will Never Starve. tliH At no tlmo slnco Adam and Ere ILbh woro driven from tho Garden of Eden ILH havo tho Inhabitants of this world LbH Buffered from lack of production, but f bbbI somu pcoplo havo gono hungry from tiiii tho day ot creation to this good hour j H for tho lack of proper distribution. rftHI Slight variations In production havo tiHI forced n chango In diet and one local 'H ity has felt tho pinch of want, whllo 'iiH anothor surfeited, but tho world ns a 'H wholo has over boou a land ot plonty. H Wo now havo less than ono-tontli ot H thu tlllablo land ot tho earth's surfaco aH under cultivation, and wo not only H have thin surplus area to draw on but ,H It Is snfo to estimate that In case of f jH dlro necessity one-halt tho earth's H population could at the present tlmo nBI knock their living out of tho trees vH of tho forest, gathor It from wild jjB vines and draw It from streams. No iH ono should becomo alarmed; tho jH world will novcr starve. liiH Tho consumer has always foarod ItVAl that tho producer would not supply ' H him nnd his fright has found ciprcs- l?iH slou on the statuto books of our states VibVJ and natlonB and tho farmer has been r.VBvfll urged to produco recklessly and with- iH out rcferenco to a market, and regard- LiH less of tho demands ot tho consumer. 1 Back to the Soil, M Tho city pooplo have beon urging H each other to movo back to tho farm, iH but very few of them havo moved. jH Wo wclcomo our city cousins back to BJ thu soil and this earth's surfaco con- , tains 1G,092,1CO,000 idlo acres ot till- able land whero they can mako a iBBJ living by tickling tho earth with a. forked stick, but wedo not need them ; BH so far ns Increasing production Is con- H cornod ; wo now havo all tho producors BB wo can uso. Tho city man has very vBBBJ erroneous Ideas of agricultural condl- I BJ (Ions. Tho commonly accepted theory fH that wo aro short on production Is all wrong. Our annual Increaso In pro- '. BH ductlon far oxceeds that of our In- f BH crenso In population. BH The World as a Farm. fl Taking tho world as ono big farm, if wo find two billion acres ot land In HJ cultivation. Of this amount thoro Is 8 H approximately 760,000,000 acres on tho HJ wontorn nnd 1,2G0,000,000 acres on tho H anstoni homlsphero, In cultivation. K HJ This cstlinatc, of course docs not in a BB elude grazing lands, forests, etc., jj BB whero largo quantities of meat aro J BB produced. i BJ Tho world's annual crop npproxl- Bl iimtes fifteen billion bushels ot co- 1 Bl renls, thirteen billion pounds of flbro 1 Bl nnd slxtV-flvo million tons ot moat. HJ Tho avorago annual world crop for BJ tho past five years, compared with tho 1'H previous flvo years, is as follows: 'H Past Halt Previous Hair HJ Crop3 Decade. Dccado. &H Corn (Uu.) 3,934,171,000 3,403.055.000 ff.H WheaKHu.) 3.E22.7GD.000 3,2G7,G2C,000 'HJ Oats (Hu.) 1,120.017.000 3.G0R.315.O0O ;H Colton(Hules) 19,803,800 17.C41.200 g HJ Tho world shows an nvorago In- ' B crcaso in coronl production of 13 per t 1 BJ cant during the past decado, compared RiH with tho previous flvo years, whllo tho ' njjH world's population shows an Increaso BH of only thrco per cent. ii'H Tho gain In production far exceeds H'H that of our Increaso In population, and N; It Is saro to estlmato that tho farmer 9 can easily Increaso production 25 por y cent If a rcmunoratlvo mnrkot can bo U found ror tho products. In toxtllo l HjH fllir.ea tho world shows an Increase f H during tho past half decado in produc- T H tiou of 1G per cent against a populn- f H tlon Increaso of three por cent. r iH Tho people of this nation should a,H nildresfl theniselvcB to tho subject of p fil Improved facilities for distribution. r H Over-production and crop mortgage W ff fl force tho farmors into ruinous com- w fflB petition with each other. Tho remody W .'B lien In organization and in co-opora- , Bj tlon In mnrkotln. .... - B martin m. larson i mbBhh IlOlJJltOOh It LOCK, 1'llOVO, UTAH HBSyl |