The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-03-19

the objection to durum wheat was be.
cause 1t made less flour.
The committee on resolutions made
its report, and after lively discus.
sion the resolutions reported by the
committee were adopted, and several
others we're taken up and acted on
later:
. The resolutions follow:
Whereas. We believe that an unjust
discrimination has been and is now
being made in the price Of durMm
wheat in our state, and
Whereas, All information and sta
tistics that we have been able to
gather show that the food value of
durum wheat is equal to the best
grades of hard spring wheat raised in
our state.
Be it Resolved. That, we denounce
the discrimination made against this,
one of the chief products of our state,
and we believe said discrimination to
be largely due to the efforts of mill.
ers and grain men outside of the state
to prevent the grain products of oul
state from receiving full justice in the
open market as compared with their
product of an inferior quality.
Be its also Resolved, That the con-
tinued efforts Of the agricultural de.
partmcnt OF the government to compe.
the proper labelling of -four to show
no. only the percentage of durum
wheat used, but the state in which
the wheat used was grown, be urged
and that we heartily indorse the &C
ton of Trof. Lald, our state pure food
&C nlmi3sioner, along these lines as be
ing not only in the best interests Of
the consumer, but of the milling in
dustry OF tho state, for the reason
that -four produced from North DE-
lSota wheat is superior in strength.
bread producing qualities and food
value to that of flour from wLea
grown in any other part of the coun
try. end that the proper labelling II
North Dakota -four will establish for
it III the markets of the world a
reputation superior to that of flour
produced in any other state in tE.
Uni:n.
Resolved, further. That We recon.
mend that permanent organizations
be perfected in counties best adapted
to tho raising of durum wheat, name
~. in the western and southwestern
parts of the state. for the purpose of
obtaining legislation and in other
ways assisting in furthering the Oh.
jects of this meeting.
Be ii also Resolved, That the thanks
of this meeting be rendered the Grand
Forks Commercial club for its hes
pitality to the delegates from other
organizations of the same character
attending this meeting, and also for
it's efforts to this important matter.
Resolved, also, That these resolu.
lions be published in the newspapers
of the state, and that a copy is sent
to the secretary of agriculture at
Washington. ID. c., and to our dele.
gates in congress.
Resolved, That the ladies of North
Dakota are requested to use flour
from durum wheat in their home
cooking.
Resolved. That we, delegates from
the Commercial clubs of the state, do
heartily endorse the efforts of our
representatives in congress to obtain
the passage of law for the federal
inspection of grain, and that we urge
them to continue their efforts in this
direction.
Resolved, That this convention does
not wish to discourage the raising of
Scotch fife or bluestem wheat whe:n
they can be successfully grown, but
does not wish to obtain the proper
price for durum and encourage the
growing of it in sections particularly
adapted to it.
Resolved. That the North Dakota
grain commission be requested to in
vestigate and find out why there is so
large a difference between the prices
of fife and durum wheat.