Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-05-24
WHEAT HOARDER JUSTLY
DEALT WITH

near Amanda, Fairfield county, de-
clared that the United States govern
ment had no right to tell him what
he should do with his wheat. Doering
had an accumulation of four crops on
hand, approximately 5000 bushels.
About 800 bushels from the 1914 and
1915 crops, is musty and infested with
weevil and probably unfit for human
consumption. Nearly 1000 bushels
from the 1917 crop remained un-
| threshed.
Doering had ignored the nation
wide appeal made by Herbert Hoover,
y. S. Food Administrator, to all
farmers to market their wheat in
order to help feed the soldiers and our
allies; he paid no attention to the re-
quest made by L. J. Taber, Master of
the State Grange, to market wheat.
A letter sent to him from the office
of Fred c.. Croxton, Federal Food
Administrator for Ohio, requesting
him to put his wheat on the market
was unanswered.
When representatives from the
Food Administration called on Mr..
Doering Tuesday and requested him
to thresh his wheat and voluntarily
bring it to market, he refused, where
upon his supply was requisitioned
under authority of the Food Control
Act of August 10, 1917.
Within half hour after the requf-
sition notice had been served on
Doering arrangements were made by
the Food Administration with c. A.
Critics, local -thresherman, to begin
at once the threshing of Doering's
1917 wheat and steps taken to get
the 1916 crop and that part of the
1917 crop already threshed, hauled to
market. Critics was engaged in saw
mill work at the time, but dropped
everything to comply with the request
of the government to do the thresh
ing.
The threshing-bee started early
Wednesday morning. 1t is probably
the first threshing bee ever conducted
by the government. 1t is the first
case in Ohio where it has been neces-
sary for the Food Administration to
invoke the full authority of the Act,
authorizing the Communicating of
wheat.
Doering was at one time offered as
high as $3.50 bushel for his wheat.
The Food Administrator Grain Cor
poration will pay him the government
price at the elevator in Amanda,
which is $2.O5 bushel, for his grade
of wheat. Disposition of the 1914
and 1915 wheat, which is very musty
and probably unfit for milling, is
held in allegiance. Boyd Swope of the
firm Houston & Swope, elevator OPP
orators at Amanda, acted as agent
for H. D. Irwin, of the U. S. Grain
Corporation at Philadelphia, in buy
ing the wheat. Representing Ad-
ministrator Croxton in the transac-
ton, were Stewart Hoover and Thos.
D. Phillips, of Mr.. Croxton's staff.
Expenses for the threshing and
hauling will be deducted from the
amount authorized to be paid Doering
for his wheat.
Farmers from the neighborhood
came to help in the threshing. Geo.
Aldenderfer, rs, who had been fol-
lowing threshing for nearly 40 years
said this was his first time to thresh
wheat in May. The ground was too
wet for planting corn which enabled
farmers to help Uncle Sam on the
job with little inconvenience to them
selves. Except in cases where they
owed Doering for work, they will be
paid by the government out Of money
deducted from the wheat.
There was a steady stream of
wheat wagons to the elevator at
Amanda, Wednesday. The govern
ment agents arranged for the volun-
tary marketing of several car loads
in addition to that requisitioned on
Doering's place. One farmer held
1000 bushels, and another approx
imately 1000 bushels. By the first of
June, practically every bushel of
wheat, except enough for home con-
sumption and seed in that vicinity,
will be in the market and on the way
to the seaboard to be shipped to the
soldiers at the front and our associ-
ates in the war on the other side.
During the last few days reports
have been coming in to the Food Adj
ministration from various parts of