The Independent . Certainly you may send me the next SevenBig Numbers of THE COUNTRYSIDE At the special ^TyTT^ HHT TAT? (Value> 25c ?er\price of only L/lN Li, D\J L-/1^/\IX. ^copy - $ 3-19-17. as 38 - * umberof Things -Eaujin Curious how ignorant some peopleare of political economy. They cannotunderstand, for instance, how it is thatAmerican potatoes are selling for threecents a pound in London and eightcents in New York. Yet a momentsconsideration will disclose the expla-nation. The scarcity of shipping andthe submarine blockade have sent upfreight and insura
The Independent . Certainly you may send me the next SevenBig Numbers of THE COUNTRYSIDE At the special ^TyTT^ HHT TAT? (Value> 25c ?er\price of only L/lN Li, D\J L-/1^/\IX. ^copy - $ 3-19-17. as 38 - * umberof Things -Eaujin Curious how ignorant some peopleare of political economy. They cannotunderstand, for instance, how it is thatAmerican potatoes are selling for threecents a pound in London and eightcents in New York. Yet a momentsconsideration will disclose the expla-nation. The scarcity of shipping andthe submarine blockade have sent upfreight and insurance rates so highthat potatoes which otherwise mightbring eight cents a pound in the Eng-lish market have to be sold for difference of five cents may beregarded as covering the cost of trans-portation to England. ** * Lynch Bryan! Shouts AmericanRights Meeting.—Newspaper headline. Has free speech ceased to be one ofthe American rights? * * * The papers report the sinking of thePeruvian bark, Lorton, in the war-zone. It was a bitter dose for Germanywhen the Lorton went down. * * Shakespeare has been ridiculed forhis ignorance of geography because inThe Winters Tale he has Antigonusland upon the se
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