The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-29
WHEAT
COMING into
UNITED STATES

Minneapolis Journal: Without wait
ing for the Dominion government to
say IT 1t will authorize free Canadian
wheat, and in the face of a duty Of
10 cents a bushel still imposed, the
Washhurn- Crosby Co. of Minneapolis,
in the first move Of the kind made
since the Underwood tariff law was
passed, today bought 100, 900 bushels
of Canadian wheat and will grind it in
it's mills at Buffalo, n. Y. A certified
check for $4,000 was made out today
for payment of the import tariff.
Today 1,160 cars of wheat arrived
in Winnipeg, making a continued rec
r breaking run of more than 1000
cars a day for more than a month.
with one exception, when the total for
a day fell to 900 cars, and the pressure
Of west Canadian shippers for permits
sion to send their wheat duty free to
Minneapolis is increasing hourly. On
the American side, Minneapolis got
only 81 cars of Minnesota, North or
South Dakota or Montana grown
wheat today. compared with 431 a year
Ago., and Duluth only 224 against 549,
and that is about the way it has been
running for a month.
The Underwood bill made wheat
free, but, where there is an existing
countervailing duty against wheat from
the United States, the bill provides
for a duty of 10 cents a bushel.
Western Canada Asks Free Exports.
That western Canada, when the Do
minion parliament meets early next
year, will exert every influence to
have the Canadian countervailing duty
taken off and free access to the Min
neapolis market opened to western
producers, Is expected. But the expert
ment, meanwhile, of the Washburn-
Crosby Co, in importing wheat any
way, and milling it under the draw
back plan, by which the government
returns SO per CEN of the duty paid
when the product is exported, probably
will prove the most interesting devel-
opment of the year in the milling in
dustry Of the country as a whole.
Vice Pres. John Washburn Of the
company said today that 1t is i'm
possible to tell what the wheat will
cost. mo person in the world can
figure it out, except in rough approxi-
nation. in advance of actual manufac-
ture," he said.
In cases of former importation of
wheat for grinding under the draw
back plan, the tonnage import tariff
on by-products retained in the
try, and the withhold" of ! per cent
on the wheat duty paid, made an APP
proximate tariff a. barrel of flour of Is
cents, he said.
Depends on Quality and Price.
"But this has changed Mr.. Wash
burn said. "Of the $4,000 import
duty that we pay, we will get back SO
per cent when We export the -four. But
we will have to pay 10 per cent ad
valorem import duty on the by-product
that results. and we can neither tell
in advance how much by-product there
will be. no what will be 'ad valorem'
at that time.
Eve believe the wheat is fine hard
quality and will make fine -four; but
we cannot tell If 4,400 bushels or more
will be required Tor a barrel of -four.
When we have received U import
payment refund. and paid our tariff on
the by-product and have found the net
tariff cost a barrel of -four. we will
divide it by the number of bushels Of
wheat used to make a. barrel of -four.
and SO arrive at a per bushei cost of
the wheat
Mr.. Washhurn said western Canada.
is pressing hard to get free access to
the Minneapolis market. Il would not
attempt to predict what the Canadian
government will do about it, he said.
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