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Show About Farm Prosperity We believe that most pecple will agree that prosperity on American fa.ms in the years that have past was dependent upon adequate foreign for-eign markets for the surplus yields cf our broad acres. Since" the end of the World War, however, the other nations have followed a self-sufficiency ideal for agriculture and mlost of them now seek to guaiantee their cwn necessary neces-sary food supplies from the products prod-ucts of their own land. This attitude is the result of fear, in part, and will be rnbder-ated rnbder-ated when the war scares die dewn. As more normal trade resides re-sides a more even prosperity to the world the commerce of all nations na-tions will gain and in that day agriculture will share the advance. Meanwhile, in the United States farmers are faced with surpluses that car not be sold at reasonable profits and the government is called upon to c.me to the rescue of the ag.iculturists. Much dispute dis-pute has bean engaged in as to the prcper means of aiding the tiller ct the soil but little time has been ftasted upon debating the necessity neces-sity for the assistance. ui. til foreign demand fr our ciops improves there seems to bt no alternative but crop control ii we expa.t cu. agricultural population popu-lation to av.id a pauper existence. Naturally we incline to favor entire en-tire freedom of planting for every farmer but so leng as he must sell in a world where there is not freedom free-dom cf comme ce the farmer must also seek protection. The tariff certaii.Ty blocks the flow of trade into any nation and gives aid to industries and it is nothing but right that governments should give substantnal assistance to farmers. |