The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-21

Farmers of the Slope, the
Tribune urges you to communI-
cate to Dr.. Ladd, Raleigh Hotel,
Washington, D. c., what you think
is a fair price for wheat. Ascer-
, tain your cost Of production and
add to it what would be fair.
profit. Do it now.-Gditor Of
Tribune.
Fargo, N D., Aug 2l.--Eormer Gov
ernOr l.. B. Hanna of Fargo declared
that wheat at 81 a bushel or under
will spell ruin for thousands OF farm
crs in the Northwest before large
audience of representatives Of Cass
county, N. d., and Clay county Mimi,
farmers. who assembled here today to
devise ways and means of impressing
the price fixing board at Washington
with the importance of fixing fair
price for wheat Farmers within a
radius of 40 miles or more stopped
their threshing machines and attend
cd the meeting.
Won't Get 50 an Acre.
r "ThOusands of farmers In North
Dakota, Minnesota and Montana will
not get an average of four bushels
from their wheat" the former COVER
nor said "Seed alone cost them 81
per acre last spring, labor was high
er than ever before, machine parts
never were higher, and twine hit, the
high water mark, at 19c a pound.
How anyone can expect those farmers
tn ot fhnv
.bushel for wheat is more than any.
Intelligent man can Understands ;
Last spring, the farmers wero
promised that if they would put their
lands into wheat they would realize a
price that would be commensurate
with their efforts. 1t doesn't look as
If that promise were to be kept, when
price of $165 Is being advocated"
kilograms protesting against fixing
the price under So per bushel were
sent by most Of the farmers at the
meeting
Hagan on the Job.
81 have notified the national price
fixing committee of conditions now
existing in North Dakota with regard
to the grain market" said Commits
sioner of Agriculture and Labor Ha-
gan this morning.
II have endeavored to impress upon
them the fact if North Dakota farm
ers and grain growers Of the north
generally do not get square deal
now, it will result in the abandon
ment of wheat raising by very large
percentage of them.
"The southern grain grower whose
crop was harvested early, has been
allowed to profit from $3.50 and SO
wheat Now the government purposes
to step in and tell the northern farm
er that he must accept less than 81.
The condition is decidedly unwhole-
some. At Dickinson, | am advised.
only $139 was offered last Saturday
fo' sc Northern. Tne same day
the Kusscll-Miller company here was
raying 50.
"1he man who has established a
gCcG credit can. of course, .crrow
something on his wheat and hold it,
but even then it is with little Ger
tainty that fair price will be offered
later on. The man who has no cred
it and who is hard up must sell now
and take what he can get. and that
man isn't going to raise wheat an
other year. no matter how great an
appeal may be made TO his patriotism.
~ isn't grasping 3,itishuess, it's,
the spirit of unfairnesi of the whole
thing that hurts, and for the sake OF
an adequate food supply next year
| sincerely hope the price fixing COM
mittee will take into consideration
the unfavOrable conditions under
which the northern farmer has labor
ed this season and fix price which
will pay the cost of producing the
grain and allow fair profit"