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Show A LESSON FOR THE FARMERS. "Editor Standard: That long-headed, successful business men havo a penetration into the future that is beyond be-yond that of an ordinary individual is "shown by referring: to the remarks of Patrick Cudahy, which appeared in the Associated Press dispatch, tho 20th of last October, which read: "I think the farmers will bo glad later on to take half of the prices they are now getting for potatoes," said Patrick Cudahy, head of a packing concern, today, in discussing discuss-ing the state of Food Administrator Administra-tor Hoover that the farmers are holding back their crops. "I think Mr. Hoover's statement is sound," said Mr. Cudahy. "The farmers are getting altogether too much the best of things. They ought to be regulated thO same as business men." " "They are holding back wheat and potatoes for higher prices. People coming from the country tell me the farmers are holding potatoes In their cellars." "They are getting from ?1 to $1.25 for potatoes now. Next spring they will be getting 50 cents." "That the abovo is nearly the case is shown by the present price of potatoes. pota-toes. A year ago potatoes were from 4 to G cents a pound. "Now with people paying the low price that they are, potatoes should enter consumption more extensively, to relieve the demand for wheat flour." This letter is from one of our most prominent business men. It drives home a most important lesson. Our farmers must be content with good profits and, when offered reasonable prices they should sell their products. To do otherwise is to gamble on the misfortunes of this nation. Yesterday a farmer in central Nevada Ne-vada had 7,000 bushels of wheat commandeered com-mandeered because he refused to sell at ?2.75 a hundred pounds at a point 100 miles from the Southern Pacific railroad. He thought by holding he might get $5 a hundred pounds, and, though he knew by so doing he was depriving de-priving his country of a very necessary neces-sary article In the winning of the war, he was unconcerned so long as he personally per-sonally profited! That is a wrong spirit. It is the worst form of selfishness. It is pro-iteering. pro-iteering. Under that narrowing influence, influ-ence, a man's soul must shrivel and his heart decay. |