The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-07-25
WHEAT SALE PRICES.

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this year and some of the wheat
which would have graded No. 2 last
year is grading No. /. This is be-
cause Of new grading rules, which
we're announced by the U. S. Food
Administration, effective July 10.
Kansas wheat is being sold for the
most part on the basis Of Kansas
City. The price at Kansas City is
e2.18 a bushel for No. l Northern
Spring, Hard Winter, Red Winter,
Durum and Hard White. To find the
price at any given point in Kansas
the freight to Kansas City must be
deducted.
Dark Hard Winter, Dark Northern
Spring and Amber Durum sell 2 cents
bushel higher than the kinds named
above. Wheat which sells at two cents
below the basic price of $2.1S are
Yellow Hard Winter, Red Spring, Red
Walla, Red Durum, Soft White and
White Club.
A discount Of three cents bushel
is made for No. 2 wheat. No. 3 wheat
sells for seven cents a bushel below
No. and No. 8 is graded on sample.
At all principal primary markets
there is an open market where all
classes of buyers are we'll represent
ed, and the producer and the con-
sumner will be amply protected
through the competitive activities of
the several interests, the Food Ad-
ministration Grain Corporation being
prepared to buy and protect the
"fair price" basis.
AS the miller Is restricted to
"fair price" basis for his flour, he
cannot pay more for wheat than the
expense of milling and unreasonable
profit will allow.
The farmer can protect himself by
the study Of the primary prices, de-
Quoting intermediate charges, or he
can ship to the Food Administration
Grain Corporation, or he may ship
to a commission merchant at ter
minal market, and through him Sc
cure the benefit of competitive buy
ing.
There is nothing in the 1913
plan" which prevents a buyer at
point of origin from placing his own
grade upon the wheat which he pur-
chases. If, by the buyers act, the
grade is raised, it is equivalent to an
increase in the price. If the buyer
lowers the grade, the producer or
dealers protection is to ship to the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
ton.
Producers or dealers have the right
to bill cars Of wheat direct to the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
ton at any of the principal primary
markets named above. When the
wheat is unloaded in the elevator, and
weight and grade returns are made
to the Food Administration Grain
Corporation, remittance will be made
on the basis Of weight and grades SO
reported, and on the basis of the
government price less one per cent
(1To) administration charge for the
service.
The government does not discrimi-
nate between shippers in matters Of
transportation.
The Food Administration main
tains Traffic Bureau for the pur-
pose of assisting shippers Of grain
and flour in securing their car sup
ply, and also in expediting the move
ment of shipments to destination.
Application for assistance can be
made to Food Administration Grain
Corporation offices at Kansas City.
Country elevators and buyers are
entitled to receive fair compensation
for their services in the handling and
marketing Of wheat, and the charges
for such service are necessarily de-
duction from the terminal price Of
wheat, These charges or margins
are well established by custom, and
vary in different sections of the
country according to local conditions.
Shippers to any of the principal
primary markets should insist that
their grain be inspected and graded
by inspectors licensed by the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture.
Producers and dealers, in shipping
grain to Kansas City, should advise
their commission man to see that
their grain is correctly inspected and
graded, and that If in his Judgment
the grain has been improperly grad
ed, an appeal should be taken to the
Federal Supervisor.
1t is the policy of the Food Admin
istration and of its agents and repre-
sentatives to work In entire harmony
with the Department of Agriculture
in maintaining the integrity of grades
named and defined by them under
the Grain Standards Act. In order