The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-28
Manufacture High Patent Product EIimi-
mated; Purpose is Reduce Price and
Use More Of The Grain
NO PRICE SET
ON NEW STAPLE
Barrel Now Made From -Four Bushels
and "a Pounds Wheat; Use
"a Percent Of Berry

~ mere VIII ne no more hlBn patent
flour. This is the information that
was sent out in an order to the vari-
Gus milling companies and as soon
as the contents Of the new order were
made known several people went to
tho mills to purchase as much as one
Thousand pounds Of flour under the
pretense that it had been contracted
for several months ahead
The new flour that will be manu-
factured viii bear the name Of war
flour" and will be OF about the same
grade that is now sold as a second
grade flour 1t is not known yet just
what this 'war flour will sell for
but it is certain that it will be sold
for less than is now being charged
for the high patent flour.
Disposeof High Patent.
Just as soon as the mills have dis
posed Of the high patent flour that
they now have on hands no more
viii be- manufactured according to
the administration order and all will
have to use the bread made from the
"war flour"
T. R. Trawick in speaking Of the
new order yesterday evening said,
Although we do not manufacture
any flour here, we have received or
tlers through headquarters that no.
more high patent flour would be
made and as soon as we had sold all
of the high patent flour that we have
in storage the war flour would be
shipped to us. am not able to tell
just what the price will be-"
Explains "War Flour"
Mr. Humphrey Of the Chickasha
Milling Co. in explanation of the new
order said: "A barrel Of flour must
be made from four bushels and "a
pounds Of wheat. This win mean
that a certain amount Of wheat berry
that in the past has gone into the
feed must be put in the flour In
percentages, while in the past the
miller has used about II per cent Of
the berry in getting barrel Of flour
he must now put about "A per cent
of the berry into the flour. The new
flour can be made in two grades only.
one grade is to include IS per cent
Of the flour and the other grade only
five per cent Of the flour.
AS to Bran.
"The order also provides that bran
must be sold wholesale at SS per
cent Of the cost of an equal weight
Of wheat and the price Of shorts is
fixed at a certain amount above that
of the bran. The result Of the order
on feeds will be a reduction OF the
price on shorts and also reduction
in the amount of shorts made in pro
norton to the amount Of shorts that
is put into the flour"
II speaking further Of the prices
of the various products he said. In
regard to the price on Graham flour
the chickasha Milling company has
al no time had q wholesale price on
Graham flour higher than the whole
sale price on its Full Cream flour
It's wholesale aprice OH Graham, al
lowance being made for difference II
the cost Of snail packages, is about
ee cents less sthan the wholesale
price on Full Cream flour The re
tail price on Graham is below TIA
Of the retail price Of the Full Cream
flour"
Reports to Administrator.
G. NJ. Hollingsworth, county foo'
administrator. in speaking Of the sit
uation brought about by the new or
der said. after visiting the various
firms some time ago and finding tn
price at which they were selling Gra
ham flour I wrote TO the state fooI