62 THE BUSINESS OF FAKMING 



products, the merchant, the middle man, getting a 

 fair share for his trouble and expense of distribu- 

 tion to the consumer, and yet the consumer getting 

 the produce at a price that eliminates much of 

 the cost of high living? Does not this system, as 

 we have shown, partake of the "give and take" 

 plan of society, by which we each give up certain 

 liberties and privileges that the remainder may be 

 the better protected? After all is there not some 

 thing more in this life than the farmer, the middle- 

 man, and the consumer receiving the exorbitant 

 profits and cheaper products? We all want to 

 get the best out of life in the way of better homes 

 and home equipments, better surroundings, bet- 

 ter highways, better schools and churches, better 

 amusements, better government, yea, the better 

 opportunity. But to get these things we must 

 "give and take." If men and women will live 

 in the towns and cities which they claim give them 

 the better opportunities for the best living, then 

 should they not pay the price for such opportuni- 

 ties ? Let us remember that it is not wealth alone 

 that gives the best and right living. We must be 

 interested in every part and portion of our com- 

 munity if we are going to get the best out of our 

 life. It will never be possible for each one of us 

 to withdraw or to think that we can withdraw from 

 the activities of our communities, shut ourselves 

 up as it were, and say we will have nothing to do 

 with them. We each must concede something for 

 the betterment of our communities. 



The high cost of living cannot entirely be laid 

 at the feet of the producer. The fault lies largely 

 with the consumer. He has demanded systems 



