The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-08-23
FARMERS PASS. I.
RESOLUTIONS

RESOLUTIONS J
Tuesday evening there was meet
ing of farmers of Ramsey count, held
for the purpose, of protesting against
the Price Fixing Board at Washing
ton, placing the price of wheat at ST.
65 per bushel, as has been suggested
by Hoover.
At this meeting the following reso-
lutions were passed and a copy wired
to Senators Gronna and McCLmber
and also to Prof. E. F. Ladd, who ls a
member of the board:
Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 21, 1915.
To Hon. P. ]. McCumber,
Hon. A. J. Gronna,
Hon. E. F. Ladd.
Member of Price Commission.
Washington, D. c.
1. We, the undersigned association
of Farmers of Ramsey County, Norta
Dakota, in convention assembled, do
hereby protest against the Govern
ment fixing lower price per bushel
for wheat than the open market price
thereof, which ranged about So per
bushel on the date of the passage OF
the Food Bill.
2. That we protest that the spring
wheat farmer has been grossly out.
ragged, in that he was called upon last
spring in the name of the Government
to show his patriotism by making the
effort of his life to plant wheat, to
which he responded nobly, and at the
immense prices for everything neet: ID
by him on his farm, greatly exec sdin3
anything ever known before, he plant
ed much more wheat than he otherwise
would have done, but for his desire to
aid hos government. .~.
Now, if he is forced by his Govern
ment to take the price suggested as
the price to be fixed by the Price Com
mission, he will lose heavily on every
bushel Of wheat raised.
It has cost the farmers of this CO, III
ty this year not less than $3.50. per
; bushel to raise wheat, and this o,nty
is more favored in the matter of crop
than, one-half of the state, so that a,.y
price less than the market price men
toned above would mean that TIE
Government wants the farmer to raise
wheat, but will allow him no profit on
it.
, This does not appeal to him when he
: sees every other interest around him
/ making money from what can be cal-
, ed fair profits up to great extortions.
, We, as farmers feel that if this is to
J be the policy of the Government that
: we will be forced to an organized ef-
I fort among ourselves and our friends
, to hold the crop until we can seru-e
upon the markets of the World at least
a price that will repay us the money
spent in raising it.
8. We protest that we cannot con.
tinue to raise wheat at loss. Il
.. wheat raising entails a loss to tie
. farmer this year it may as we'll he set
down as fact that the farmer will!
!. not raise much wheat next year.
4. We protest that the spring wheat
farmer and rye farmer of this coun.
try is the only interest to be hit by
). the action of the Government.
t That the Southren Gro. has beer
1 largely marketed, oats, barley, :ora
I and other cereals go untouched as te
I price regulation.
RI Cotton, sugar, plows, drills, binders
binding twine, wagons, coal, gasoline
I and every other commodity that mus,
q be purchased for the farm has beer
f practically doubled in price, and thi.
has passed into history, almost with.
out comment from our Government
but the wheat farmer alone must suf
fer at the will of price fixing body
not one of whose members we believt
is an actual farmer, or wheat grow
er, and not one Of whom knows, ex
cept in theoretical way the hard
ships, uncertainties and cost of raising
wheat.
5. We protest that if the price Of
e wheat is to be fixed at practically one
0 half its present market value that the
Ell Government in fairness should fix the
e price Of all other commodities, and es
. pecially those mentioned above, at moi
e less than one-haf Of their present
t market prices, which would, in nsarl,
2, every instance, allow at least a prof,
dI on production.
/, Fix fair price. for wheat, say ths
! market value Of So per bushel, SO the
= farmer makes a little profit on hi