The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-08
THEY ASK
|. new deal
ON GRADES
LANCER and Hagen Appear
Before Federal Board
With Plea
SPECIAL SESSION ON TODAY
Dakotans Given Additional
Opportunity to Expound
Their Cause
SPECIAL SESSION ON TODAY

Washington, d. c.. March Slight
ing for square deal in wheat grading
before the bureau of markets anC
rural organization Of the department
Of agriculture, William LANCER, attor.
| ney general, and ]. N. Hagan, com.
missioner Of agriculture and labor. o.
North Dakota appeared before the
board yesterday.
Attorney General LANCER and Com
missioner Hagan are appearing before
| the board OF markets and rural
organization pursuant to a concurrent
| resolution passed by the last North
Dakota legislative assembly, in order
to give this state chance to protest
against the proposed federal standard
for wheat.
The North Dakota men at the hear
ing were as follows:
Norman Malcolm. secretary of the
Stark County Grain Growers associa-
ton: Simon J. Nagel. secretary Of the
Morton County Grain Growers asso
citation: United States Senators p. J.
McCumber. and A. j. Gronna. Con-
gresham H. T. Helgesen. Geo. M.
Young, and p. d. Norton.
LANCER and Hagan presented the
views of the grain growers particu-
larly against nomenclature for north
ern grown wheats proposed by the
department of agriculture and insist
ed that instead Of the names dark
hard red spring wheat and hard red
spring wheat" al proposed by the de-
partment of agriculture. terms mo. 1
hard spring wheat and No. northern
spring wheat be retained. Protest
was also made against the percentage
of moisture content specified for diff
ferent grades of wheat and against
dockage provisions for official grain
standard. which included protest
that ID. Feed" wheat was not receiv-
ing price Of grade that it should. its
milling quality considered as its true
basis.
Facing the little group Of North Da-
kotans were over 200 men, including
exporters. millers. from. New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. the twin
cities and Duluth. and every grain ex-
represented. North Dakotans alone
represented both producer and con-
sumer.. Protests and arguments of
North Dakotans were so effective on
first day, including protests of SEN
ators and congressman that Chairman
Charles ]. Brand. Of the bureau Of
markets, and rural organization made
a ruling that North Dakota should
have a special session today which
WOulQ last as lOIlR dS NOEIu DdhOJd
men care to talk and if necessary have
hearing go over until Friday.
AS soon as this was granted Fed
eral Commissioner Jacobson, of Min
nesota declared he would stay over
with the North Dakotans. A red hot
battle is looked for at today's session
and prospects seem favorable for re-
tention of nomenclature northern
spring wheat" North Dakota men re-
peatedly took exception to statements
that Professor Ladd's tests were not
accurate.
It is apparent to everyone that the
issue will be carried direct to Secretary
of Agriculture d. F. Houston, in case
North Dakota is not given what is con-
sidered fair treatment by the board.
The North Dakota delegation acted
as unit and the instant one man sat
down another arose and although
North Dakota's real day is not until
today, they easily took up more than
one-half the time of the commissioners
yesterday.
Among other things the commission
ers were invited to come back to Far
go for another hearing where they
were assured they would meet at least
thousand bona fide farmers who would
tell them what actual conditions are.