The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, June 13, 1921, Page 6

Deflating Farmers, or Normalcy Here etr— - A Page of Figures, but Not Dry Ones, on Who Gets the Benefit of Low Prices Producers Are Now Receiving s] N THIS page the Leader presents some figures. Figures are generally dry Leather isoive ninniiatoeanss $17.76 THE FARMER’'S SHARE L i el be Oy Labor .................... 92 Prices paid to farmers declined as follows: reading for farmers. Agriculture has Other factory costs ........ 1.02 B : R Y been “defletttgd," toFuse a woid in %om'- Selling ...:...ooe... Rty 60 . ; April 5,1921 April 6,1920 decline mon use today. .rarmers:have;jbeen Distribution, etc. ......... oo 1,18 20 , brought back to “normaley” wit}E a vengeance, to Profit ... .. ’_ SRS e R T o 57 gzg:’ l}:figi of ‘sale_s ht g $g;g@iggg $ig'gg@m'25 :g use another word for the same thing made popular : RS SR 4 Beegf = ersu}r}g welg;h 9.50@10.10 14.00 S by Ptimdfent Hard};nf. tThe result 1sd§tarvaglon Potall s A B ..$12.05 Butche: héife:svy oice 5-50%) 9.25 8'00814'00 o rices rmers without any corresponding reduc- ] : .y.p . .7 ]| putcher heiers ....... g 8 2 14. gion in (‘)tht the farmer andyother cflnsumfim buy. Now, since then the price paid farm- - Canners and cutters ... 2.76@ 5.00 5.00@ 8.00 36 You have suspected that, if you were not actually convinced of it. The statistics on this page remove all doubt about it. , = ment of agriculture states that if other Pigs .....cccvviiiiil.. 9.50@10.25 13.50@15.50 40" . The tables given “explain themselves and -littlé -;';S;sfie(’f p‘x-oc‘llllci'glxg,g elgfg;gr- t?l:d]e:};‘gfi e e L R - T e comment -is necessary. They were prepared and T YT ? A}erage decline ....... published. by the Minnesota department of agricul- 55 ture arid are accurate and official. While they apply " to Minnesota specifically, they represent the condi- tions in all states and in the United States gener- factory f(;r $12.05 were as follows: ers for hides has ‘dropped from 70 to 76 per cent. The Minnesota depart- cost in the above pair of shoes should now-be only $2.23, and that the shoe : could be sold at the factory for about . |: $6.52, in place of $12.05. But accord- ing to Minneapolis and St. Paul shoe ‘Veal calves, light ...... 7.00@ 9.50 Veal calves, heavy .. The. following wholesale quotations inicents, icéo;:iihg = to the state department of agriculture, were furnished to 16.00@17.50 50 ... 4.50@ 8.00 7.50@14.00 = 42 - THE WHOLESALE PRICE . - © . » o e b R s retail meat dealers by South St. Paul packers: P nt %l}lllf- F orhmsta:hcet, ahm{mla]r co;n;zfla:il:n rénac}g 13 retailers shoe prices have not been re- Cuts April 21,1921 April 15,1920 gzcclfne th 1ca%o 8 0“5‘ la tw o e;:; ; r5n atp tes he.f "t'fi duced anything like that. The reduc- No. 2 steer loins .... 31 T 11 erecurine o ahs yeax;l A -l_per cerkl),vzvgl € *%€ tion will probably run from 15 to 25 No. 2 steer ribs .=.. 25 26 3% of 1 aneSOt.a tag e8 gws t"e ect‘mel to_be 29% Tpfir per cent. Some of the dealers say No. 2 steer rounds .. 15 -7 28 cent, which ¢ hecks o5 p:;zc 168 DUrposes. h le more, but that is about the average. No. 2 steer chucks .. 11% 15 23 figufgs fo; %tl erhstate_s (?f t el.czténtry t ats_, & “; 0'€ They also say that the retail price will No. 2 steer plates... 7% 12% 40 u;louM.pro at yfis oW smrg atr tshlg d_fivana 1ogst TOM ot be any lower until labor’s wages No. 2 steer triangles. 9 13 30 :he mnesto & gfm:s.‘i ufor ‘;.v lstzfi(ncefi zsweeg are reduced. But look at the factory No. 2 cow loins ..... 26 31 16 the gerf.en afge 0 h ?c "le é £8: p ; :n'l labor cost in a pair of shoes, as deter- No. 2 cow ribs Y 99 % 12 e decline for ‘;’d obesa beo Tez;l prices, an rfi ai mined. by. the department.. It is. 92 el om0 = SHgiet I mea;.‘ prices, v}\;ou Py e about the same everywhere cents on a pair of shoes selling for No. 2 s oare chucl.(é' 10 14% 31 e pan el $12.05. This ENTIRE labor cost could | No' 2 cow plates .. ~ 8% 1956 = SOMEONE BETWEEN GETS be WIPED QUT without materially . | No. 2 cow triangles.. . 8% 1234 32 MOST OF THE “SAVING” ;?ducmg the price of this pair of shoes. Lamb legs ......... 31 - ‘48 " 98" E o, !abor is not tosblame. Someone Lamb backs ...~ .. 88, . ‘42 a3 - v It will be noted that while prices paid farm- else is getting the “graft.” : Choice calves, light.. 14% - 20 21 ers for livestock went down 41, per cent dur- J. W. Hay of the Minnesota depart- - Calves, fair to good.. 14 18 . 22 ing the last year, wholesale meat prices de- ment of agriculture, in.a memorandum Calves, common .... 10 - 17 Tt g clined only 29!, per cent. In other words, the accompanying the hide and shoe fig- Spring 'lambs, good.. 22 86 40 middlemen are absorbing over half of the re- ures issued by the department, brings : : : ductions which we are told are due to “defla- out the following facts: : Average decline ....