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capital, who retails his stuff until he has accu- 

 mulated enough money to go into the bigger 

 business necessitating a wholesale outlet. Many 

 small towns are short of vegetables and milk. 

 A dairy section is the worst place in the world 

 to get a household supply of milk. So long as 

 competition is avoided the retailer has a tariff 

 wall of two freight charges and two commis- 

 sions fighting for him. To ship his stuff to a 

 wholesale market he would have to pay one 

 freight and one commission. To have stuff 

 shipped in from outside, the purchaser would 

 have one freight charge and one commission to 

 pay. The producer who sells direct saves the 

 double charge. The climate of Alaska is not 

 adapted to the growing of vegetables, yet the 

 raising of garden truck in that land is profit- 

 able. A tariff wall of freight charges surrounds 

 the place. 



Neither the ebullitions of editors' brains nor 

 acts of Congress control prices for farm pro- 

 ducts. The farmer must look further than his 

 daily paper or the city of Washington for the 

 laws which govern his business. 



