Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-20
WAsHBuRN DENIES REPORT THAT
FLOUR MILLERs WILL QUIT
MANUFACTURING.
PRESENT DIFFICULTY DUE
TO LIGHT MOVEMENT
Washburn Asserts Big Plants Will Be
Kept Moving, Altho Output May Be
Curtailed Necessarily - Modification
OF Prohibition Order Against Hold.
ing Wheat Explained.

Minneapolis, Sept 2o-John Wash
burn, president of the Washburn- Cros-
oy company, today made specific de-
NAL to reports current thruout the
United States that the Minneapolis
milling industry has been crippled by
The new government wheat buying
plan and that the plan is not working
successfully. 1t is the case, Mr.. Wash
burn said. that there has been re-
"narsa5ly light movement Of wheat to
Minneapolis, az to other TERMINAL mar
kets, giving rise to reports that farm
ers are TO hold back to the limit of
time, in consequence of price dissat-
issaction.
The mills are grinding today and
will continue grinding Mr.. Wash
burn said. TT is true the flour out
put is light where 1t would be heavy
If the whea. were available. But re-
ports that the industry will be seri-
ously affected as to output are unwar-
ranted
Washington Endorses Plan.
THE wheat buying plan of the gov
eminent will work on. successfully.
There must be some trouble at first
in any plan so vast and so revolution
airy. expect that when the farmers
get thru their fall blowing they Will
sell more wheat, altho. naturally. they
are now selling ard probably will con-
time 70 cell other grains than wheat
in quantity because they are not sure
what prizes they win get for them il
the government fixes prices on them
later as many think it will do"
julius II. Barnes, president of the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
ton, who is in Chicago today. is ex-
pected in Minneapolis tomorrow. Frank
L. Carey, in charge Of the Minneapolis
office, who has been comforting with
Mr.. Barnes in Chicago. also is expect
ed back
Oswald Named Seed Representative.
". L. Oswald of the state agricul-
;ural college. who Is northwest secre-
tary Of the committee on seed at
Washington, was named as zone No.
representative. with Minneapolis as
headquarters, at s2s Flour Exchange.
in the matter Of the saving Of seed for
the 1918 wheat crop. A. J. Pieters,
Washington. Is to have charge nation
ally, the same advice says
The announcement, received by E.
L. Bostwick, assistant In the Office OF
Mr.. Carey. gave the details OF the
modification of the original plan, which
prohibited farmers from holding wheat
in storage for longer time than 80
days. The plan is changed to the ex-
tent that seed wheat may he held.
subject to the qualifying clause that
the seed wheat must not find a price
range OF more than Is cents in excess
Of the fixed price for wheat In COM
mercial channels.
Suggestions for Farmers.
These suggestions to farmers were
made relative to seed wheat:
Save only wheat or rye raised In the
community for seed
Select by varieties: Marquis, Scotch
Fife. Blaestem and the others. with
consideration for the fact that normal
Iy Marquis wheat natures earliest
Save durum wheat for seed with
special attention to its cleanliness.
Confer with the office of Mr.. Oswald
with regard to the selection OF vel
vet chan seed.
Chamber of Commerce men today
were disturbed about a report In cir
culation that the country grain men,