Show V V V COFFEE AND BUTTER LET US make It clear immediately and without qualification that the rising price of coffee Irks us as much as it does the next man says the Wall Street Journal Nevertheless the furor over coffee does highlight some curious cir clr- The prices of other agricultural products products products pro pro- ducts are high We cite the case of butter In part at least the price of toffee I 1 t i j i i 1 II Igoe up goes goes up because supply is short in to rela- rela I tion lion to demand But there Is no such I excuse for the price prIc of butter Instead I Ij pr production d Is ample and it continues to to torise torise I rIse It n has been charged that the short 1 l crop is not the only reason for the as ascent ascent as- as as cent cent centor of or coffee prices There has been muttering about cartel arrangements' arrangements And man manipulation Well In relation to l butter Dutter no one has to I be In the dark dark ab about ut those fe features tures The United d. d States j Government Is running a gigantic butter l j cartel which openly manipulates to keep j price far above what it would be in ina I a a. free market Suppose that coffee were were a domestic crop instead of an Imported crop Would the sen senators tors from the c coffee states then I be exercised about the present price Or would they be insisting that the price was was was' Just and that any attempt to bring It t down would be ruinous s to the th thc c coffee raisers |