Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-19

!. Barnes and His Xix will Con-
troll Things After War,
He Declares.
. Is st. Paul, Sept. ia warning that
& BAhe wheat business Of the country may
be concentrated in a few men after
l the war unless changes are made in
the program Of the food administra-
ltion, was sounded in an address be-
fore the Producers and Consumers
conference today by Congressman
4 George NJ. Young Of North Dakota.
1. n Congressman Young said in part:
This meeting may be the beginning
OF the end Of political and industrial
control by the middleman. One gen.
egal election will do the business, If
I, rural and city laborers strike hands.
\, Profits the Same, He Says.
The manufacturers Of the country
1 claim to be patriotic and I presume
In the main they are, but have they
! sold anything below cost during this
q war g.
/ ga ..'The merchants are patriotic, but
4 have their margins of profitst de-
creased?
1.-THE railroad companies boast Of
their patriotism, but that did not de-
G ter them from asking the interstate
commerce commission for higher
4 ratss.
1.-THE ocean transportation compan-
les unfurl the American flag, but they
y have demanded good rates. <,
iSs7 The bankers have helped the Red
Cross, but have interest rates been re-
4 duded?E No, they average higher than
when the war began. II.
Now some Of the envous, discred-
ited told po1in ncians would like to make
q IT, up here that It is dislpyal to con-
sidef the condi ion under which wheat
sflolld be sold. 81; N III u 81 s. ~.
WARNINGS FOR Hoover.
nr. Hoover is man Of great abiI-
b, ity,SS He made wonderful success A.
g mining eng giTieer, e making millions ot
dollars for himself and associate He
s handled the Red Cross food dtstribu-
tio,E In Belgium. faithfully and we'll.
While we accept his appointment as
/, regtet that most of his mature man
= hood has been spent in a foreign land
iWh4re 1t would have been imp ossible
Z For him to- keep In close touch with
II American life and conditions, even II
he. had tried ever SO hard. Under
\ theBe circumstances, think 1t Is oul
dutt8to advise him as best we can
and warn him of the pitfalls placed
I; IN lis pathway by those whom he has
Z mott attracted up to this time. We
shol1ld seek to save him from betray-
al ii the house of his friends.
= sss Cool calculating and designins
II people have sought and are seeking te
4 use the food administration to accom-.
pR 4rss sasss crippPtns gpFRGuss; of small flou,
mills and driving many Of them ou1
" S. Second. killing the principle o1
II the milling value in the grading Of
Third. Tightening the grip o.
whRat exported upon the grain trade
.Fourth. Reduction of the price II
order to discredit government opera,
tio3 in the eyes Of the producers.
Brokers Get stranglehold.
am talking, gentlemen, Of these
q, things which the food administratior
should remedy in order to save it from
587 beitg wrecked. It cannot expect t.
have the confidence Of producers ant
corsumers unless its activities ar
sol{ly in their interest. This lead
me- to refer to the cause Of disaste
toll the food administration coming
from Within namely, the Tightening
grain business and their power to CON
troll 1t and fix prices The greatest ex
porter OF wheat in the United States
JAgtrs FL. Barnes, has been placed q
thsl head OF the United States grail
corboration. Other representatives Q
-s thelgrain market Of the country hav'
beeh selected by him. such as Mr.. Irv
4 inglof the firm of Il. Graft s. Son. th'
big4est operator at Philadelphia. TIL,
grain business is being concentrated II
Il theies men, After the war they will
II, have sa tighter grip on business thai
evel before. They Will have stran
a. gle1old. II am not Of the belief tina
Mr.l Barnes, personally. is dishonest
I or That he will during this war re
ceiye any pecuniary benefits. He stand
high In the business world, but ven
Nj ttirl to say that after this war Is over
IL Tb change Is made, that Mr.. Barne
and those associated with him vii
hath q control Of the wheat produces
III ne United States such as they neye
thef can make profits which will ia
4 4 olAeach anything they have made Il
tteapast. All of these matters whicl
r hive been discussing, to my mind
arelof equal importance to consum
ers hS well as producers. &
Baer AIso Warns.
e&ngressman John Baer OF Nortl
Dalpta, speaking on the cost OF pro
,duCHoYi as basis OF price fixing
urg|d that the consumers and produc
!. S erS Remand that their representative
s M In bngress do all In their power s't
TAXI pay out of patriotism.
81 am thcroughly an American" !" h
lechred, ~ and { believe In patriotism
butn do not believe 1t should b
spelled pay 4. e .s9
1he cost OF producing q buahel 0
wIi&t under the condition which TIL
fAr1er was forced to meet at tn
seeding time last spring was such
Ccnkressnlan Baer said, |, that otlle
Things taken into consideration, a
olehefit OF unfairnens Is made In f1x
tnEEhe price OF wheat and not th
pri4 of other necessities.
jim. Hagen, commis5to tonar OF agri
a ciii{ir6 and labor OF North Da1xota
and Er, u. B.. I.add, president OF tn
y Moth DaISota Agricultural college dis
cs1e,ad the cost OF producing wiea
~ and the many hands through wislcl
tiee5Rtx nS<Sea from The 622& 20 III