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Show ! LACK OP FARM HANDS I CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Says Dearth of Laborers Renders Much Good Land idle. Washington. Secretary of Agriculture Agricul-ture Wilson, who has just returned from a trip through the western i states, says that lack of farmhands is the chief cause of the high price of foodstuffs. "All through the west and northwest, north-west, the same situation 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 idle 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 ail flock to the larger cities, and those of them who have done farming in their own countries are incompetent in-competent and nearly useless to the American farmer, because they do not understand the modern 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 of meats is thereby raised." |