El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-27
LOCAL MILLERS
GRINDF0RU. s.
Indefinite If They VIII
Have Wheat for Supply
ing Flour for Public.

First claims have been made on
I the two flour mills in FL Paso by
/ the government, which, it was said
Wednesday, would result in local
flour being diverted in preference to
army supply depots instead Of TO
wholesale warehouses for sale TO
the civilian public. News Of the
requisitioninE OF millers' stocks Of
flour became known Wednesday
THE output Of the Globe mills has
been requisitioned. I believe. for the
use Of the soldiers here" said food
administrator Charles n. Bassett, but
so far as 1 know, the same plan viii
be carried out as in other cases where
the government has taken over indus
tries, and the same men viii be IN
charge Of operation"
This locality has second claim on
the product Of the Community Mill
ing company. the first claim being
that Of the government for small
supplies for local use. Mr.. Bassett
said that the bulk OF the product Of
the Community mill was on the local
market For reasons stated below,
the entire output OF the Globe mills
is now going TO iii government con
tracts.
The situation is just this" said
Claiborne Adams, Of the Globe Mills,
I'VE have government contracts for
few cars Of flour. which contracts
are not yet filled, and as these take
precedence over our regular custom
ers, they must be filled fc5OTe we
viii have flour to supply che general
trade We are expecting shipments
Of wheat from the north, but in these
uncertain times IL is hard 10 say
when they viii arrive. So We have
TO be indefinite. II has been ordered
by the government THAI every mill
shall supply TO the government 80
percent Of its output, and the author
titles, OF course, have power 10 en-
force this We have been selling
them more than that pei centage- i
is up 10 everyone to do tEeIr best 10
help"
Not in eTransIt7 Glass.
Because of the tact that we do not
have the milling in transit privilege
and the lower freight rate that goes
With il, we have been selling very
little flC1r to the government. eX-
cept some lots for local use said J,
b. Hancock. Of the Community Mill
ing company. rms mlinng IN tran
sit rate goes to mills that are stu
ated on direct line between field and
the port. For instance, If we were
buying wheat in Arizona and Cali
fornia. we could get a rate that " ould
enable US to lay flour On The Caves
ton docks at a much lower figure
than we are now aDIe 20 90. getting
out wheat in New Mexico and okla
hOma-
Cuts Profits Greatly.
I'VE now have a bid in for April
delivery, on which no action h3s been
taken. The mills are allowed 25 cents
a barrel as profit, but II this bid OF
OUTS is accepted. we would not make
that much. We feel that the mills are
practically under direction Of The gov
eminent. and we ara willing TO DO
what they say. Vita the situation
as IL is, however, it would be better
10 have US grind for the government (
local use as under thar arrangement
we can compete with the north Texas
mills"
Bakeries Feeling Pinch
one bakery proprietor said We'd
uesdsv that he had received a carload !
Of flour from outside OF FL PasO- but ]
no promise that he could have an I;
other car from the same point. .
one small bakery that had been op-