causes I would mention the fact that
the ‘spread’ between what the pro
ducer receives and what the con
sumer pays is too great. The federal
department of agriculture has re
cently made some very careful stud
ies of this fact. The investigators
of the bureau tell us that the con
sumer paid for the crops of 19-- the
sum of $22,500,000,000. Of this stu
pendous sum, the farmers of the na
tion received $7,500,000,000. Five
hundred millions went to the rail
roads for carrage. And $14,600,000,
000 went to people who live between
the farmer and the consumer. For
every dollar that the consumer paid,
the farmer received 33 1-3 cents,
while people living between the far
mer and the consumer received 66 2-3
cents. Thus, the farmer is pauper
ized an'd discouraged. Small won
der that he becomes a tenant or a
bankrupt and finally Quits the farm
altogether.
“Another cause of this general sit
uation is the fact that the workers
in Industry are direct beneficiaries
of tariff protection, while the far
mer Is not. Through labor organiza
tions, the workers in industry have
forced, the payment to themselves of
a share of the profits which pro-'"
tectlon makes possible.”
SAYS VOODOO WORKER
MUST BE SUCCESSFUL
Abernethy Rules He Gets Money
Falsely Otherwise
When a voodoo worker accepts a
fee fer his services and the voodoo
fails to work, he Is likely to get
Into trouble, as Issus White, a negro,
found out Thursday when he was
given a 90-day suspended sentence
tn Judge H. B. Abernethy’s court.
