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i .V; , ' ' t PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY. 23, 4010 . v I. ' ( I VP s' m : i I IT . -. - . . ' . ; -'; LIVE 5TXi;-H5 HIGHER THA'n:I89S BR5'.D5TIrro-!00 HIGHER-THAN I8S5 GENERAL CU-PLIC5-45Hi5HEI?THMJ C0MH0DITO. GDOALLY- HiGiiilRTHAM 1903 ii 7 II Mm Ai'A si $. f IJk, V a y 7TTi i7ilfJfi J l XAJIVAAf mm ' i J i VA I A V 1 tj A Y f 3J I I It mmm ' i mm ml- i ' mm wpi i IV If ,V Htl mm mil it. t ' . - ' S' ' ' i J.: 1 i-in ' Ujiirrt .V j ' em j.-.r",,K'-i-w-- ' i Froiessor: (3ulhrie v " iiA ' a i Sounds thV-lNote of'-' : (to 11 ''A' " ''T - H I" " ' 'Three - other influences have played .line mer-lCanreOpiei ' -major parts in the rise'm -prices: the effect limmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmamJi of the tariff, the increased amount, of cash ' ,y (-" v " in circulation 'and the broad influence' of ' ' S71QST of living increased out of- tro- ' combinations and' trusts. . r portion to-the increase in itvatesr: Professor' - Guthrie 'does not con- 4 V . I . '.. I1- h, :v f r : ) VW vs v " iruthnhat tour, farms are notproducirig' 1 I 7 enough" for us all to. eat. ', ' v'rv V m V - demn the. trusts unreservedh : indeed, he 1 cftt h)W at.theMnds of Professor find 'ty combinations of one class 'have hm tinUt - th rhnr ' markedly cheapened costs to the ' xon- ; economics, at the College of the City of umer, . i wunan suen vrgam CU(?UKh t0 fix attention. ntr cmpnuiiMCsmc ricLcauy u tegis: lhere are four itcn New York. ttons items which I would adviso. mated crop ' .of ' 724,763,000 ', busWlst foV 1 1909, to livestock 'because of the exaggerated Ipricea m. while" the feats of 1901 amounting to "987,000,000 ,. appljingito , all ;meata.-; -'r'.'. " ' bushels, exceeded the , 983,000,000 bushels i of " . A third- factor has been-the increasing de ; '.. 1909. , ' mand on our grain1 supply from foreign: coun-i j - The, average decline' of all cereals, taking trie's. England' may- be 'pited1-as the m9St the largest yfar .of each one, is1 4 per cent, in 'exigent user ofour grain, fully one-third f her . ' 1909. - The. problem, obviously, becomes a- ques- own arable area being abandoned from agricul-f ,S , tion of the absolute supply of foodstuffs. ture, and-tho burden j falling- largely. uponT .the ' 2' . . Assuming '.bu'.; index t figure of ;1. , as tho. United States,' and next upon" Argentina. V; ",v : j , total cost of living, wo find somo disconcerting -The motet. salient feature' of 'Otlr lAnierican -w-i i increases in' tho food9tuffs"genprally. huhbandry ' is that ' it is v what .tho.'-Germails ' Breadstuffs, representing' .0524 of the-total iiocuruteiy. designate-as-rauboultur robbings the ; ' V Prnftnr Giithri? hii Untied nmrhrA u- UttOH which will restrict rapacity ivhilc eon- . dealing - with 'from ;the; standpoint f . thorough cost in 189b', 'have risen to. .1011 in 1909, or farm. e take everything- out of thc'sdiland 5 hrondstnffs. then' it is done for all practical nurnose3,iracV; . i hnttnvn Zl Lit' Foodstuffs. : ' Livestock, representing '.1855, of the total l1! X"?:0' ' and lived- the subiect from the fiosition of serving inirariicaiiarmer cs vjeii as-inc - i hp iuhhii. vumw.