The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-19

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already.
--pUY W. S. $500
w. T. Craswell makes some sug-
positions along the following lines that
in our Judgment should be taken hold
of and pushed to conclusion. He
saws: Sometime next year our own
Co. G will arrive home, and the first
place they will march to from the
train will be to their home-the Ar
mory, and while the Armory may and
undoubtedly will look good to the
bows, upon their return, it is sadly in
need Of some painting and repairs.
A couple of new flags are needed for
the fagstaffs, right now, and some
more will be needed before the boys
return, at the time of their return
there should be two new bright flags
flying proudly from the Armory.
(Since the boys have been away, the
writer has donated two flags for the
Armory which flew there until they
were worn out.) The Armory should
be painted outside, and possibly in
side, and some other repairs made, the
furnaces need a thorough overhaul
ing. Some plan should be devised for
funds for putting the Armory in
"spick and span conditions before
that joyful day arrives. Will the fed
eral government or the state appro-
pirate funds to keep up these armor-
les, or must it by done by private sub
scription? Congress is in session, our
state legislature soon will be, cannot
the proper officials find out how this
can be handled?
Demand that congress put tinto the
hands of the food administration grain
corporation all the money necessary
even to the extent of billion dollars
to maintain the guaranteed price for
wheat for next year, was made in the
house yesterday by Representative
Young of North Dakota. Half a doz-
en- members from agricultural states
in the east and west and south in
dorsed his plan. "The officers Of the
grain corporation are playing a pretty
big game" Young said. "They have
in sight bigger wheat crop, so fal
as acreage goes, than any ever be.
fore raised. Heretofore they have
been selling to people in Europe who
wanted the wheat and were ready tc
pay the cost price plus the expense
of handling. Now they are confront:
ed with the problem Of selling wheat
to countries in Europe who have the
opportunity Of buying wheat else
where and possibly at lower price
<It might at first blush look like 9
serious situation, but it does not seem
with the great shortage they have ir
shipping now that they could get then
supply, and yet it may be that if we
do not back up the grain corporation
they may get enough of it from Ar
gentina and Australia to break the
market and then subject us to a heavy
loss. That loss might run into very
large sums" Young quoted a letter
to him from F. G. Crowell, vice pres.
ident of the grain corporation, stating
that in his (Crowell's) opinion the
grain corporation should liquidate as
soon as it has wound up business OF
the 1918 crop guarantee and that con-
gress should then provide some sim.
liar agency for handling crop Of 1919
ut is a tremendous problem, said
Crowell. IF the wheat acreage is in.
creased, as seems likely, to $4,000, 000
acres, there is a possibility of the
United States producing a crop of l.
200 600, 900 bushels Of wheat: In the
marketing of this volume of wheat
there 50 possibility Of the United
States government meeting loss Of
$1,000, 000, 900 in endeavoring to mar
ket the crop in competition with the
crops of the world"