Show ARMOUR A RM 0 U R ON THE HIGH PRICES the exodus from the farm to tho the city and the natural law of a supply that has not kept pace with demand are to blame for the increased cost of living which recently has caused such a furore in the united states as well as other coun trios tries says J ogden armour president of armour co packers and owner of the armour grain company strange au aa it may seem mr armour says he welcomes the boycott that has been declared against meat in many parts of the country 1 I welcome such a movement he is quoted as saying because I 1 think it my mako make for lower prices I 1 want to see lower prices mr armour said he believed increased production is the only remedy for the existing high prices and when asked what he considered a practical way of obtaining it replied james J hill has been making somo some practical suggestions along that line the people must go back to the farms and farms must be made more productive movements which like land congresses have for their object to lead people from the cities to the farms are economically more important than anything else just now whether by irrigation reclamation fertilization or colonization the production of grain and live stock must bo increased few of the thousands of foreigners who immigrate to the united states each year settle on the farms they crowd the cities increasing the demands on production while adding nothing to it statistics show that t |