The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-09
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,seaJers and farmers. Barrss spo<e a.
tie Chamber Of Commerce roorrls -
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o,>verr1r Williams.
s>~erzi tins fhrDgxhOvf his accress.
The speaker srnDhssszS-5 fhe fse- thzt
there WA M chanc~ for Al lreTesse r.
the prsos Of wheat hTs5 - tn eorn-
rnk<lor. Hs urged ;ha; tie zrsln
trz6es srf zxrscplfsFzd Interests a'n5't
an a.tfsc. Of sslf szseriSce and self
denial. 2s5 bsiD tt~ x0vernrnezi viz
the war.
D4cizr1ng that the Drices fTei O
What had been rezche1 after fair
AMI impartial canvas 0f the sli1ztion
br = cDgargtte< 81 clever men chOser
t,v Irsel1en, WnSyr. the speaker AZ
serres TIA. there wO8IH - ~ Secresse
AZ Icnx zs he was az tbe hez1 u the
grain corporztiOn
In rezDOnse % = qDesfiDn firm one
II TIE z16lsDce - % whether il would
- posssEfe % seii wheat Tor i7-zs a
t,ss.1sl. Ezrnes sssd that we're many
- cfrcgmysnfsd. but - u be known
that the fe5eral authorities were deter
mined 70 carry O5t the program a. ar
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Whistler % allow foreign govern
rne1ts % enter the narEstS and buy
wheat as munitions Of war. or make
arrangements whereby the consumer
would be protected and the pr0.ucer
~ assured fair price this fall and
sJrinz was the question that confront
ed the government Galf Barnes.
There was nothing else 10 do hut
place a sseadylng hand On the cistribu-
ton N wheat. and federal control came
a. nesszsty."
Grvwers Air Grievances.
II was evident frDrn the beginning
that there was an UndercurTent Of dis
ssiisfaction among the producers pres
mt. This IVES shown more fOrcibly by
the various questions proppunded 10
Earnes. and reached its climax In an
sfter4meetfng when the growers aired
their gr1eyanceg IN fun.
DR. Stratton D. Brooks. president Of
the Uniyernity Of Oklahoma. presided
At the gathering. &. ~. Hyde of the
state council Of defense told Barnes that
an a result Of the price fixing there
EouH be a reduction Of from 10 To 20
per cent in acreage Of wheat grown by
oklahoma farmers next year.
sFxIner Discouraged"
The result u the operations 80 far
has been 10 discourage the grower from
putting In fun crop next year; the
farmer feels that a grave injustice has
been done" said Hyde.
George W. Vincent stated that II mad
been planned before the price of wheat
was fxeo - sow the largest crop In the
history Of Oklahoma. but now the farm
ers had lost interest. He said that from
10000 10 5000 bushels Of wheat WAS
being fed 10 stock daily.
Fear Next Year.
with the basic price now al tz.z0
and the farmer getting tls5 he figures
that with the basic price at 81 next
year his return will be ti.55 bushei,"
axserts1 Vincent.
George Bishop declared that the OK.
lahorna tanners were after the high
dollar. and Il was up To the government
20 take the consequences II the wheat
acreage fell OF az the result Of the price
fixing He showed by comparison how
0nsthird Of bsie Of cotton with price
free would bring more than twenty
bushels of wheat with the price fixed.
You Are the Goats"
You horny-handed Sons Of toll are
the goats In this price fixing arrange
rnent," declared a. Y. Abbott. Of Aiva.
lie said that the farmers had been rob
bed Of from 30 cents 10 81 bushel on
wheat. but said that he was not OPP
posed 20 the plan n the price Of other
commodities had been fxei the same
an wheat.
Abbott asserted that Hoover. when
he rot ready 20 establish the price for
wheat. called on the editors of farm
papers for advice instead Of farmers.
lie then launched an attack on the
farm Journals Of the state.
The relation Of the cost Of -four 10
the price Of wheat came Mp when an
auditor wanted 10 know how II was
that -four void at a profit Of 1850 a
barrel with wheat BRINGING around y.
Miller Gives Figures.
a representative of milling concern
rad from a compilation, taking a bar
rel Of Hour through all the processes
frvn rnanufacture IN delivery TO con-
Aumer. and showed by che figures that
there was less than 50 cents profit on
Inc barrel.
In a general reply 10 all the com.
Isslnfs made Barnes urEed that the fact
must he kept IN mind that the country
IL al war. and that the conditions
uipo-ct on farmers in the matter of 4
La 10. If.Il