- i ihmih . . t ; "r. r I . ,','; 7 t . ' - t f t . ir r - ' . Jkt-Ills. sophical; investigator. In. the comprehen-proauctwn, of, jooastus, jor tne 'entire tn-. Carfares cost in 1896, have : risen to .4010 in 1909, or oats. We have taken away the cream of our more than double. land. and. then; abandoned t. 1 he return of a . ,;-.,;.,W.iVrfVA fnllwi h, ft, J)fnur ; duslrial and SOCiul Structure h Clnfliinir. V ' Tnkina- allfond -imnliM.' t.bi infirease is More careful class Of farmers to JSew England main items in, our living's cost which dc the nation's husbandmen. The problem of , The enhancement of the cost of living, In about 45 per'ecnt. since 18. 3tion tKt our sys em oVauUue likJ - ltghJTStignon:: foodstuffs, f ldS ? e Wye Js! SsJuTh ' railrS Sfio J'ffiSS o ffSiJS rents, carfares and clothing. , of solution? difficult though-it be. Mean- af from 45 toKp5 per cent. o'f the incDmo of have applied, has had an increase of about 2Q of f0"8 13 amon 5 ;B108t flaffrant tf -nianyjomplex causes for ihe; while, those who are now teaching the, o-- the family receiving the average pay goes to .per cejit. . prodigalities. ; : ; ' . discrepancies'- between - incomes- and -ex- pie at large to expend most wisely and eco- the purchase of food, the importance of -that It becomes apparent that this first prob- "e iav simply exploited, the tmtea penses,.but:with one fundamental factor nomically the incomes -at-hahd' are doing, phase Ji the general question becomes b- fCe' JtlSlSd v keeping prices high now and, unless .ra the' most immediately valuable, work , . f basing inpoS to L iS travagance in the use of land from New En. catty remedied, bound to keep them high in - ; Professor- Guthrie's; opinion tm full, . mense increa8e of our f oodstu; the' us look for the causes. land all the way to the Mtssissipp.., Tho agiu- ' the future. That factor ii the bare, bald follows. first, essential feature' that presents itself is the One leading factor is readily identified in tion now going .on m regard to the.ronww ' ' . ' : ' , ,!'.' f - decrease in the- volume .produced. To -iUus-' the large amount' of land which, formerly, pro- tiou of our forests is equuWy applicable tj, the IF ALL' incomes were to rise as the cost ; essential needs of the masses, s ' t trate: ' . u . ductlve, ? has passed into.;' non-producni.Feness.'j oonditwa. ouf J1;'? ? .-.of commodities rises there would, of" - Since-1896 there has-been a general rise in - In. the United ' States , the production - of - Nw England and a large, part of ;ew' York u'?P"tI:; " Se5d JfAri f i Vf -..r. r f course, be' no , problem involved in the'- wages approximatfhg 20 per cent,; but. the rise ' com fell in 1909 -to 2,767,3145,000 . bushels,: as state are notable examples. ; . , .whufh Bball devote ?.r. cost-of-living. Incomes, however, have -in prices during that period is very close to against the r country's - biggest yield -of - cor n,' ' A second great factor it to "be found m our; soU, m order io(iUbure-an aatquaw i ro t -i' x i i. . . i A : -' , jx ; niu il . j i J: C jj' .1, ..iKini - - o oot yiifini , innroosinu' nmftnnt Of innn 'wnioh -hua rrnrifi auction 01 IOOa. . . western' 'state, tho wages .paid farri (CONTINUED' W-XXSIDB' TAG 1C) v - ,:,'...' ninifaf a fiiopiiotinn Ihot la hnnnrl tn Inorl .. KfononcT hotironn tha mnimv monsiiro nf mute era Fiiiohdla - I hat. VBP. - 11H11.' xesta t.hA Yemrn Vflnr j- into StOCK raislUK. J.I iliciuues laJKO areus 1U - ' mnnrnr tnotfsnvA : mot vtwot pmi tnntV a a : xupII ' . Tbn - wliAnt "nf Kansas. Iowa. 'linnesdta and' Wisconsin, for- typical 748.4fl0.2i 6 bushels, against th esti- - merhr. devoted wholly :to graxn, now-given-over 1 , '? ' ; y"V:': " ' ' ' i ' : ' v - ' '