Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-12-13
TO THE WHEAT
FARMERS OF AMERICA
What Is Going TO Happen to the
Wheat Markets Now That the
War Is Over?
BY A. A. Gilmore

This is legitimate question. who
is going to answer 1t?
The wheat farmers of the North
American continent have stood in the
hreech between death and the starry
4 ing millions of Europe.
That's fine!
The wheat farmers of the United
states have worked long hours, have
never asked the question whether it
vas right or wrong to work only
eight hours day, have never asked
the question If he should have time
and half for overtime. He has
B divided the loaf with hundreds of
& millions of people of the earth, under
4 labor shortage, high priced machin-
cry, high priced labor, high priced
1 handling charges, high priced freight
charges, high priced living charges.
4 He has produced an extra loaf of
bread and divided the one he already
b had under these abnormal circum-
8 stances.
That's loyalty!
The wheat farmers of America
have stood in the breech between au-
4 tocracy and democracy; have shook
i their fists in the face of autocracy
and in the face of financial loss, and
said 1--WE win" made the world safe
for freedom and a respectable place
In which to live.
That's patriotism!
The wheat farmers of America
! have submitted to regulation upon
! stacks of regulations, both right and
I wrong. His rights have been con-
/ tested and disputed at practically
1 every turn in the road, either by the
dealer or the consumer, for the mere
/ pittance of one cent per bushel on his
wheat, when the meal ticket he was
5 producing was punching larger holes
j in the German lines than any gun
that was ever fired on the western
front. That's more patriotism.
They submitted freely and cheer
fully to these regulations, though at
times there were determinations
They have bought Liberty Bonds to
/ the very maximum, even though some
of them had to borrow money at a
higher rate of interest with which to
do it. They wanted to do it. They
would not do otherwise. The most
of them had boys "over there" that
they wanted to back up and bring
home. That's more patriotism.
The wheat farmers Of America
have been told they were making
more money than they were entitled
to; that their only line of business
| was production; and that they were
not entitled to know anything about
the cost of production; that by ask
| ing for higher prices for wheat that
they merely wanted to be profiteers;
| that they were rolling in wealth and
already possessed too many luxuries
That's a lie.
But we are coming to the closing
chapter.
Mr.. Farmer, what's going to hap
pen to your market when the war is
over, when one-half billion bushels
Of wheat from Australia, Argentine
and India are cut loose upon the mar
kets of the world for consumption?
i Do you suppose the millions of
people in Europe whom you have
helped to save from starvation, de-
ieat and destruction will remember
You and rush to your support and
pay your more for your wheat than
they will anyone else?
I Or do you suppose that the mar
Eets of the world will cut loose and
every dog for himself and the devil
AXE the hindmost"; or will the
wheat Spectator and gambler be
turned loose to prey upon the mill