| Show t. W. W forme I r 0 is spending the T pi pis s Wisconsin sn neat leat protects Farmer Farmerr armer r F From Wr was in in rf f Overproduction fo down lown By DR DR J. HJ r Vh he- he head 1 Iad ad sol sot nt of f j Kansas State Agricultural College t t jck ck jand nd 1 Today there is on ond y side on which any loyal American may bo found jound and that is th jy of of the Stripes Since we are arc at war war j it is necessary for null Ull to make sacrifices and the smallest sacrifice male mal is t tb tI sacrifice of anyone none can money I Pr Price ce flunk fixing is a a. ne r business to a democracy like ours and it necessarily necessarily causes cames some some confusion on and at first particularly since it has bas had to co cony in a year ear when the available wheat supply was the lowest in man many years and when the demand was perhaps the highest tin fin history The farmer cannot help feeling that his product under 1 sale le would bring a much higher price than the government dares dares' to fix It Itis is to be remembered however that the fixed price of in ChiC Chicago go is for the entire 1917 crop and continues in effect until July July- next when the guaranty of not less than 2 fixed by congress be becomes becomes' omes operative Moreover Moreover while the world is short of available wheat ther actually exists a surplus of this crop 1 Australia has a reserve of bushels which is being offered at 1 1 a bushel and there is the prospect of an ad additional surplus of bushels at the thc coming harvest in that country In India Indin there is in sight a surplus of nearly bushels and in Argentina of or approximately bushels If act active Ye fighting should cease and peace negotiations begin these supplies added to what is obtainable fin in Canada and the United States would be thrown immediately on the thet t market depressing sing the price prize here as well ell as elsewhere to probably 1 la to bushel This does not take into account the vast resources of or wheat in to Russia which cannot be reached in time to affect the sale of the 19 1017 17 crop t The government price recently fixed protects the American farmer against any decline in the wheat market While the present guaranty its is based on a small crop and will fiU furnish no subsidy t to the farmer but butwill butwill will rather call can for a sacrifice ce on his part we are are likely to have ha under normal crop conditions a billion and a quarter next year Under ithe government guaranty this thie will wiH be sold Bold for at least 2 n a bushel |
