Show IS or FARM HANDS CAUSE or HIGH PRICES secretary of agriculture wilson says say dearth of laborers renders muth much good land idle washington secretary of agrical j ture hilsop allson who has just returned from a trip through the western states says that lack la ck of farmlands farmhands farm bandal hands la Is the chief cause of the high price of foodstuffs i j all through the west and northwest the same situation exists said mr the country Is as healthy and prosperous as ever it wasa was but thousands of acres of valuable and fertile land Is lying idle because the farmers cannot hire labor alt houghl although wages paid farm hands in these thes 0 states stater are the equal of those paid to laborers in our large cities I 1 the immigrants who land on our shores all flock to the larger cities and those of them who have done farming in their own countries are ln in competent and nearly useless to tile the american farmer because they do not understand the modern modem machinery used on the farms in this country prices of grains and vegetables therefore are bound to be high and df af course with these staples selling at high pric the value of meats Is thereby raised |