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Show Predicts Farmers Will Fix Prices Soon 1 m, m m m n m m JL fl TILLERS HIT ! : SHE PIT US RIM GETS Leader of Farmers Says Change In Conditions Is Bound to Take Place SALES ORGANIZATION ONE PLAN, HE SAYS Upbra:ds Labor for Asking for Cheaper Food Without Knowing Cost BOSTON, Nov. 10. The establishment establish-ment of a nation-wide selling organisation organi-sation which shall f x the price of .farm products, if the farmer docs not receive "the same :'' for the same hours' work thut others receive," was 1 predicted today by Sherman J Lowell, I of Fredonla, N v , master of the National Na-tional Orange of the i'atrons of Husbandry, Hus-bandry, In opening the annual convention con-vention of the grnngi . V are willing to have a fair un-dertsandin un-dertsandin of values, th farmers receiving re-ceiving the jmir pny for the same I hourw' work that others receive, no more, no loss, but we feel that this Is the list call." he .said. If no attcn- lion Is paid to this now l bankers, i lanufaelurciu, railroad; and labor or? r-ontinues to use Its great power, to Im-i Im-i port raw material free of lutv to re-duco re-duco easts, then the grange Will b fh" i flrrt to help organize nation wide sell-1 ing organisations, whicii shall fix the I pri e of Tarm products. )K1 IN : () IT. '"There is no threat in this ; we will hne be, n driven to li in self-defense j to presere our agriculture." Mr T.nwell railaic rl that labor lias. been able to secure a much higher wage, but added: Wc little expected that they would turn and demand cheaper food from us without first ascertaining the cost of production, a'id thereby proving whether or not we were taking too large a margin of profit." The master declared that the great changes that have taken place since the beginning of the war have been to, the . disadvantage of agriculture ;lni I many laws and rulings of our national government have proven of injur to the farmers. RL lJtE FOR OND1TION "We have searched faithfully to I find one law or ruling tolour advantage advant-age and have tailed to find it. We have uiged for a fair show, but all our et-foils et-foils have met with a like fate." Mr. Lowell said the recent census showed .1 new decrease of 10o,00o farms in seven states, anil he charged that the attitude of the men In legist j lative halls and departments of gov- eminent, was responsible to a large fl . I gree for this condition, "So long as we remain passive this state of affairs will continue." he dc-! Clared Concerning taxation, he said of wealth pays ItS Just proportion of taxation and I hut Is when every form of wealth pays it Just proportion of taxes There is no tax more just than an Income tax, for It Is never a charge against any one who has not tn means to pay." SINGLE TAX PPt KD He spoke against the slnglctax and the idea of placing a government land tax of one per cent on the land in place of taxing large incomes. Both would be disastrous to agriculture," he said. "Another equally erroneous Idea,"1 he continued, "in the one of a heavy tax on all unimproved land holdings for If I his State was done and they were forced on the market Uv reason rea-son of such a lax (which is the intent in-tent i It would cause the depreciation of farm lands GO per cent from the fact thut there Is more Improi'i d land than men to work it now " oo |