The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-08-16
WHEAT CONTROL
| SET FOR SEPT. 1
To License Big Mills and Fix
Reasonable Prices.
coal REGULATIOM IS NEAR
Plan Under Consideration contenn.
plates Fixing Of Coal Prices Re-
taller May Charge consumer-BaIe
cries to Come Under Food Law.

Washington, Aug. 14.--The food
administration has completed plans
for controlling the distribution Of
wheat and for regulating the manu-
facture and sale of -four
Creation Of a wheat control board
will be announced as soon as Presi-
dent Wilson has approved its person
mel. This board, comprising officers
of the food administration and lead
ing men from the grain and milling
Industries, will be made responsible
for putting into effect measures al.
ready announced by the food admin.
istration.
Regulations governing the control
Of wheat from the time 1t leaves the
producer until II reaches the baker
will go into effect Sept. /. To elimi-
nate speculation all elevators and
mills Of more than 100 barrels daily
capacity will be required to take out
q government license. The hope of
the food administration is that the
authorities will cooperate readily
with the government, and that many
of the drastic powers given to the
president in the food control bill will
not have to be invoked.
In fixing price to be paid produc.
ers for wheat, the food administra-
tion, il was said, will seek to give the
farmer fair price and at the same
time name a figure which will permit
the public to receive bread at a price
much below that now prevailing.
Cut Bread Prices.
Licenses will be granted to flour
mills only on condition that they
charge a fair and reasonable price for
their product. AS soon as the wheat
I'd -four industries have been put
under regulation, the food administra-
tion plans to extend Its control to
bakeries. hoping to reduce the price
now paid for bread. There is no pres
ent plan to put cereals other than
wheat under immediate control. al
though sugar soon may be under gov
ernment supervision.
The price of the 1917 crop Of wheat
to the farmer will be fixed by a COM
mittee of which President Garfield
OF Williams college, will be chairman.
The names of the other members have
not been made public. Congress In
passing the food bills set a price Of
81 on the 1918 crop.
Methods the government will pur-
sue In dealing with the coal situation
is also under consideration by Presi-
dent Wilson Since he signed the
food control bill he has received COM
munications from several governors
urging immediate action. and saying
to him that unless the federal gov
ernment does deal with the coal sit
uation effectively and deal with 1t
promptly, individual states will he
obliged to act The president is alive
to the seriousness of the situation
and he will. within day or two. In
struct the federal trade commission
as to what II shall do.
Several governors are urging the
president to apply the pooling section
of the coal provision Of the federal
legislation. Apparently the president
has been so impressed by the repre-
sentations that he may instruct the
federal trade commission TO apply the
pooling provision
Under this provision the govern
ment would pool all the coal mines
of the nation. The owners Of the
mines would continue to operate them
on a percentage Of profit to be fixed
by the government. The government
would become the sole purchaser and
distributor Of coal. Retailers every
where would get their coal through
government agencies and under a
stinulation To sell TO the public AT q