Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-20

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have given ourselves. What will big
business give to show It's patrtotism,?""
Young Criticizes Food Board.
Congressman GeorgeaM M. Young, Of
North Dakota, who had the recent
"run-fn" with Herbert C.. Hoover,
criticized the food administrator again
yesterday in his speech. He said that
instead of having government agents
watch this Non-Partisan league con-
ference, Mr.. Hoover should have them
watch some OF the men serving with
out salary in the food administration.
He a that unless steps Were taken
TO prevent 1t, these men would have
complete control Of the country's
wheat business after the war, and
that he believed 1t was the deliberate
purpose Of some of them to discredtt
government control in the eyes of the
people. ~,
Mr.. Young also advised the dele
gates that the farmers and working
/ men OF the country now have an ops
altogether in the distribution Of sta
pie foodstuffs. One national election
would do the trick, he said, If the
people would only stick together.
Hoover Should Be Guided.
Hoover is a mar Of great ability
said Congressman Young. "but / think
ut U duty to advise him as pest we
can, and warn him of the pitfalls
placed IN his pathway by those whom
he has trusted most. We should seek
to a v him from betrayal in the
house Of his friends.
Cool, calculating. designing per-
sons nave EN11phfr ND - re- conkt~, "a
use the food administration to accom-
plish these purposes:
Gripping the Small -four
mills. driving many out Of -busi-
ness. i
killing the principle of the
wheat.
Tightening the grip of wheat :
exporters upon the grain trade, III
Reducing h price to discredit s
government operation in the eyes
of the producers.
An Alternative Pictured.
During the war, we either are GO
Ing to make some progress in mar
.keting and distributing farm products,
or we are going to fall more COM
pletely than ever into the grip OF the
middlemen.
The government regulations are
that there must be no premiums paid
be sold on sample. This means the
milling value must not be bought only
upon grades. ~,
While this arbitrary changetin tho
rules by the government will make
the services of the commission mer-
chant of little or no value, the gov
sernment has helped them boost their
commission charges more than 100.
per cent"
LANCER slaps Kellogg.
Attorney General William LANCER
was on the day program. His princi-
pal talk was a slap at U. S. Senator
at Robert A. Taft, sent to North Da-
kota by Hoover to<look into the grain
storage trouble to see if something
could not be done to alleviate the seed
situation.
s"I understand you have some trust
busters here in Minnesota (referring
to Senator Kellogg, but Iguess they
are not as busy as they should be-"
said LANCER. "
He roundly criticised the food ad-
ministration's wheat regulations. par
ticularly the rule against holding
wheat in elevators longer than 80
days, which, he said, had caused
chaos in the seed wheat situation.
THE government sent a young man
by the name of Taft out to North
Dakota" he said. HE was an awful
out and showed him Just how the ele-
vators were robbing the farmers. AS
a result, Mr. Taft recommended to
Washington that the 30-dayS rule he
~suspended, and understand he also
is going to recommend a h fed.
eraI grades be suspended. which will
.mean 8 or 10 cents a bushel for most
wheat growers.p
Mabel Vernon Of Washington, D. c..
made a plea for woman suffrage at
yesterdays session. j
A characteristic lsocialist-labor
speech on THE Curse@Sof Monopoly
and Privilege" which "have been rid
ing the farmer and the worker to
death for the past 25 years. was read
by BENJAMIN Marsh, but written by
j. P. Coughlin. president of the Cen
trial Labor union Of Brooklyn, N. y,
who did not appear personally.
speakers Of th1 afternoon meeting,
dealing largely in the statistics of his
experimental work under the heading
sof Wheat From the,Fie1d to the Ia
BILE"
of the speakers on the program toe
day
Senator sBorah, in a brief interview
yesterday said. the government was
preparing, and indeed was already do
ing, all or nearly all Of the things the
conference of producers and consum-
ers is resoluting and talking about
during the four days sessions.
"Mr. Hoover realizes the needs of
the nation, lam sure" said the sen
ator.
II believe the necessary authority
istration to do quite all Of the things
this conference Is asking and I am
quite as sure it is the purpose of Mr..
Hoover to go right down the line and
fix prices prettysgenerally on all nee
essities. I dosnot think, Mr.. Hoover
[could avoid doing this IL he wanted to,
and I do not believe he wants to-"
And the senator's remarks led one
~bearer-<o say, That knocks all the
wind out of u sails Then, I guess
all we can do is to talk q lot and then
take the credit when Hoover does
things"
The rernark was not intended for
publication, but it has been the senti-
ment, scarcely expressed but v
the, less very evident in the crowd, thai
the conference was much a grand
stand play. One member, an accred-
tied delegate, let another hint drop
yesterday morning In commenting on
President ITQwnley's talk of Tuesday,
saying:
1T looks MS though the next thine
we will be doing will be to keep a biz
lobt:: down in Washington to look
Isfter the farmers. interests. Maybe
they will take our national headauart.
[ers down there, too