The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-08-15
GRADE IS HIGHER.

we're established July Is, are more
favorable to the farmer than the
grades which existed in 1917, accord
ing to a statement made public by
the U. S. Food Administration.
Wheat in Kansas is being sold for
the most part on the basis OF Kansas
City prices: The price at Kansas
City is $2.18 a bushel for No. 1,
Northern Spring, Hard Winter. Red
Winter, Durum and Hard White Two
cents more will be paid for Dark
Hard Winter, Dark Northern Spring
and Amber D1rum. Two cents less
will be paid for Yellow Hard Winter,
Red Spring, Red Walla, Red Durum,
Soft White and White Club.
Discounts are made on the follow
ing basis: No. wheat, cents under
No. 1; No. 3 wheat, z cents under No.
1. Below No. the wheat will be
dealt with on sample.
At all principal primary markets
there is an open market where all
classes of buyers are well represent
ed, and the producer and the con-
sumner will be amply protected
through the competitive activities of
the several interests, the Food Adj
ministration Grain Corporation being
prepared to buy and protect the
"fair price" basis.
AS the miller is restricted to q
''fair price" basis for his flour, he
cannot pay more for wheat than the
expense of milling and a reasonable
profit will allow.
The farmer can protect himself by
the study of the primary prices, de-
Quoting intermediate charges, O. nc
can Ship to the Food Administration
Grain Corporation, or he may ship
to a commission merchant at a ter
minal market, and through him Sc
cure the benefit of competitive buy
| ing.
There is nothing in the "191S
! plan" which prevents 2 buyer ct
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 viii be made
on the basis of weight and grades so
reported, and on the basis of the
government price less one per cent
! 186) administration charge for the
service.
The Food Administration main
tains a 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
Cooperation 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 a de-
| &Io Tor 7oT 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.
It is the policy of the Food Admin
istratiOr 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
that the producer, the consumer and
ali interests handling grain may be
properly protected.
The producer or dealer should al
ways keep in mind, that if he is not
satisfied with the prices paid by in
dividuaI buyers, or with the grading
of wheat, his protection lies in his
being able to ship to the Food Ad-
ministration Grain Corporation al
the various terminal markets named
above.
The plan for the profit control Of
flour milling for the 1913 crop is
formulated on the basis of naming {
maximum 'fair price" at which any
miller may sell flour and feed.