Show LARE ARE L THE FARMERS PROSPERING Discussing the condition of o the farmer today ody and aDd In the James JamesF JamesF p F Hann Han n n n of o Fremont Neb eb aid 3 the tiller tUler of o the soil soll Is much b ter off at present than In the past pst He went on to say he was at the head of a tina finn farmed tanned acres in Kansas Kneas Missouri Nebraska and Colorado and ad he was waa speaking from experience Within the past two weeks men en ho bo come to Ogden from their rums farms In eastern Idaho and west western ern era Wyoming seeking ment IS as they could not make a living on the soil sou Con Conditions of agriculture 1 never neTer 0 nere ere wor In this district than In the past two O years There are axe signs of o recovery but the recovery will wll be slow Mow until the farmers of the west are regarded from froen the stand standpoint point of freight rates In the SOe the tha whole count country was kas in a slump Bankruptcy wa was upon the nation Farmers shared w ith business in the depression depression and countless mortgages were fore fore- foreclosed foreclosed closed Comparatively the farm arm er was in better circumstances than the manufacturer In those days the farmer struggled to go on onas onas onas as did the business men But today all lin lines s of ot activity except that o of ot the farmer are be be- belag being lag ing well rewarded Some farmers are doing well Growers of crops near the large clUes cities are prosper prospering ing but out here in the v sest est where the long haul to market marlet is confront confront- confrontIng confronting ing all but the beet growers or tle te tomato producer the high freight rates are operating ot to the gre great t in injury jury UI of the man an on the farm This problem is a serious one and should be dealt sith by the railroads in Sit a manner to encourage the farmer to stick to lila his farm |