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Show , 3. The Potato Blessing. Riding outside the city, one will not fall to see the wide expanses of potato plants growing luxuriously, and forthwith forth-with the Indulges In anticipations tt the golden plenty that is soon to beTtle good fortune of our people. But clouding cloud-ing these anticipations is a dark fear that the speculator will invade these premises and get nearly all these potatoes pota-toes into his own hands and by some port of restriction or limitations so work the prospects that he will be -nble to keep up the price and gather j in the profits, says the Ohio State .lour- i nal. It would be a decided advantage ; to the public welfare if it could be so decreed that no producer should sell to a mere speculator. There is no oppression op-pression in that. Of course. It might stave off a little inconvenience, but it will pay in the end. Let us hope that the beautiful potato prospect will turn ' out a public blessing. |