The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-03-07
Farmers Union Delegate to
Washington, D. c., Sub
mits Report.
FARMER COMMISSION
To Be Created as Advisory
Board; Will Watch In
terests of Farmers.

Members of the local Farmers Union
are In receipt of the report OF A. A.
Fillmore, state president, and A. D.
Cross, state secretary who in connec-
zion with other members of the COM
mittee appointed by the Spokane Cham
Der of commerce, recently visited Wash
ington, d. c., with President Wilson
and the food administration, with
regard to the 1918 wheat price. The
report is as follows:
1--WE are attempting in this letter to
give you clearout idea of the work Of
the Wheat Committee at Washington
D. G.
To begin with, we wish you to
understand who was responsible for
this committee. You will recall in the
last annual convention of the Farmers
Union in December, a resolution was
introduced by Senator r. G. McCroskey
creating a wheat committee whose
duty 1t would be to look after the 1918
wheat price. A committee of nine from
the Farmers Union and the Grange OF
the three states was appointed and In
their deliberations they passed a reso-
luton that the State President of
Washington should be a member Of
the committee and that he should ap-
point four other members from the
Farmers Union and the Grange with
the further understanding that he
should appoint such other representa-
tyes from Commercial organizations
as might seem wise to have on the COM
mittee
circumstances made it such, on
account of the splendid help the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce gave
US last fall, that we were duty bound
to again invite their cooperation and
50 We appointed Mr.. e. T. Conan, and
X. j. Stephens Of Spokane and Mr..
Sam Armstrong Of Seattle, formerly of
tne Palouse country but now manager
OF the Milwaukee Grain and Elevator
70, and by the way, a man that is
thoroughly in sympathy with the
farmers interests and a man who
knows why and what he is talking
about.
The Commercial nrgan;za-
tOns have agreed t6lhelp edefray the
expenses of the committee and we
LINK VIII raise enough money to meet
une expenses of their part of the del
egation.
some OF the Arguments That Got us
a more Than We Expected.
rnst-Ihe wheat farmers were
lne only farmers that had as arbitrary
market in which to sell their product
while they We're forced to go into a
unrestricted market to buy the things
l1at enter into the cost of production
wheat and for this reason they
thO', houiu oe treated very reasonably in
'neif prices and markets.
m oecohd.-lf food win the war, and
Se are told that it will, then Uncle
s""u "m could as well afford to invest a
Nv, mlillons of dollars in increasing
hui Uu production as he could to spend
nuuuleds OF millions of dollars for war
-unl.ions s.lrl and other war measures.
inc inifu--Ihat Uncle Sam is build
pao,s, great number of ships on the
ans osilic coast that they are his sbips
nv nv @ .nat he Is the only grain buyer and
~e sralh becomes his after making the
faenases and that it is not up to the
fraiae fineIs TO bear higher rate of
erSnt .eS,,t, now than before the war.
ana ~, ln lhese arguments made plain
Sto.a eiear We secured from the United
mar :. nipplng Board a rate of $3.50
from 'S,l q, On wheat or 10c per bushel
Atlant,e ta,ealtie, Portland and Tacoma to
hnshai ports. This is exactly &c per
IN No iuvre tnan the rate from Chicago
rata y, lork and is $1.50 per ton less
befo.a' 'uan We enjoyed via the Canal
Veaore lore the war.
thro,,1 Farmers of the United States.
Farm fourteen different National
presaa ~ EXAMINATIONS with 3S states re-
daenled Cd while we were there. present
UnItad detorial ctl to the President of the
Of e. states asking for the creation
sorv hars farmers commission, or an advi-
ident 'oard to be appointed by the Pres.
borna anu whose expenses would be
with =, ny the government, to advise
affaoti.e administration on all matters
board the farmers interests. 81 q
cont;a 10 De In session at Washingtol
a,rl' auously during the war.
bv hls ~ request has been acceded tc
Admin, administration and the Food
man sstration asked us to recommend
mlssiani from the Northwest for the Com
Mr. we did so and recommended
ent of :, y. swift, Nutional Vice -Presid
Oregon. FARMERS Union of Baker
an opnd @ runners Union of this state has
peal por.uhity of appointing an AID
in haboSasrd or Committee to interced.
hava elalr Of those farmer bovs wbS
Ia and ode,l . wrongfully placed in clas,
" intercede for the parole Of