Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-27
Representative North Dakota Farmers
d Able to Convince Washington Of
Justice Of Demand for Price for 1917
Spring Wheat Crop Comparable to
That Paid for Winter Wheat.
WAS ONLY HEARING GRANTED TO ANY
REPRESENTATIVE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

the earliest possible moment The
Commercial club Of Fargo took up
the matter with promptness and the
two organizations flooded the state
with kilograms to business and farm
ers' organizations urging formal pro-
tests sent to Washington. OF num-
Der Of very busy men Of the state who
were asked by telephone to make the
trip the men who comprised the COM
mittee realized the Importance of
quick actton-and acted. #
Meeting first. on the train enroute
to Minneapolis the committee sent
to DR.. e. r. Ladd. a mem Der, Of the
price fixing committee, asking him to
arrange an early hearing before the
committeeo on prices. One to Senator
II. IT.. McCumber, asking him to have
the nembars OF the North lsota
4aelS8a don III csif grssssst
.U. s. Treasurer John Burke and rDr.
e. r. Ladd; meet them at breakfast at
the New Willard. hotel on Tuesday
m orniifg when they arrived In Wash
ington.
The hrst information the commit
tee received on their arrival in the
capital was a statement from DR..
Ladd that the price-fixing committee
had already decided on an iron-clad
rule to give no committee hearings to
delegations. DR.. Tausig Of Harvard
university had induced this action on
the basis that the work Of the com.
mittee required speedy action ana II
they let down the bars, the committee
would be in session until snow flies. !"
An Important Matter.
The hearings already had been de-
MED to all for this reason. The por-
tent of the issue raised was, however,
felt to be so great that DR.. Garfield
personally volunteered to receive the
committee from North Dakota to hear
their arguments, with the under
standing that they would be present
ed by him to the whole committee as
soon as possible.
To this audience with DR.. Garfield
there came besides the North Dakota
committee only Congressman Young.
former Governor John Burke and
! Senator Sterling of South Dakota. It
was apparent that the Importance OF
!. the matter had not been realized In
full by others who should have been
| interested. Congressman Norton was
absent, having been called to North
Dakota by the death Of his mother.
DR.. Garfield dispensed with formal
arguments and asked questions OF the
members of the delegation, pointed
Qu06LlOQS WHICH reVSalSu du SaIA0o,
desire to be fair and just and to give
| full consideration to all the matters
presented. After an hour of the in
| formal discussion DR.. Garfield an
nounced that, realizing the import o.
4 the subject and the conscientious mo-
tives that actuated the visitors, he
would say that the price-fixing COM
mittee would go step farther ano
would receive a prepared brief set
ting forth the gist of the statements
he had heard and asked that the Wis
itors have the document ready at ths
earliest possible moment.
After consultation by the commit
tee, ]. D. Bacon and Aubrey Law
renee were authorized to prepare thil
statement and copies were furnished
to each member Of DR.. Qarfeld's com
4 rnfttee and to others who had shown
an interest in the committees efforts
q This was the status of the mattel
i on Wednesday. Not another repre-
sentative. person. delegation or pro
test had been received by DR.. Gar1ielt
or his committee. The members o
the Dakota committee had learned On
the best authority that the price-fK
ing board had been considering I
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