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Show Kl Hi H I?AR, 111 y LOSSES BLOW TO NA- M . TION H nii.'jhtlv more than one-fourth of the H -ion of the United States depends H upon the farm for a livelihood," said 0. H M. JDeniinp-, of Augusta,. Maine, at the H Washington. "The exact figures, ac- H cording to the last census report; are H somewhat more than 30,000,000. The pur- H chasing i)Ower of 30,000,000 people band- H ed together is a very powerful item. Thir- H ty million people spending only $1 a day Hl for each means $30,000,000 a day let loose P in the marts of trade. In a year the same HB people spending $365 apiece, have spent M $10,950,000,000, a neat little sum in itself. H "Now take the other side of the picture H Prosperity depends largely uion the buy- H ing powers of the people. In adverse ratio H depression comes when the buying pow- HwHHHHBj sVavl i I 1 er is incumbered or impaired. That is what has happened today with the farm- . ers. They have lost their buying power. The resuit is all the money the farmers ' earn this year must go to liquidate debts contracted last year. In other words their money is spent even before they get it, but not in the regular marts of trade. Washington Post. v mi ni |