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Show URGES GRAIN BE NOT SOLO President of Armour Company Com-pany Predicts Rising Market in Future , CHICAGO, August 4. President George E. Marcy of tho Armour ilr.'in company Issued a signed state- ment tonixht urginp farmers to hold I iaci; their grain for reasonable prices and saying that aa prices for grain go up bettor business conditions throughout through-out the whole country will follow. lie sa ys An upward movement In Rraln prices Is in prospect, and the situation promises to be o' such financial benefit bene-fit to the American farmei that he. in turn will bo ln a position to materially ma-terially improve the general business! conditions An orderly and gradual marketing of existing wheal sloclcs1 will end the present depressed price j conditions and there are tremendous' economic factors at work o force slower nnd more stable marketing. "Settlement of the cool strike wlllj result In decreased amount of rolling i stock capable of moving grain to t r mtnals and expected Improvement In, general business conditions should further affect the amount of equip-! ment available. ( n the other hnnd the demand1 promises to get constantly better "The American farmer holds the key to the situation. He BOld his I surplus grain lest yea- at high prices ; good crops nnd ood supplies are In prospect, and. thanks to the relief measures adopted by EJugene Meyer through the war finance corporation and the farm board, the farmer Is now ln a fair position to hold his grain for reasonable prices. "With the farmer wisely holding back his grain, with economic conditions condi-tions working toward tho same result, re-sult, the end of the present lew level on farm products seems to be in siM and as prices for grains pro up better business conditions throughout th" whole country will follow." |