The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-30

respecting price nAllS, ~. IT.
a. it is said, went up in the ar; az nv
visited the committee room anu uls
Guessed the Young message. Mr.. 1ouns
Xearning OF this, called on hii' LILLE
When Mr., Young walked through
fae door Of Hoover's private othce the
tatter hoped to him at once.
aYour telegram saying | ADVISED Tue
-ommittee to fix the price at $l.65 Is
. praat Injustice to me- said Hoover
snid vou advise a higher price?
asked Young. a,,;s.
any price
lo1 Price "!n the Cards.
ymna then told him that some one
un6er his roof had. That when the
nricr committee met it was in the
rarts to fix the price from Sl.65 TO
x1S5 at Chicago, which would DC tne
sane as S1.45 to $1.65 in Mort l Da'
xa4a. and that was the kind OF at
mpsphere created for the commlItee
xDOh7
Hooye., said it wa the first he had
heard If such an atmosphere, and that
Young should make public statement
zetting him right. Young said II me-
Hoover, would come before the COM
u5s:ee and request the committee 10
redeem ;hr promises made by Hoover
And the president to the farmers that
he, Young, would give publicity to the
fact. Hoover refused to do this and
said he would not give any advice TO
the committee, as it was a Judlclai
aody set up for the purpose OF saying
What price ought to be paid for wheat.
To this Mr.. Young said:
Shifting Responsibility
Then you are Sinking your re-
gponsibility. You made definite prom.
Ises to the farmers, and now, instead
If personally seeing to it that the
pledges are made good, you shift the
responsibility to others who may not
feel obliged to take into account the
soutract entered into with the farm
srs. You are the one who knows what
the contract was and the responsible
1y is upon you. No matter what the
pfice committee reports the farmers
win hold you and the president re-
sponEible."
Mr.. Hoover then shifted the subject
somewhat by remarking that it the
farmers were left to themselves they
would not get more than dollar a
busheI for their wheat.
what facilities have they to ship
their grain overseas? Do you think
he buyers for the allies and neutral
countries would bid it up? With wheat
1eing marketed faster than it could be
shipped to foreign countries who
would save the farmers from a drop to
ane dollarsper bushel?" said Hoover. :
e. Want no Special Favors
1.-The farmers are not asking any
special favors," said Congressman
Young. They know that the allies
must have wheat, and will come to. get
Il. and if you had not helped Balfour
mt M combination between all for
eign buyers and arranged that all the
buying would be done through you, the
farmers would be receiving now tor
notch prices for wheat. This Is q
mighty serious matter, Mr.. Hoover
and it involves the good faith and the
honor of yourself and the president
The president, yourself and the secre
tuy of agriculture promised stlmuia
tive prices for wheat, and in keepins
with that idea the food bill was en-
titled to act to stimulate agriculture
HIS a serious matter to trife with
IIedges made to one-third of our pop
ulation You want crop next year
How do YOU expect to get 1t after be
inr guilty of bad faith? The farmer:
ara not asking for generosity or ia
vors- They want justice. They have
contract with you and the president
They have performed their part Thu
auestion is whether you are going tt
eume through with yours. The big! in
Sensational wheat combination ma!
Hold the whip hand now, but mex
spring the farmers will hold it,"
~ Up to Price Committee
Mr.. Hoover said that the price com
Hlittee was made up of fair men ant
lie would rely upon them to fix thu
price
~Our friends are we'll satisfied will
the progress made this week." said
lpcmber of the North Dakota delega
lion today. Hoover has never beef
and is not now governed by impulses
Of generosity towards the farmers. HI
Wznts the wheat this year as cheap a:
he can get it, and he wants an i'm
Meuse crop for 1918. There is the rub
To get record crop next year gOot
faith must be kept with the farmers
knowing that this is the situation, why
5houzd our friends, self-respectins
people, crawl in here on their stom
aches begging for favors.
Baer's Publicity
"a good illustration of the new anG
better methods of dealing with gov
ernment officials is furnished by Johr
n. Baer, the new congressman. While
certain individuals went to a cabinet
member asking him to go in at the
back door of the White House tc
whisper in the ears of the presiden,
that it was bad politics to anger the
farmers, Congressman Baer hired q
Half page in the Washington Times il
a, direct, open, and above-board appea.
to the president.
Our farmers we're not born yestcr
DAY They can be tricked once, but
they cannot be tricked twice. The
more people in Washington who know
asis, the better. Raer did not come
down mere to whisper to anybody
Anyone who says that his methods
are detrimental to the interests OF
northwestern wheat growers must be