Show MORE FARMERS ARE NEEDED James J. J Hill Hili Says Future Prosperity Will Depend Upon Developing Farm Lands Chicago Bankers Bankers from every state staten in n the tho Union and representatives of ot financial Institutions in Cuba an and Hawaii Joined on Tuesday In tho the opening session of the thirty-fifth thirty annual annual an an- annual nual convention of the American Da Bankers Bankers' kers' kers association here A warning that the United States may soon cease to be an exporter of foodstuffs was given to the convention by James J. J Hill HUI The idea that we feed the world Is 3 being corrected said Mr Hill Hlll and unless we can increase the agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural population and their product the question of of a a source of food supply supply sup sut- ply at home soon will supercede the question of a market abroad This possible condition Mr Hill attributed at at- to the increased tendency of the he rural population to seek city life and In corroboration he cited the do- do crease in the value of farm lands In Inthe Inthe the he eastern states and contrasted the condition In European countries with the United States Mr Hill sought to impress on the bankers that future prosperity will come In developing agriculture rather than in extending foreign markets |