People's voice., 1900-11-22
MilIers' Association Meeting.

Fifty members vf the Kansas Mil
lers' association held sessions at Tie
Carey hotel in Wichita Mednes-
Ui laet week. As result
Of the afternoon session, an organlZ.-
LlUn was formed 'tJ be known DIS The
Kausas Hard Wheat Millers InfOrma-
JlOn Bureau, aud the object is TO
further The SAFE OF Kansas flour and
TO look alter the interests Of the
Kansas millers. Kansas tJur from
THIS time en- is TO be pushed IN the
markets of Tue word. The flour is
b.ing shipped from this state Into the
Eulupedn countries aud tue mlilerS
are determined To Compete with any
state OF county in The matter Of pro-
duclng gOUd -four.
by the regulations Of the new Or
ganiZILiOn, au agent is to be piaced
IN Kansas CITY aud his entire time is
TO b. taken up with the Interests OF
the Kansas millers. He Is TO look
after freight rates ana any change, or
even C Int3mpiated change, is 10 be
for the lntJrmatiUn Of the mlllerS in
the ASSOCIATION, aud they are To be
notified Immediately. Another duty
which he will have is to notify them
of the current pIice OF -four wherever
Kansas products are bang sold. The
mlllers will receive Galy quotations
and IN return for these eacn miller Is
to notify nlm Of eacG shipment; where
it is cUDSlgn ID to: the price whlcl Is
10 be palu, and the grade Of the
flour. BY this method The milltr>
will have al opportunity OF knuw,ug
whether or not ttfey are receiving ii
fair price for their output,
For the malltenance vi the Kansas
City concern aud the new UrganiZ.-
tiUn, some two Thousand or more Uf
dollars were raised yesterday.
One of tile things for which the
me4ting was called was that Of the
furtherance oI the CullOm bill which
is now in congress. This bill is 70
amend the Interstate commerce law
aud give the commission tue powers
they pad formerly under another law
or practically the same, as far as the
millers are CJ0cerned. A resolution
was passed 10y the miilers asking that
the senators and congressman do all
In their power TO have the bill passed.
The war revenue law came in for It's
share OF discussion and the matter
was brought up OF having the revenue
taken of the kilograms, checks, bills
OF lading, etc. After the discussion a
resolution was adopted by unani-
nous vote that the senators and con-
gressmen support a measure to have
the articles mentioned above released
from the list,
The matter OF new seed wheat for
this county was brought up and dis.
cussed. The IDEA is 10 import whea5
from Or mea and TO have it here by
next fall iur Tie farmers so that they
can uSe it in their seeding. B. War
Eentine OF Newton, one OF the most
enthusiastic of the millers behind the
plan, was called upon for his opinion
IN regard to the matter. He stated
just what he had been doing aud the
result secured by the use OF the new
wheat. The cost of the importing
will be large, but for all that the
millers decided that they would ad-
yOcate the measure.
The Crimean wheat is hard wheat
and has a large berry. The wheat
used in this country after a time does
not give the satisfaction that new
wheat does. 1t is sound and hard,
but the color of the bread is not what
the bakers desire. The new wheat
gives splendid color to the bread
and is more satisfactory IN every
IeSDect,