Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-12-14
STOP IMPROVEMENTS.
HELP WIN THE WAR
county Farmers Union Convention
petitions Commissioners to Re
lieye All Possible Labor and
Material for War
Assistance

Material for War
Assistance
Declaring in favor of applying all
.hor and material to those enter
arises which are essential to the
arosecution of the war or vital to the
relfare of the nation and its people,
ne whitman county Farmers Union.
II. Convention at Pullman Friday
,Hernoon, unanimously adopted a
,osolution, presented by Senator r.
McCroskey of Garfield, asking the
county commissioners to postpone
me building of roads and the making
II public improvements that are not
.bsolutely necessary until peace is
(declared. The resolution in full is
as follows:
whereas, We are engaged in a
great struggle for the purpose of es-
ublishing world democracy, and
whereas, Our attention should be
/ given at the present time to the win
! ming of this war, and
Whereas, There are many enter
Orses which are claiming our atten-
! ton that would probably be carried
] 10 completion if we were at peace
! with the world, and
Whereas, Most Of such enterprises
could be postponed without any great
Inconvenience to the public until
after the termination of the war,
and
Whereas, These enterprises, if
carried out, would absorb labor and
material that could be more properly
used in the production of those
things that are essential to the prose-
Cution of the war, and
Whereas, Laborers have been ma
erially decreased and thinned by the
Call to Arms" and
Whereas, Such decrease and
thinning is liable to continue in a
greater degree in the near future
than it has in the past, now there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we. the Farmers
Union of Whitman county, in con-
yention assembled, would most re-
spectfully request our county COM
missioners to postpone the building
Of roads and making public improve
ments that could possibly be gotten
along without until peace is de-
Cared; be it further
Resolved, That we would most re-
spectfully request that any improve
ment which will absorb the time of
aboring men from the farm and the
labor would thus be taken away from
The production of materials neces-
Sary to the pl osecution of the war, be
deferred until the war is over; and
be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the min
utes of this meeting, and that copies
be delivered to the members of the
board of county commissioners and
also that copies be furnished the
press of the county and state.
The public wheat grade hearing at
spokane last Monday was the subject
OF wide discussion at the session of
the grain growers and Senator r. c.
McCroskey was named as a commit
teeman to present the desires of the
whitman farmers before the hear
ing A strong protest was entered
against the loss of screenings under
me present system of marketing
wheat and the adoption Of methods
Tor the reimbursement of farmers for
This loss was suggested by the con-
Vention as one of the first steps to
Dc taken in the campaign for i'm
proved market conditions.
The rating Of Red Russian wheat,
largely raised in this section, at 90
pounds, was also protested, the
farmers declaring that So pounds is
fair rating for that variety.
A plan for the selling of wheat on
basis of flour value, gagged by glu-
Ten content, was proposed. 'If 80
pound wheat produces as much flour
as 5S-pound wheat, and tests have
proved that in many cases it does,
men the farmer should not be
uocked,' stated one farmer, and the
convention saw the point.
The next county convention IS
scheduled for Palouse, on January
H. Election of officers was de-
erred until that time.