Show SOIL IS BEING impoverished secretary of agriculture wilson sounds a note of warning to farmers Far meirs of middle west new york causes that tend to increase crea sethe the high coltof cost of living and the proper cons conservation er of the soil as the remedy for the increase were subject matters of an address on wednesday by secretary of agriculture james wilson before the new york produce exchange we cannot afford to be buying food from foreign countries he said and wo we must see to it that our western farms produce enough not noi only for home consumption but also to sell abroad and square up the balance of trade the cost of jiving giving calls for a careful inquiry into the causes that have operated to bring about conditions condition snow now to us as a people 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 hits has been comparatively high in our country but increased cost of living has been an absorbing factor that cannot be adjusted at present pres ent to the satisfaction of those concerned i the major part of our people in the east are being fed from the mississippi sis sippi valley and the states of the south draw much from the same source I 1 am well satisfied that the soils of that valley are being subjected gradually to the same unwise treatment that so seriously destroyed the soils east of the alleghenies and south of the ohio |