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When the price of wheat went below $1 a bushel and the price of other farm produce, comparatively, almost as low, then remarkable things happened to the farmers and the farming industry...
Political Revolt. The insurgent-farmer move in politics will undoubtedly be affected by the uptrend which wheat and corn prices have taken in recent weeks. September wheat went up to about $1.25 a bushel. The Department of Agriculture reports from 11 countries which last year produced 64% of the world's wheat, showed an estimate of 15% below last year's production. This, if it comes to pass, means improved prices. It means more money in the pockets of our farmers. It is a worse blow to the LaFollette ticket than any political maneuver which could be engineered...
...luck of the long unlucky "grain belt" remained good. Wheat slumped somewhat, after its recent sharp advance. But its place was taken by corn and oats. The former has risen to over $1.00 a bushel, while the latter has already passed 50?. Since Jan. 1, corn has risen over 20? and oats over 10?, thus adding over $500,000,000 in value to the corn crop and about $125,000,000 to the oat crop. As far as the former is concerned, rising prices of moderate extent for all staple grains is much more beneficial than simply a runaway market...
...music contains the few exceptions. The annals of neo-literature are crowded with the names and obituaries of those whose divine flame turned out to be a flash in the pan. Miss Crane should consider the sad case of Daisy Ashford, and lose no time in procuring a bushel basket...
...That in the case of wheat the difference in costs of production between the United States and the Dominion of Canada is 42? per bushel of 60 pounds. "3) That in the case of flour, the difference in costs of production between the United States and the Dominion of Canada is $1.04 per 100 pounds...