Show baci of HANDS CAUSE of HIGH secretary of agriculture wilson says dearth of laborers renders much good land idle washington secretary of agrical ture wilson who has just returned from a trip through the western states says that lack ot of farmhands Is the chief cause of the high price of foodstuffs all through the west and north west the same itu atlon exists said mr wilson the country is as healthy and prosperous as ever it was but thousands of acres of valuable and fertile land Is lying ille because the farmers cannot hire labor although wages paid farm hands in these states are the equal of those paid to labor ers in our large cities the immigrants who land on our shores all fick to the larger cities and those of them who have done farming in ill their own countries are in competent and nearly useless to the american farmer because they do not understand the modem machinery used on the farms in this country prices of grains and vegetables therefore are bound to be high and of course with these staples selling at high prices the value ot or meats is thereby raised |