The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-16
CLAIM FARMERS
LOSE MILLIONS
-carGED OFT or VAST 81 NJ As
RFSILT or GRAN MaN's
TioN,- STEAMER ANhn>

....A Ca. Nov. ls-Pr~bciton
- t-.---@-s' ~Gtiorzi >oo-f7r-r
- I~Nr1e. uhich originated n SotlA
T,-.-,--. usoud becorne q feature "a g. "
- "a u.e-hzp.s IN the ne1i Iiros3
- cznpatEu Was mace y fINA
1,,--s -. AK cunnissSooer q
- D,ko.x- II Al address be oe-iN
.-s's -. e.s.ors the eleventh Anno-i
-. r,o-Ss-e-ce C the S2t,on2l TAX -
sccsztion- s.-,,-i--
NJ Packard reviewed TIE 9noells -
r-suse.s q the movement WnSen - -
n .he u.alir5czl uphezr4l II SoIsn
Eo.z- he characterized SoTlh 49, .--
-c---c-or- s-zte making y p-ec@l
- .,-Ass-- 20 Al ,he rs In r--zrkeSlrls
------ss-s--s ne eoutroi q TIE zeal
- tt-ourh loczlly coniro'-ieo =
- - szd- ! reflective NIif.o-t
,.,--.-rr sts5 q the terminal r--rSel-
Ss--s .-ose TIE demand for STATE o.
- e5sgztr-s A csls-itutlo1z- -lls--i--
- w. zsQu-ed - authorize tnes--
=. - B.zris1sture refused % sci- -n1s
-. .-s------s-zrc= saI Nr. F1ckAr--
s----ss,-s-s A c T0Enisy wiki the rcc-a-
- sor starting in March 1918, tAe
r-0vs-neu, which In June had gFoHh
f-u-n no,hirE 70 an orEz1lzais>a -
rss 90 member r-2ln tai---f--
ue1susps--s and with h1noreos O. ..
,-snt.ers zs5rkinE IN sisysn states sc4i-
- - No-zh Dakota 70 Texas and
f-u-n Wisconsin 70 The P'ac-ilc co,-sl
Aeru~es Trz6< Boards
Ou-rf-i-- the Arguments se- fortn 70
N-=-x shuu- his urEzrLzzt11n- NJ fae---
Al ssd they included the following
-.s- b.osrss q trade such a. the
Nfr-ssu.9lss Chzuhsr q Counsrce-
c,ou--oled the great milling ana elsN@-
TO- conpar5es and played Al cIeAs
s-s drzkss- with the farmers pro'iis
-h-uuzh manipulate u sales win ne
result thzr ths farmer vas cornp's-le--
70 zcosp. Al iosos4uzts prlcs ior n4s
What While the consumer Ezs ioTc-9
70 usy an unrszs7Esole higher pric-
than the farmers r=oe1Te1-
Tt.z. TIE farmers we're soUEs1 cll
q rrF7is-s q dollars annually through
1-rs- s-.-ssxs for foreign se=d and Dirt
nat the hiEh grade hard wheat Ez-s-
- II North Dakota was mixed n the
terminal elevators with soft wheat ana
n MIXTURE rz-ss5 70 the grade o. the
hard wheat
Tnst the selling prscs q fed wheat
had h-sn rzissi more than Is per cent
Over The prlcs paid . the farmer o
invention q 7sE grades
NJ Packard quoted President Lzod
q. the North Dakota Agricultural Col
lszs As asserting that the marketing
s5ndst5ors cost the farmers q North
Dakota s55 80 90 annually
Another Argument
argthsr zrEunsnt used hy the farm
e-s zzs that the present profit on 3
barrel = Tour mI-l=d by the b-z milling
c1-csr-s Of Minneapolis i S4ss. tnzt
the nut5di s-lzn's and distributors prot
is z-s s. % per barre, making a total
profit on the wheat ossd II milling 3
tszrrel q -four Ss-ss. while the flour
retzls for $3.50 . hsrreL
The Farmers Nstionsl N0n-ParIlssn q
Lezxue- sid M Packard has noS
s6ded Z new argument for the oonscrlp'
rsou q wealth for the Conduct q the
war. embracing sIzts-0Sned elevators
rssckfng plants -four mills and ware
houses and the exemption Of farm IN
r-vove-erts from taxation Only the
latter plznk-@xsrup-iOn Of improve
rneu-s from taxat5On-hzs been enact
ed into law
Ike Al radical OF unusual move
rnen-s- he zd5ed. IL has attracted 20
II many crznks- tsddis-s and one idea
men But the great body q It's men
b.e-stfp are honest strzight-forsysrli-
intelligent American citizens who o
lieve that they are suffering economic
wrong and that they have hit upon
pan u right them They bitterly -
sen. the charge that the movement :
socizIisric unpztr50tic or un-AmerlcSn
They contend that il i what i appears
10 be. = nOn-psrt1san movement 10 50
cure economic advantage for the farm
ing clzss-