Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-18
FARMERS SEND
COMMITTEE TO
WASHINGTON
Fair Deal in. Fixing Of the
Price of Wheat is to
be Asked. .sss

NORTHWEST rs NOT
JUSTICE.
Senator Nc urnber Wires
Delay in Board Action
Farmers Wheat Piles Up
A committee Of Representative.
appear before the prize fxins COM
mittee OF. the food control administers
ton to present the claims of the
wheat growers Of the northwest for
consideration. There will bel dele-a
gates from Grand Forks. Fargo, Dray-,
tom st. Thomas and other localities
men who are deeply interested to the
secure affair dealt comparison, with
other sections tof the country and
with growers Of other commodities.
Farmers Of the northwest are not
asking anything. unfair" said one
farmer who Is taking. considerable IN
terest in the matter. "Thesfarmers of
the northwest have expended every
nation on the appeal Of President
Wilson. Even the declartion of Gov
ernor. Frazier that he could not rec
ommend to the farmers of the state TO
grow two blades where grew, be-
fore Until they were assured OF prop
Ter, treatment by the government did
not influence. the farmers Of athe
| - 1r$1SitoO<T% <,,rn o aoof aor fn-fhR
appeal ofS.the country's leaders to the
necessity OF producing. the largest
crops. possible. W. $
1--WE have put forth every energy in
bringing about a maximum production
to the extent Of purchasing high price
seed. machinery and horses at high
prices and: employing labor at high
the farmers in western North Dakota
and eastern Montana will not get their
money back even If high prices are
maintained on the crop.
Southern Wheat Marketed.
THAT other wheat raising states
south of us have already threshed and
many have marketed their crops on
the basis of IS for wheat of the quail
ity raised in the northwest, and we
feel it is a discrimination against the
northwest wheat raising belt to put
the price down now without any init
nation of regulating the price Of
corn, pork, beef, potatoes and other
eatables. 80 80 -.
The wheat raisers Of the northwes,
are willing to take their chances on
the regulations of prices on the stand
point of supply and demand on fair
profit on their investment and pay
all Of their labor in connection with
raising the crops, providing the same
arrangement lis made with producers
Of other necessities of life including
wool, cotton and coal. In short, all
the farmers Of the northwest are ask
ing OF Uncle Sam in return for, theil
high degree of patriotism in raising
the largest crop of wheat possible thit
year, is that they get a fair deal with
the producers Of commodities in Other
states. This can be done at this time
only by fixing a price for their cror
that is on a par with the price already
.paid for the earlier. harvesting Of tht
more southern states which secured
the advantage Of the recently higf
prices under the law OF supply and de,
mand.
with the machinery for grain dis,
tribution dismantled, markets destroy,
ed and the great wheat crop be
: ginning to swamp the farmers o.
, given a setback this morning whel
the following telegram was re
l ceived from Senator p. J. McCumber
by the Grand Forks Commercial club
: in answer to. the wire, urging h sen
: atorsto use. influence to prevent re
duction in wheat prices: ~,
Washington, d. c. {:
. Grand Forks Commercial Club,
Grand Forks, N. ID.
Wheat price board not yet or
i ganized. Several days before any
arrangement can be made for
. -P. j. McCunber.
= In the meantime the farmers of tn
northwest are threshing their crop
= with no adequate market outlet 70
: the supply. Some of the elevator
: are refusing to accept wheat as Their
is nc market upon which they Nigh
base a price. Others are offerin
storage tickets, on the condition tina
the grain may be disposed Of las 500
asa price has been set by the feeders
r lcontroI board. sag
= ~ Everything Uncertain. .Ss
Everything appears to be uncertai
and indications are that the conditio
will not improve; The ggovern11er
officials appear to 5be in no particil1a
telegram received, today from Senate
p. j. McCumber leads the graf
= men of the northwest to believe the
1t will. be several weeks before .fth
markets are again thrown open ON
workable basis and the machtnerYat
redistribution is repaired to move tt
,-Ecrops.{G f.ssf M 4,
= Just how serious a delay OF mont
e or even less will be, is hard to ascel
tain. It has been repeatedly prove
Ettiat storage facilities are inadequal
.Ttotycafesfo for the annual sharves
Threshing must continue to preve,
heavy losses, and if thespresent$stat,
.SIof affairs Is permitted to contfnue,s4+tf
Fon1y alternative to the producer al
pears to be to pile his wheat on I'll
ground. !. 4sN RE-
Action Wanted.
III Every possible influence Of organ
izations In the northwest ts beingruss
to bring action. 1t 9is openly declare
that a low price for wheat establisht
by the control board ywould be an 81
=. justice. In o southern whe,
growing states, the crop has been ha
vestedsand the top notch prices ha1
I 1jbsen received. Onlysgth snorthwe
would be hitFby. the federal. reductio
Early action has entered into II
cryffrom the northwest with as rus
Eemphasis as.the9proteBt was sregiste
cd. Losses from destructive elemen
( Unjust be. guarded against and Their
establishing Of the markets appea
to be the only solution.
WHEAT UNCERTAINTY
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