Show A COMM in an article in the deseret news of january 15 a noted nested professor Is quoted as paying that the high cost of living is hero and hero to stay and declares that we may take steps to alleviate but we can not do away with it ile he further states th atthe increase in population is more rapid than the lo io ot of food he attributes the 1 hitting lifting ot of the rural population of 0 the united states to the cities is 03 the ause of 0 the rise in prices and it if this 31 statement at ement be true tile the question would be what can be done to encourage the boys to go back to the farm and be producers in place of 0 consumers the professor concludes with these words and what are we going gain to do about it many theories wl will 1 i i be advanced but ot of them all will t there 1 le 1 be one that can be put to work to achieve the result I 1 might here suggest one theory that I 1 think would tend to encourage our boys to return to the farm and be producers and that is for our government or legislature to pass an act to cut down at least one halt of the taxes on all agricultural land producing grain or other food products Dro ducts and then if the farmer could get a federal loan on his land for five or six per ant cent tor for from five to fifteen years to properly improve and put his farm in good shape for cultivation IT if would be an incentive for the boys to come back to the farm and at the same time encourage others to turn their attention to 10 agricultural pursuits I 1 believe uncle sam is well enough off to give this encouragement to our young men and I 1 am sure if this could be done that we would solve th great problem of the high cost of living to a very great extent we ive will all admit that the present conditions are antl an thing ling but 1 aging to young men to engage in farming or agricultural pursuits say a young man mail has a small farm or buys one lie he bas aas to pay 8 per cent on the money mcney to lo buy the farni farm with borrow money at 8 per cent to buy implements and stock up tip the farm aud and other improvements his products at ara handled by middle men and he only gets gels a nall share of the it crop after all I 1 expenses P uses are paid then comes the assessor and informs him that the taxes are due and that they are raised this year whether much else is raised or not and will have to bo be paid by the first of december lie he Is 15 compelled to leave the form farm in winter and look elsewhere for a job to earn a living for the family and keep them warm I 1 dont think I 1 have overdrawn the picture but this Is about as I 1 see it so I 1 say let us do all we can caa to encourage the boys to get a 9 farm if it is possible for him to malie an honest living as well as the boy in oa CA ii the city A READ |