Show purl released by western newspaper union SOME REMINDERS OV OF OLD WAR NOI SPEECHES DIGGING THROUGH some old rubbish a few days ago I 1 discovered a number of ilip clippings pings from english papers containing accounts of the visit of a party of american journalists of which I 1 was one during the days spent in england that party of americans listened 0 o many speeches and in view of intervening ter and present day events these clippings made interesting reading arthur balfour in a speech made at a d luncheon forecast the difficult problems to be faced at the peace table and what would happen in the future should hatred have a place in pence peace negotiations the kind of peace he warned against was made and his prophecy for the future has been realized in a second world war lord northcliffe in a speech at a luncheon in the london times building forecast a league of na irions that with america as a participant would solve all future international problems problem si america did not join the league and the league did not prevent a second world war far admiral sims commanding the american navy in europe explained the work of the british navy ile he were never more than 13 german subs at sea at any one time and that england had some vessels of various classes searching for these subs and protecting merchant ships admiral sims said it was the english navy that would make victory for the allied cause possible by maintaining control of the seas it was true at that time and la is true again now with just about the same conditions world war 1 I and the peace that grew out bui of it did not prevent war but rather encouraged more more wars including the present conflict what will follow the peace of this war only the future can tell the sent sentiment ament now in the democracies is for generous terms term with roosevelt church IR pronouncement as a basis but the bombs ate ara still falling with victory the hatreds of europe mayi may again ps as in 1919 domi dominate pate the pence peace terms FARMERS definitely AFFECT ct ED BY RAILROAD WAGES ali THE ia FARMER la Is the one pro ducer ta in america who does not and cannot determine we the price at which chich hl his s commodity will be sold ile he lows BOWS in inthe the spring with a hope that nature will enable him to produce ta crop and consumer demand will assure him a fair price when with thi assistance of nature his acres chave have produced a crop ho he must reap in inthe the fill fall regardless of what the price may be the price is made at chi chicago c ago at Tlde tidewater vater or at liverpool and the farmer pays the transportation from the price paid Is deducted the 8 delivery costs athe u the manufacturer can androes and does fix the price at which he will sell his product it if there is not a consumer demand at the price he names he can lay off his help close his factory end and await better conditions to the price the manufacturer fac names the local merchant adds the cost of transportation af the product in being his price to the consumer the farmer pays the freight on what he sells and also on what he buys bus the farmer has a definite financial interest in the proposed wage increase asked ask edby by the railroad employees Ploy ces of the nation that increase represents more than the railroads y ore are earning they cannot absorb it and continue to dp operate erate it means increased cost of transportation on what the farmer sells and on what lie he buys he will get less for foi what hi his s factory his aci nci acres cs produce and pay more for the commodities of other factories facio rles the things he and hia family ii need ded and use I 1 and the 1 equipment needed to operate his farm the increased freight both ways will amount to a considerable number of dollars acar for every one of the more than six million farms in america without that proposed increase the average railroad employee is for far better bette off financially than is the average farmer who collectively will pay a considerable sid erable portion of the increase WHERES THE CEILING WHAT DOES a surplus of food and continuously increasing prices mean it if not inflation where is the cell ing they talk about and over what Is it to be placed the farmer barme r cannot bs be the only one ens who Is to be limited in the price ho he receives recelle s STATES PILE IT UP ALSO FOR 1930 the per capita state tax collections averaged 1452 14 52 and by r 1940 had jumped to 2302 23 02 N the exception of but a few states the increase was reasonably even in missouri the jump as reported by bithe the tax foundation was from 10 1061 61 in id 1930 to in 1940 and in inala alabama froni from to aside from these states the range of 1940 state tax collections was from 33 88 in nevada do down to 1438 in south carolina and 1460 in nebraska some borne increases are not ancle sams |