The trail blazers . It isnt charity that prompts this universal con-cern; it is intelligent self-interest, a plain case of ultimate bread and butter. Grant explained very frankly that an army travels on its belly. So does a railroad system, a city council, a merchant marine, and a stove factory. So does all civilization, however complex or refined. Hence the blockade of German ports by the Allies, and the submarine girdle about the TightNcccssi tvfor Food Little Island. Where is Sundays dinner coming from, and where is Tuesdays breakfast? These are paramount ques-tions in the world today, and
The trail blazers . It isnt charity that prompts this universal con-cern; it is intelligent self-interest, a plain case of ultimate bread and butter. Grant explained very frankly that an army travels on its belly. So does a railroad system, a city council, a merchant marine, and a stove factory. So does all civilization, however complex or refined. Hence the blockade of German ports by the Allies, and the submarine girdle about the TightNcccssi tvfor Food Little Island. Where is Sundays dinner coming from, and where is Tuesdays breakfast? These are paramount ques-tions in the world today, and they are as pertinent to America as to the general average of crop production is declining throughout the landand the average cost of production is increasing, it is high time that somebodyharpooned that hard fact and held it up to the light for attention. And at last the farmer is giving attention. He is giving attention, inthe first place, by keeping records and counting the cost, a thing he formerly 9. AN AFTERNOON BAND CONCERT seldom did. He is giving attention, in the second place, by noting the kind andThe Farmer quality of products the market demands, and doing the grad- is GivingAttention. ing himself. He is giving attention, finally, by evaluating hisreal estate at present worth, instead of at some ancient costprice; his hay and grain at market quotations, instead of as so much profitlessproduce to be fed to boarding animals without affecting either side of the farmledger; and his own and his familys labor at prevailing rates of is giving attention to these things, in short, in counting the cost of his foodstuffs, and he is looking for a decent compensation. In spite of the high price offood stuffs paid by the consumer, however, he is not receiving such other words, he is not receiving a barely reasonable income for his investmentand his toil. The causes and the remedies for this situation, except in so far as they concernthe i
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