Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-07-20

iiiS'AIo e. VI hoALS obOuI fVO1OOUIUUU
bushels per month, and relieving
corresponding flow from the farms
into the interior terminals. This year,
owing to the shortage of shipping,
the allied supplies must proceed over
large period of the year and will
not during the fall months apparent
ly average over 20,000,00O to 25,-
100000 bushels per month We
must, therefore, expect a glut in our
interior terminals during a consld-
cradle period. The financial re-
sources of the grain trade are prob
ably insufficient to carry this extra
load without the help of spectators,
and, moreover, the consolidation of
practically all foreign buying in the
hands of the allied buyer has further
tended to diminish the resources of
capital available by putting num-
Der of firms out of business and linn
its the financial capital available in
export trade. The net result of this
situation is that unless some strong
and efficient government action is
Immediately settled and brought into
play the American producer will face
slump in wheat, and in any event
the price OF export wheat will be die
tated by a single agency. and the
American consumer will be faced
with the situation that a large part
OF the essential breadstuff has passed
into the hands of spectators, for
someone must buy and hold not only
the normal flow from the farmer but
this probable glut.
Activity of Mills Diminish
4. With great reduction in the
consumption of wheat bread, now
fortunately in progress, the employ
ment of our mills must be greatly
diminished, and with the reduction
Of domestic flour production and our
daily feed from wheat, residues will
be greatly curtailed Therefore. We
must induce foreign buyers to accept
flour instead of wheat.
8. In order to do justice to the
producers who have shown great
patriotism in a special effort to in
crease production in 1917 and to
further stimulate the efforts of 1918.
1t is absolutely vital that we shall
protect the farmer from slump in
price this year, due to a glut as
above or from the uncontrolled de-
cisions of any one buyer. | am in
formed that most of the allied c0un-
tries have fixed the price of wheat
to the farmer at $3.50 per hushel.
and many of their producers believe
that as allies it is our duty to furnish
wheat at price which delivered to
them will not exceed their domestic
price; In other words, about $1.5OI
per bushel, Chicago. Neither their
responsible officials nor | hold this
view, because | consider that the
slim ulation to production, If no other
reason, is in the long run in the in
terest of the allies. There is, how
ever limit to price which so tres
passes upon the rights of the con-
sumner as to defeat its own object
through strikes, rises in wages and
social disturbances in the country.
1t is with the view of finding a solu-
ton to these problems, filled with
the greatest dangers to both our pro-
ducers and consumers. that legisIa-
ton has been proposed and pressed
for speedy enactment
Many Plans Considered
6. The proposed food administra-
ton has conferred with many hun
dred patriotic men engaged in pro-
duction and distribution AID has in
vestigated the condition of the con-
sumers in many centers as well.
Many plans have been tentatively put