Show The Man Behind the Carb Carburetor l Sydney S. Anderson of Minnesota 1 Chairman of the Joint Committee of Agricultural Enquiry 1 which recently made mado an investigation in instigation investigation in- in of the tho various fa factors tors entering into the tho marketing of of- farm products makra it clear that the lads ds of the city folk aril and their ir demand for or constant change ane and variety play quite a a 11 p part rt in iu the seemingly low Jow prices paid to farmers for original products In fn the tho case of a package of rolled roBed oats retailing for Cor 20 cents which h n. n the original ri producer sold RoM fo fo 3 82 2 units cents u a bushel the following following fol fol- fol lowing proportions appear The retailer got 42 cents of which 3 32 2 fonts colts Nit II represented expenses of l doi doing business and 1 cent his profit The whole 16 15 1 cents of which 3 was profit p The TIle manufacturer got g b. t 96 06 cents of or which 2 cents were profit 12 cents ta taxes es 16 lG cents C transportation 17 cents adver adver- u sing 13 cents selling cost cast and 18 16 cents cost of manufacture Tim flit elevator Ie which n 11 handled the oats got 4 cents and the railroad rail- rail load road 5 un and the farmer 35 5 minded Fair men will sec Bec in this price to the farmer yet ret no one s seems ms to have made extortionate profit at his expense It is well too ton to consi consider er the thA effect on prices Cf of the great great- variety of goods of n a like kind demanded by the public There lire are countless thousands of oC brands of all kinds of goods multiplied multiplied multi multi- plied h by the consumer to tho the point of absurdity ity This means large ft stocks must bo hl carried by hy retailers and capital tied up nil of which the tho consumer has haa to pay The farmer farmel may ho bo exploited by th tho trader but the people people- plainly are mc exploiting themselves I nn |