Evening times-Republican., 1917-05-21
Cooperation Of Allies
In Handling Grains

i
provide for federal food control COM
mission, with big man at its head.
who will, under authority Of the presi-
dent, allow grain to go out only by
permit. that will control the situation.
| / think the committee should also
regulate the Argentine situation and
| make provision down there for taking
care of the crop which will be grown
this winter or during our winter"
Questioned regarding the purchases
for the allies. Mr.. Pickell intimated
the agents for the allies also bought
TOR themselves for Speculative pur-
poses, referring to the Wheat Export
Company of New York.
Il should assume" he said, that
congress would want to place the pur-
chasing of food for the allies in the
hands of this government, so 1t can
come nearer to controlling II, Instead
of having the representatives or the
foreign governments going into our
pits and continually buying, and. what
is more. those particular representa-
tives, when they know they are going
to make purchases for the foreign gov
ernment. probably buying million Or
so for themselves"
"You mean pooling and buying r
asked Representative Gilbert N. Hau-
gen of Iowa.
Accentuation Of Purchases.
Il mean purchasing" Mr.. Pickell re-
piled. Suppose representative OF a
foreign government had an order to
buy 1,000, 900 bushels of grain, and he
would buy 100000 or 100000 bushels
for himself. You see how the pur-
chases are accentuatsd because of the
knowledge he has of the other pur-
chase (,
you favor the elimination Of the
competition and the placing Of 1t in
the hands of one man to do the buy
ing?" he was asked.
Yes, sir; that Is my opinion and the
opinion of many others engaged In the
business; but would not give It to
you as by any means representing the
opinion of the wholesalers of the coun-
try"
..Then. if this New York concern was
controlled the same as the interstate
commerce commission Is supposed to
control the railroads that would elm
mate the difficulty"
III ii was properly regulated or con-
trolIed.''
! ss;r jackson os the grain exporters
association said lack of transportation
facilities had been big factor In the
high prices OF grain.
II attended meeting Of some grain
people not long ago" said Mr.. Jackson.
and the testimony was that 81 had
been added to the price by reason OF
the inability 10 get it to the place
where il was needed. Now. these were
people talking with each other. and
they were not trying TO fool them
selves.
Unable to Get Grain.
For instance. taking our own buy.
ing, we have had 100000 bushels Of
wheat bought in the west. and we had
sold It to the allies and to the Dutch
government, and he could not get It to
the seaboard and had to go IN and buy
another supply In order to fill those
ships. do not know when We will
get It
II bought X last November and I
have got grain which was bought in
Minneapolis and Kansas City last Sep
tember, and can not get It It y
there waiting, and am paying the
ese~SN
kets. l would favor that all Soodstuffs
have the preference In railroad move
rnents during this time Of stress, and
that is what we need"
Mr.. Jackson also said that the Unit
ed States ought to cut Oh all ship
ments to Holland and the Scandl-
! nayian countries.
L would let them starve until they
came our way" he said.
You would starve them into an al
liance?' asked Chairman ASbury F..
Lever.
~Yes: and you could do II very
quickly" said Mr. Jackson.
Attorney General Thomas W. Greg.
ory continued conferences with Dis
trict Attorney childs and Anderson Of
Chicago and Boston, regarding evi-
dence OF stock manipulations which
| may be made the basis Of pfosscu-
tions. No information concerning this
evidence was disclosed.
| Former Governor A. c. Eberhart, Of
| Minnesota. is in Washington consult
ing with Mr.. Hoover on the food sup
ply question.