Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-01
KLEMGARD TELLS Of
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
j. y. klemgard, Member of DeleRa-
ton Sent to Washington I'm In
ter2sts of Farmers, Reports
to Chamber

An interesting report on the trip
and activities of the delegation
which recently went to Washington.
d. c., in the interests of the farmers
of the Northwest, was given before the
chamber of commerce Tuesday by ].
| S. Klemgard, a member of the dele
| cation. The efforts of the delegation
! will probably mean at least $2.0S for
wheat at interior points in the North
west, or 3 cents more than the aver
age price received last year, and Mr.
Klemgard was given an ovation when
o report.
MIR. klemgard told in detail of the
work of the delegation and their
! final success after an almost endless
chain of conferences with shipping
! board mem bers, Herbert Hoover, ma
| tional wheat men and other notables
who had an interest in the case in
| hand. At every conference the dele
| gates were given little encourage
ment at first. but as their case and
its merits became clear to the
| national heads they warmed to the
| situation and finally granted the re-
quests of the committee for justice
! to the Northwest wheat growers.
AS a result of the visit of the dele
cation the shipping board established
rate of $3.50 per ton on wheat and
! Sc on flour from Pacific to Atlantic
| ports. The board had previously
wheat from the Pacific to the Allan
tic was $11.50 per ton and that an
increase over this rate might even be
necessary.
The delegation secured figures
from the shipping board showing
that las steel ships, aggregating
| 1,249,150 tons, would be finished on
the Pacific coast by December |, of
which $50 geo tons would be ready
gins to move. In addition, 1875
wooden ships, aggregating 389,500
tons, are building, and "a, aggregat-
ing 1885 900 tons, will be available by
September /. This makes a grand
total available before December | of
1,6O7,05O.
These figures, proving that ample
shipping facilities will be available
to transport the wheat, were present
ed to Food Administrator Hoover,
along with the appeal of the farm ers,
and his recommendation that the
$3.50 rate be established by the ship
ping board was carried out.
Mr.. Klemgard explained the re-
ports that all promises were off,
closely following the reports of the
success of the delegation, were due
to an error at Washington, and stat
ed that there was never any intention
of resembling the agreement made to
the delegates.
The Pullman delegate gave a
number of interesting sidelights on
the trip, including the discontinue
occasioned by the inability of the
party to secure sleeping accomm oda-
lions the first night of their stay in
the national capital He paid trib-
ute to the work of Food Admins
traitor Hoover. who, he says. is wide
awake to every situation and has
every detail of the many problems
confronting the nation in the matter
of food production and conservation
well in hand. Mr.. Hoover and the
members of the shipping board
showed every courtesy to the delega-
ton, according to Mr.. Klemgard, and
on every hand was evidence Of de-
sire to play fair with the farm ers OF
the Northwest.
Mr.. Klemgard closed his report
with an appeal to the farmers OF
this community and the entire North
west to show their appreciation OF
the fayors granted by the national
heads by planting the greatest acre
age in the history of the Northwest.
thus at once doing their duty in the
way of assisting in food production
and proving their gratitude for the
fairness OF the shipping board.
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The cham Der of commerce Tuesday