The sun., 1917-08-16
U. s. FORMS CONCERN
TO CONTROL WHEAT|
Corporation With $5600O,00O
Capital Will Help Cut
Bread Prices.
HOOVER MADE SUPREME
Wilson's Proclamation Gives
Power to Fix Rates
Boards Named.

Special DespatcA to run Sun.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.--steps toward
putting into effect the programme OF
Herbert c. Hoover for the control OF
grain prices were taken to-day. The
President issued a proclamation under
the food control law giving Mr. Hoover
authority to control grain prices and the
license Of rnosc engaged In the storage
and distribution Of grain. Announce
nent Of the membership Of the wheat
control board and the price fixing COM
mlttee was made. This was followed by
a meeting Of more than 100 representa-
! tives of the grain and elevator trade OF
the country. at which resolutions APP
proving the Hoover plans were adopted.
The move was the first OF O series to
| Millers have agreed to put themselves
! under voluntary regulations and are
working out with the food administra-
tlon n differential OF profits Distribu-
ton Of flour by wholesalers and the
baking OF bread will be taken up next
Hope to Reduce Prices.
The hope OF the food administration
is to establish a scale Of prices from
the farm to the grocery store. eliminate
ing undue profits and ending specula-
tlon. The maintenance Of . standard
price for wheat, its officials believe. ID
the irst and most necessary step.
To obviate certain technical difIicul-
\ Al - - - N~~1A A<r<nV V.SI
will be carried on through a corporation
organized along the lines OF the Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation. 1t will be in
| corporated In Delaware with capital
of $50. .000. 900. and the officers. who are
at the same time the members OF the
wheat control board. will be: Chair
man. Herbert c. Hoover. San Francisco
| president, julius Barnes. Duluth; treas
, urer. Gates W. McGarrah. New York
city vice president. F. @. Crowell. Kan
| sas City, Mo. transportation director
Edward Chambers. vice-president OF the
Santa Fe lines. Chicago; counsel. Judge
Curtis H. Lindley. San Francisco: sec
rotary, ]. w. Shorthll, York. Neh. All
tho stock Of the corporation will be held
by the United States.
The price fixing committee VIII ne
composed OF Henry a. Garfield, presi'
dent OF Williams College, chairman
Charles ]. Barrett. president or the
Farmers Union, Union City. Ca w. n
Doak, vice-president OF the Brotherhood
OF Railroad Trainmen. Roanoke. Va.
Eugene z. Funk. president OF the Ma
tional Corn Association. Bloomington,
III; Edward F. Ladd. president OF the
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo. n. D.; r. Goodwin Rhett, pres!-
dent Of the Chamber OF Commerce NJ the
United States, Charleston. 6. C: J. w,
Shorthill. secretary National Council OF
the Farmers Cooperative Association.
York. Neb James W. Sullivan OF the
American Federation OF Labor, Brook
| lyn. n. Y: L. J. Tabor. master OF Ohio
state Grange, Barnesville. Ohio Frank
w. Taussig, chairman of the Tariff Com
mission. Washington Theodore ~ Vail
president American Telephone and Tele'
graph Company, New York city. and
Henry J. Waters. president Kansas State
Agricultural College, Manhattan. Kan.
Terminal Committee Named.
Twelve men were named to represent
the grain division at the various ter
| minais They are:
Edward NJ. Flesh. at St. Louis NJ H
Houser, Portland, ore. C. B. Fox. New
! Orleans; II. b. Irwin, Philadelphia; r
II. Ginder. Duluth; Frank l.. Carey
| Minneapolis George 8. Jackson. BaltI-
more II. B Jackson. Chicago; Charles
Kennedy. Buffalo; r. A.. levin. Sar
| Francisco: d. +. Piazzek. Kansas City
and Charles 7. Neal. Omaha
Flour mills will be assured wheat al
the price to be paid by the Government
and the food administration Is ready to
purchase for the mills all the grain they
! use.
| Milling interests named committed
to coope crate with the food administration
In negotiating voluntary regulation OF
the milling industry. The committee
| comprises:
James F. Bell, Minneapolis. chairman
A. p. Husband, Chicago, secretary Al
bert C. Loring. Minneapolis, representing
the Northwest; Andrew J. Hunt, Arkan
sas City, Kan. representing Southwest
z. NJ. Kelly. Nashville. Tenn. represent
ing the Southeast; Mark n. Mennel
Toledo. representing the Ohio Valley
Theodore B. Wilcox. Portland. Ore. rep
resenting the Pacific coast; Samue
Plant, st. Louis. representing st. Louil
and the State Of Illinois, Bernard A
Eckhart. Chicago. representing the citiei
of Chicago and Milwaukee.
| Many sncriaces Made.
| The men connected with tho gra!r
board have absolutely disassociatee
| themselves from any connection what
ever with the grain business. a steI
which involves personal and financia
sacrifices on the part Of many Of them
and will give their time and services I,
the Government for the period Of tn,
war without compensation,
| While the detailed procedure Of tn,
board is not vet ready for announcement