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Show WHAT'S THE TROUBLE? . ' Farmers in many sections of the country are facing a serious con-ditition con-ditition of affairs. Farm products have slumped heavily heav-ily of late, and yet the labor he employs em-ploys and the things he is compelled to buy remain at practically the same high flgiures. He is compelled to maket his produce pro-duce because he must have funds1 with which to meet his obligations. The farmer is feeling this keenly, especially in view of the fact that the consumer is not getting the hen-em hen-em of his sacrifice. i The fact that city dwellers are still complaining bitterly over the continued con-tinued maintenance of pre-war prices leads one to the belief that the pockets pock-ets of speculators and middlemen, if not others, are being unduly lined with excessive profits. ' It has been the custom in the past to make the farmer the goat to this breed of get rich quick rascals. Is! this practice to be continued to the end of the chapter? |