° . 2914 tion” and “getting back to normalcy.” + A word as to the table of prices on hides. The figures should be considered in connection with cost of shoes now and a year ago, and with the cost WAGONLOAD OF HIDES | FOR PAIR OF PUMPS ' One calfskin, which the averageb " The following are St. Paul retail meat prices as gath- ered by the department of agriculture, in cents: HOW THE CONSUMER PAYS St. Paul hide quotations, furnished by D. Bergman & Co., to the department on April 21: “It is the same old story of items that enter into the price of a pair of shoes. farmer now is glad to sell for 25 Credit and delivery basis - Per cent A year ago the same authority which vouches for cents, furnishes enough leather for Cuts April 13,1921 April 1, 1920 decrease the rest of the figures given on this page found at least three pairs of high class Pprtgrhouse eee-.s 50-65 50-60 % of 1 that the cost items in a pair of shoes selling at the women’s pumps, which are selling Sirloin ........... 40-45 40-50 e of 1 \ at their same unnd ............ 35 35 none old prices “of Rib roast. ...inies 35-40 35-40 none $8 to $14. Chuck roast ...... 22-25 25-30 1% PACKER HIDES—DECREASE 70@72 PER CENT Yet if the Plate beef ........ 10-12% 15-20 36 Kind of hides 1921 - 1920 farmer want- Leg of lamb ...... 32-35 45-48 28 Spready native steers ........ $0.12@0.13 - $0.37% .ed to trade Lamb chops ...... 45-50 50-60 13 Heavy native steers .......... 10@ .11 .38% calfskins for Stewing lamb ..... 15-20 20-22 17 Native bulls ...... e e st .06 .30 shoes, he Pork chops ....... 32 35 8 Heavy native cows ........... 08@ .11 .35 would have to Sm"{:eg I;Iams, “]’}"013 32-33 38-40 17 : bring 32 t moked ham, sliced 50-55 50-55 none COUNTRY HIDES—DECREASE 70 PER CENT 56 o% them—o Smoked picnic hams . 15 20-22 28 Kind of hides 1921 1920 a wagonload Tard i e s 15 - 25-28 43 Heavy steers ..cieessecscescons $ .09 $ 2T @ .30 —to buy one Veal cutlets ...... 35-40 50-55 © 9281 Bulls woiere et i s s e .04 24 @ .25 pair of pumps Stewing veal ..... 121%-15 18-20 28 Calfskins, per hide ............ d10@ .17 24 @ 25 for his wife. Horsehides, per hide ........... 2.00@ 3.0Q -~ 11.00 @13.50 To quote Mr. Average decline ... 18% SHEEP PELTS—DECREASE 76 PER CENT Hay directly: Kind of hides " 1921 1920 “They contend Packer sheep and lambs, per hide.$1.10 $4.25 that the price of hides five or rice at which th : i Country sheep and lambs, per hide .40@ .50 - 1.75 six months ago coptrols the Eo reason vtr‘;)y sfigevgézeiogdhsu{;a;o?gfo. Lt . : ) ollow down i)iry pelts, Montana butchers .... .11% 13 35 @ 40 price of shoes. But prices at at least most of the way. = exicans, common run ......... 07@ .08 Z5 26 @ .30 thaf time were low enough to “The handlers so § oner or later must learn that ‘ 'TALLOW—DECREASE 62 PER CEN1 f::cblle I(E\};ZT ;fic::“;}fz?:e:h:; fa}f_m}(lers seg!ing their products at a starvation figure Kind of hides 1921 1920 sold them then. And certginly :; i }.‘er’n itters them anyway, will ask sharply Packer edible . .s et saanisunshis $ .06% $.16 @ .16% thie \ pramant” iide And ctat e ‘why" of these high prices. The margin is un- e ; p pric -Tuture reasonable and unfair, to say the least. These : GREASE outlook of the hide trade does prices must be reduced if the shoe trade k Kind of hides 1921 1920 n}?tt vlt;arrant any assertion what is good for it.” e' HRoey trade; Kows Choice white ......... 3 ey $ .05% $ J14% do:i)v nsxficfi“f‘fft}f::"nfii cs(:?d? Prices paid to farmers are the last to rise when there is a: general upward trend, and the first to fall when there-is deflation. The farmer has already extra profits being grabbed been deflated with a vengeance since the eak of Green salted cows and steers ......$ 01921@ $0. 25{@20 23 off somewhere between the war inflation, but these figures show thal;: other No. 1 green salted bulls : '07 @ .08 i 45 * producer and the fellow who businesses have not been deflated. If all products, No. 1 green salted veal c:«;l-f” '04 @ '05 '30 buys the shoes, though our and prices to consumers, ‘had dropped during the Gréen salted deacons, per hi;i;,. N '30 @ 5 40 2'50 investigations have not car- last year as much as prices paid farmers the cost Green salted horsehid’es per hid‘e.:: 1:50 @2’50 10'00 rit_ed us fa.r enoug}l to deter- of living would now be a third to a half what it Tallow.) oo sy ’ e ol . :12 mine who is the chief offender. was. . But to date the farmer is about the only “Hides are being sold for from one-third to one-fifth the PAGE SIX victim of “normalecy.” dleman ? Why not deflate the mid- 7