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Show H: FARMERS FORCED TO SELL '. - H Tremendous shipments of wheat froh; K the farms to the primary Markets' are re- l ported from the four cornel's of the ,Uni- j ted States. In many of the'primary niar- j kets'the receipts are the largest in his- j tory. In St. Loon's the arrivals for July H S amounted to 4,682,210 bushels compared l with 2,252,000 for the same month last n year. Elevators, mills and railroads have 1 been taxed to the limit of their capacity M in caring for this unprecedented move-H move-H t ment. H) Farmers who fcist year refused to take Hj j ttei' thajr .?2 for their grain at harvest ' ume And wntf si a1 eiht ?ts ,la' H were compelled to dfspCse of Ulcir Md" H t ings at a heavy loss, are this n V ac"Pj" j i ing in many districts through the J11"" H I die West less than $1 a bushel. And they H "are disposing of their grain at tliis rate B ' fully confident that they are selling ac H bottom prices. i hwf-..,. H , The reason -for this is not, as is com-M com-M monly .claimed, due to the fact that the , H farmer is reverting again to his proper m place as a seller of cash grain and relinks relin-ks quishing his preoccupation as a specula-B specula-B tor in futures, nor to the fact that he is M disposed to take no cliance on further de-H de-H J preciation of prices. The cold fact is that H i the fanner is obliged to sell his grain to M meet his obligations. He faces the-stern M , necessity to sell regardless of his own H wishes and regardless of his belief as to M ' future values. , H The farmer, knows? he cannot take less M than $1 for his wheat and make a fair m i profit on his investment and realize a m ! fair return from his labor. He .knows M moreover, that before lower prices than B those prevailing are possible in grain, H JHrSe?.9 &m machinery, harvesting H and thrashing Costs and farm laboi" .wag: H ' es must be reduced It is because' his own H product has reached pi'e-war levels while H ,, his production costs have not propor- M , tionately decreased that he is compelled H i to sell his wheat at harvest tinie. St. M Louis Times, wsjs? r |