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a success, you simply change the class of middle- 

 men and cause a different distribution of the prof- 

 its. But if they succeed in appreciating prices 

 of farm products, to any great extent, would they 

 not be combinations to boost prices, just as much 

 as the great trusts organized for the boosting of 

 prices, and therefore, be unlawful! 



Within the last twenty years the author has 

 seen the rich lands of the corn belt, now valued 

 at $200 per acre, begging for buyers at $35 or 

 $40 per acre. Corn was selling for 15 cents per 

 bushel and other farm products in like propor- 

 tion. In those days no cooperative movement on 

 earth was powerful enough to bring about condi- 

 tions that would enhance the prices, for there was 

 a plethora of farm products and not enough con- 

 sumers to consume them. When consumption 

 caught up with production, then farm products 

 began to enhance and prices of lands increase. 



The Medesian law of supply and demand will 

 ever govern the price of commodities. If low 

 prices prevail, the remedy is more consumers and 

 better facilities for the better and cheaper trans- 

 portation of products to the consumer, or the or- 

 ganization which has for its purpose the storage 

 and withholding from the market of products until 

 prices adjust themselves to a higher level or the 

 market is bare of products, which will cause ap- 

 preciation. 



But after all are we not natural born kickers? 

 We seem to overlook the unalterable laws of busi- 

 ness and trade. That in the business world as 

 well as in the moral and natural world " periods 

 of energy and faith are succeeded by ages of doubt 



