Show FOOD PRICES it W wa could forecast the future even for the space of time one year a head bead a of this country uld n no 0 doubt in make ake some amazing discover r lea one piece of info information motion he r la being forced upon our site atten D tion wa without ban our being gifted with any extraordinary foresight it 1 is that during at least the next twelve months montha there w will ill be no DO cateral reductions duct ions in the cost of living already we we bra are e experiencing war prices for foodstuffs without being at war what the situation will be before an another other crop 1 13 harvested is a matter to be pondered with misgivings should this country be entangled in th the war which at this writing be seems em almost inevitable the situa t tion on will not be improved but even with prices as they are now many grave questions question are nou confronting us take for instance that of seed sed for far planting with potatoes wh wholesaling Ie saling at from 2 50 to 3 00 pe per r bushel can the pota potatoe toe raisers or will the afford the enormous outlay necessary to plant an acreage sufficient to surpass the crop for 1916 or even to equal ita it if IE the crop is not dot increased v ue can hardly look for a reduction in price unless t the he government jails the unscrupulous food speculators will the usual acreage of cpr spring ing wheat and oat oats be sown son with these grains at their present almost pro hibi tive pr ces cesa or will the farmer figure that he can clean up enough profit on a smaller Maller crop cropf even th the good d housewives onion goo patch rt in d danger ger of shrinkage ow ing to the enormous rise in the price I 1 of this thia odorous vegetable to make the situation more ser MUs ious still the indications are that thai southern farmers are preparing for a record crop of cotton the agn cultural papers and those connected with the agricultural department 6 have been ini insistent stent in their advice to farmers to reduce rather than in crease the cotton acreage but 18 nd 20 cent cotton i is s intoxicating and nd it is doubtful if the southern farmers can be prevented from let ting go everything else in order to make a killing on cotton such a course would lave have the effect of re the mouths production of i foodstuffs stuffs even below normal t thue bus further complicating the food situ a tion aaion it could be terminal rem died however il if our people would get one idea firmly I 1 y fixed in their minds that our I 1 landa must be made to prod uce more and more and more it is the age aee old law of supply and demand which barring the ties of the price boosters boasters bo always works to maintain an equitable bal ba ance that the scarcity of an or ar tide enhances its value is a law a aa immutable imm of able as those governing the seasons it should be the first and greatest duty of every citizen of this coun try during the coming year to see I 1 that hat every available foot of land un de his control be made to prod produce U crop food crops are preferable his but ut isome some crop should be r raised fused mother B earth arth is calling to her enild ren to come and partake of her bounties bo u aties and we will have only our selves to hold responsible if we refuse conservation and increase of food crops crop is the only thing that can re lieve have the situation except to jait jail the speculators peul atu exchange |