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Show I Adminslralion Foe I 01 Farmers ' .- p B WASHINGTON. July 8 That tin BB j Wilson administration lias dlscour BB aged agricultural production Is tlio BB ehnrgo made by tlio Republican X'u!- H ilclty association In a statement lr.- H ') Jtml .tortay tliroui;!' Its rrcsMt''.'!, BB 'I Hon. .loniillum llournu Jr., UIbciu- BB i!nK thut Dlank of tlio Hcpiibllcu'i BBj ' platronu which prominent B 'An cud to pi leu (Ulug nud'lll BB considered efforta arbitrarily to ta- a bit of flotty hair pushing ita out orer ont ar, and euu liuift look out of Uo corner of her or that li dlitlnctlvely Bllllo Burka'a. own. HIM Burka'a latett appaaranca Is In tha Paramount photoplay photo-play "Away Ooea Prudenoa." And It'a a name that Ota thaWae Ilka a flora. For OPrndaaoa Thorna. ft aoelaty kirrf determined to be a kvtatrtx. aad balked of tta iMle-Stftt iMle-Stftt deelre by ft hard kaartad iatkar and ft cruel flaaoe, who aatt of kaU to aaa her break bar ack. JmI ata herself kidnaped by ft aat of thteraa aad aa tm ot Um aaabvka oa ft eartea of aaaaa- adrefttr. WhaakaJrlotaot Mtr la ftaaUy aattotad. aha msnib koata (o Ua ftaw Oiorevch-Hr Oiorevch-Hr alarmed aad reaaataat father aad flaaoa. wko promUe her all ..tkftfelrplanM aha want if aha lust wjt da aay aaora "ttgmg." due prlecB of farm prbaucta which Invariably rreult to tho dlsadTan taco of both tho producer and tho conouiuer.' , "Aa cvory farmer known.' tUi Btatomont continues, "practically every ev-ery more of tho Wilson administration administra-tion during the war rolatlvo to agricultural ag-ricultural products and prices traded trad-ed to discourage production. For lu stance. Congress passed a law guaranteeing guar-anteeing not less than a certain prlco for wheat. There was a universal uni-versal understanding that this wv.i a minimum prlco guaranteed by the government to Insure tho farnuv against wry great loss. Tlio WIl.oi. administration, however, mado thi minimum price thu maxlmuf price through tli.' licpuslng ayt' -i whlcli gave It a practical monopoly of t''."1 ! marketing ot grain. Tho result w.-u that In nlmast every stato there were farmers who produced and sold grain at loan than tho cost ot production. pro-duction. Of course thero wero many who mado money at tho prlco flxd by the administration, but the records re-cords show that thero wero thousands thous-ands of farmers who Bold their grain at lees than tho cost of production. "Tho Kepubllcan platform lu correct cor-rect In tho oaeortlon that prlco fixing- and arbitrary reduction of prises pris-es of farm products result to dls-odvantago dls-odvantago of both tho producer and consumer. Tho consumer may reap a temporary benefit from tho reduction reduc-tion of prices paid to agricultural producers, bnt ouch reduction ot prices must Inevitably result In a diminution of production with cod-ncquont cod-ncquont lessening of supply and Uic ultimate Incrvasa In price duo to a demand which can not bo fUlfd. Far -'.bettor would It be for tho consumer con-sumer ir ho paid an excessive price In the beginning aad encouraged production whlchjWWtJd.brlng.about an adequate supply aad rtdoce l!x price through compeUtkra fttaoax the producers. "In other lines ot ladatry thaa'ac-rieuHiiro thaa'ac-rieuHiiro administration pursued a course' op post to to that wblch'lt followed fol-lowed In determining the price of farm products, in a large proportion of tho contracts for the manufacture of various commodities needed b) tho government during tho-wa', from munitions to. cantonments and Bhlps, a cost plus plan of determining determin-ing the compensation was adopted. Thus tho producer, of thooo commodities commo-dities was given absolute assurance that he could sustain no loss, tor In an event tho cost of production waii guaranteed to him and by adding to that it cvrtnln per cent of' profit th government encouraged him to" mako his cost' of production as high as practicable. Tho administration took over tho railroads and guarani teed u return on tho property; It took over a large number of Industrial Indus-trial plants under ft similar guaran- ty. It raised u wageq of railroad employe and by Its contract policies poli-cies virtually ralsod tho wages ot i all city employes. At tho simo tlmn that It waa doing this. It was restricting re-stricting tho prlco thafcould bo ob-. talnod by tho farmer for his food products and making It more difficult diffi-cult for him to obtain help to plant, cultivate and harvest his crops. "Tho jnly lnstanco ,lp which th? administration haB by Its act "aided tho farmer 1ft securing an Increased prlco for his products was In the1 cttso of Louisiana sugar. Even In that In stanco the 'ruling of tho department de-partment of Justico was mado iti such a way that It not only enable,! tho Lqiilfllana producer to get a high cr prILDUt H practically enabled 47-cry 47-cry owner of sugar wherever produced pro-duced at whatovor cobI to exact tho eani high prlco which' tho -department flscil for tho Louisiana product." barons passing tho buck to tho pub He? |