Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-03-07

even smaller proportion of men, and
It 10 my hope that the local exemption
boards will make the new classical
tons with view OF tightening the
load upon the farms to utmost extent.
Marketing to Be Facilitated.
"The federal railway administration
is cooperating in the most active, In
telligent and efficient way with the
food administration to remove the diff
ficulties of transportation and of the
active movement of the crops. Their
marketing is to be facilitated and
realize promptly upon their stocks.
1.-THE department of agriculture and
the food administration will continue
to cooperate as heretofore to assist
the farmers In every way possible.
All questions OF production, of the
marketing Of farm products, of con-
servation in the course OF production,
and of agricultural labor and farm
problems generally, will be handled
by the department of agriculture;
while all questions of distribution OF
food supplies to the Allies and of
conservation in consumption will be
handled by the food administration,
but the chief reliance is upon the
farmer himself, and / am sure that
that. reliance will be justified by the
results. The chief thing to be kept
clearly in mind is that regulations
Of this sort are only part of the
great general plan of mobilization
into which every element in the ma
ton enters in this war as in no
other. The business of war touches
everybody. 1t is stern business, a
cooperative business, business of
energy and sacrifice, business of
service in the largest and best and
most stirring sense of that great
work"
Proclamation Given.
After this explanatory preamble
comes the proclamation proper, which
reads as follows:
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States, by
virtue of the powers conferred upon
ne by said act of congress, and es-
oecially by Section IA thereof, do
hereby find that an emergency exists
'equiring stimulating of the produc-
ion of wheat, and that it is essen
tial that the producers Of wheat pro-
luced within the United States shall
have the benefits of the guaranty
provided for in said section; and, In
order to make effective the guaranty
by congress for the crop of 1918 and
to assure such producers reasona-
oe profit, l do hereby determine and
tx, and give public notice Of reason
able guaranteed prices for No.
,orthern spring wheat and its equiv
llent at the respective principal pri.
nary markets, as follows, to wit:
Prices at Different Points.
Minneapolis, SIT; Chicago, 1920;
Omaha, S2.15; Kansas City, $2.l5;
St. Louis, $2.18; Duluth, $217; New
York, 1928; Philadelphia, 1927; Bal.
timore, 1927; Newport News, 1927;
Charleston, s. c., 1927; Portland,
ore., $2O5; Seattle, s2.05; San Fran.
,isco, $210; Los Angeles, $2.10; Gal.
weston, 1920; New Orleans, 1920;
Salt Lake City, $500; Great Falls.
Mont, $500; Spokane, Wash. $500;
Pocatello, Ida, $500: Fort Worth,
Tex, 5000; Oklahoma City, Okla,
S2.05; Wichita Kan, $2.08.
Reasonable Profit Assured.
"And that the guaranteed price for
,ther grades established under the
United States grain standards by the
lct approved August II, 1916, based
IN said price for No. l northern
spring wheat at the respective prin.
,ipal primary markets, above men.
toned, will assure the producers OF
wheat produced in the United States
4 reasonable profit, the guaranteed
prices in the principal primary mar.
lets above mentioned being fixed by
adopting No. / northern spring wheat
for its equivalent at the principal in.
terror markets, as the basis.
For the purpose of such guaranty
only, l hereby fix the guaranteed
prices at the respective principal prl.
mary markets above mentioned for
the following grades OF wheat. to wit:
No. 1 northern spring; No l hard
winter; No. 1 red winter; No. du'
rum; No. hard white. The guaran-
teed prices at the respective primary
markets aforesaid of all other grades
of wheat established under the Unit
ed States grain standard act approved
August II, 1916, shall be based on the
above guaranteed prices and bear
Just relation thereto.
Prices Guaranteed by U. s..
"The sums thus determined ana
fixed are guaranteed by the govern
ment of the United States at the re-
spective principal primary markets
of the United States above mentioned,
to every producer OF wheat OF any
grade so obtained under the United
States grain standard act, upon the
condition that said wheat is harvest
ed in the United States during the
year 1918, and offered for sale before
the list day of June, 1919, to such
agent OF employee OF the United
States, or other persons as may be
hereafter designated, at any OF the
above mentioned cities. which are,
for the purpose Of this act, hereby
declared to be the principal primary
markets of the United States, and
provided that such producer complies
with all regulations which may be
hereafter promulgated In regard to
said guaranty by the president OF the
United States.
ain witness whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused tho
seal OF the United States to be nxed.
"Done In the District OF Columbia,
this 21st day OF February, In tho year