The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-09-05

(, uooonmn opslng Wheat, Enabling
nnhp1s - oel1 Fourteon Ounce
\ 90 e npsaa sor Eve OsnsA
Whdh1ngton. Aug., 3o.--A price OF
oa,so < Dsshsl vas liked for the 1917
4 eeen q vhses by President Wilson TO-
4 nafAt o. ~ Recommendation Of the
y vhla& peiee committss. headed by
~. ~ ~ oarasld. The basic win be
~. !. Nsshsrn spring wheat. delivered
- CAAeago~
\ - ssmmi&(ss hnaily agreed late
tonHy aSssr several days Of voting.
( ~ eas tims today II looked a. II 1t
$3.50 - unable "a. come TO . conclu-
80, ~ just before O'Clock COM
nepohsrwes fsaehed and the last
3 49, 80 unanimous.
~ stD0reoppqkativss Of the producers
,oe1no. ~ yetins for . price Of $3.50
on1.1Dne6p ,repFsssntatives for &1.s4.
- 80 ouerems6 eventually mar
,Sioo Aowp uptil the votes were only
III asw poats part ana most OF to-
(aDS, Seslpg showed only slisht dif.
;zoa ~ bssis ss ss.so At Chicago,
- tteed: sAninlseratien worked out
tsoaUA2 ~. "-tials for the various
ogpoes snA - and Tor the several
tqgu1na1R n NM'g liz,
~ - Price 80 BY congress for
1eA1 WheAt was taken into consider
a11oa - tns cemmists IN considering .
- vasnnktaa Ter this years crop.
q a&hsaasing the price, Prtsident
WJlpsa stassd 4 n hoped that the nx-
~ q price wsll stabilize the mar
~ onA hssp prices within msasur-
able hesnAs. M M
N1he p@ics Of h.ur and bread. too.
shs pPesidsnt declared. win be kept
( Guwu. -
ne conmittss. In ~ reports TO
tne Dessldsnt rave - the three chief
Soasidtrations Of its deliberations the
4 cAes thst the, United states u at war.
ths nssd sf encouraging the produc-
e and ths nsosssity Of reducing the
eose ef living - The consumer. All
she,. psnbesa asrss In their discus-
9>&s 'thas M, pros axsd WIN psrinif Of
~ 1lFepnees iqac os.- bread for nve
esnsA allewins . fair pront both to
'th& (ets mnRslactsEsr and the baker.
so1hs price di6sesntiab worked out
4 ~ -Shs-S feed; adnaiNisststioh tonight
sroEe,< NS. !. dask hard winter. Da.al;
(oft winter .basic. $3.50; red winter
fasle,. Sac; ssllew hard winter.
~ ~ Seet red, vintsr, ss.1s: dark
Neguhesn spfins, eA,l; red spring.
42sas; hnnphaeh. e3.1o; Amber du-
Rn. S1.st; dprum basic. s3.so: red
ravrun. s3.1s:s sed vailas. &3.ls: hard
Whies, baslc. ts.So; soft white. ,Ss.1s:
apN whiss olub~ s3.ls. No. 2 of each
srads = three cents lsss; No. .. six
eeets lsss; No. " ten cents lss.
Relative market basic: Chicago.
oalvsseon. New Orleans. bosic; Kan
sas' City and Omaha. f,vs cents less
than basic; Duluth and Minneapolis
'thsss cents less; St. Louis. two cents
less; New York. 10 cents more than
baslc; Baltimore and Phnadelphia.
nine cents more; Buffalo. Ave. cent.
pees.
7 TAs basic grades are Nos. 4 hard
winter. red winter and northern
sprfns.
IA Although the, prices are fxed on
government purchases only the food
Administrations through its wheat cor
.HesatAoA expects to control the mar
hst w1sheut dlmeuity. The corpora
tisA wiil make all government ana al
IlSA purchases and has under consid-
sFation pians 10 buy for millers.
Members Of the committee said to-
nlsht they sxpected great deal of
crsticism from tho farming classes,
bat that they felt that every farmer
should willingly relinquish part Of
his ,prcnts In the interest of the corn
nea uood. \,
Ia ~ statement to the president
the committee recites the factor con-
sidsvSd In ~ discussions. Chief among
them was mounting cost Of living.
The .committee's work ended with
the nxins OF . price. One member.
n. a. Rhstt OF Charleston. s. c.. was
~ ana ala not attend the meetings
Bssides DIR. Garfield. the chairman.
the other members present included
Charles =. Barrett Of Georgia, presi-
dsnt Of the Farmers Union: Eugene
y. Funk OF Illinois. president OF the