Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-10-10

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE ]
any rate to d large extent alone, +
cannot say but do know Of one or
two millers who have been using 60
to 70 per cent of durum in their mix
lures, and they say they have got
good results. AS a rule, nlillers here
only own to using from 10 to 20 per
cent of durum. Some say they can
not go beyond 10 per cent. others
will go UP to 15 or 20 per cent sly.
To sum the matter up: The depart.
ment of agriculture has succeeded by
it's persistent and ill-advised med
ding with the staple crop of the,
northwest in producing an enormous
amount of bastard wheat. This can
not be successfully used by Ameri-
can millers in making -four. When it
is used by them it unquestionably
lowers the standard of their brands
and affects unfavorably the value of
their product. The British millers,
owing to the variety Of wheats which
free trade allows to flow into their.
open markets, have become pastmast-
ers in the art of blending and mix
ing. Having access to this variety
of wheats, denied to American mil
lers, they are enabled, according to
account, to use Tnacaroni wheat in
large quantities, from twenty to sew
enty per cent of their mixtures. If
they can do this successfully they
can undoubtedly put an end to Am
erican competition.
The Northwestern Miller does not
believe, however, that even with all
their knowledge of conditioning and
mixing, and all the wheats which
they are able to combine with it, the
British millers can use durum or ma
caroni wheat to the extent they i'm
agine they can. It's inherent weak
ness will remain unchanged. They
cannot put into it what it does not
possess strength. f British -four is
made largely Of macaroni wheat, the
consumer will soon discover It's weak
ness and strong American flour will
again displace it. The faint Of dur
UNI cannot be eradicated by British
millers any more than by American
millers. In this lies the chance OF
the export -four trade.
Should the British millers succeed
in using macaroni by mixing it with
wheats not accessible to American
| milers and should buyers Of British
/ -four find this product acceptable
1 then there would be warrant for the
London Miller's prophecy. Whether
or not -four made largely from naca
roni wheat should prove permanent.
ly acceptable in the British mark;
cts the department Of agriculture hal
certainly already succeeded In put
4 ting serious stumbling block in thu
form of additional and reinforced
competition in the road Of the Am
I ericanS export flour trade.
i In this it has already done vas
4 harm with the prospect of even more
serious and permanent damage to fol
/ low. The Northwestern Miller hopes
that it is satisfied with its work
! When its long continued effort to sup
| plant standard wheat by its near
I wheat substitute shall have bee,
4 worked out to it's logical conclusion
4 the department of agriculture Of tn
United States will have the sorr,
| satisfaction of knowing that 1t ha
done more to ruin legitimate an
q established trade by its oficious an
4 ignorant zeal in behalf Of a fad, tina
any other governmental organizatio
in the history of the world. So niue
for meddling with the worlds whea
| supply. .5