American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-02-26

ROCKLAND. Ida. Feb. IS. lS.-Mr.
r. y. nlcknell. Food Administrator
Tor Idaho. Dear Sir. am Ia receipt
of q letter from your department Dc
mandlng that I return certain Hour
taken b me 10 my ranch In excess OF
l0o pounds. 80
eish 10 advise that / am In full
x,;npafhy with the price-nxing n
r~eulation OF f0Od-stuffs. that ] be
iie,o that Il IL the only solution OF the
fOOd situation.
believe. however, that you and the
food administration are not Ia touch
with conditions obtaining here and
believe the local conditions are typi-
cal of the wheat growing sections 81
ne northwest. ask The privilege OF
eettine these facts before you and ask
lng that you give them your consider
alton. n there ie criticism In my re-
marks / assure q that they are made
IN the spirit n hope that they VIII
lead 10 the correction 81 a condition
which & wrong and which must De put
night a. once " the food situation - az
n.rtoua a. We are led 20 believe.
4 state my own ease because know
Il h typical OF the average wheat
grower
Farming 1899 Acres.
am farming 1900 acres Of wheat
rr0nd. Al an operating expense Of
from ave 10 seven thousand dollars a
wear Uith an investment Of consider
able over $4,000.
4 necessarily have 10 plan my work
and getting my supplies ahead After
January / Of every year ] make out
my bill Of groceries for the season
aud lay IN a supply for Two reasons
F1rst. AZ ma time Of the year am
able Ia pay cash. aud BY buying ~
bulk save money Second. are
work starts. every time ] have 10 send
10 town Il means the laying of OF al
eight or 10 horse team for the day
and that means less work and imam
ciai loss.
We are on a cash basis. II b. I'm
possible for ne 10 have money OF
hand all during the season. The onl'
alternative u 10 turn tho money owe
Ia the local merchant or stand tn
losa by laying OF a blg crew from on
Ia three days a week 10 get supplies
and tho result IL the same as n hat
the goods on the ranch
have no intention 10 hoard o o
atuffa. wouldn't buy a nickel NOR
thar "a necessary TO run my outht tl
wheat grO~a again. In this particula
case the flour was bought "A month be
fore the regulation went into etfec
hut Waa not Delivered until after
wards.
Wheat Fed 20 stock.
Your department claims to conscry
wheat. Now let me tell you that thef
will. between his time and harvei
Of the present year. be more whei
fed Ia hogs. chickens and horses,
this county than viii be- conserved
the whole state 0f Idaho under N
plan now la operation believe u
lust criticiam which attacks a syI
ten which denies wheat flour t0 N
human family set forces it as a ma
ural feed "a the animals on the farf
Your system has made wheat n
cheapest feed in the northwest
eau buy wheat flour for s5t5 pa
hundred and YOU ask me 90 substitu
coru meal. which costs me 50 per hui
dred and set you force me- 20 feed II
hoes. chickens and horses wheat :
that same aystem
o. takes 10 tons ~ feed to run "a
WORK stock tli harvest Under a
present system my wheat Is wor'
seg8 per hundred on The ranch and
substitute PATS they cost me 81.
per hundred u ! substitute corn
costs me ft25 per hundred
torn Price Nearly Double.
ln December last I marketed a 81
90 hogs. which nitrnvd ou whcl
I noticed the appeal mad 10 To-
hoEa corn. and save wheat ] tril
o. bus corn io feed them and tou
that p. would cost ms t2b per hu
dred whll, thc uhtat cost only s.
aouid have lost money uu tho
hors by substitution.
notice thai wheat Zoe Chicago
aorfh 81 go per bnshel aud corn 81
per hushel rhls ls about the san
ratio nf value that corn has alwa
maintained to wheat yef locally wht
flour is aorh S. a. per hundred a.
core meal ls 50 per hundred a
toH 500 makes the prout, Who
heInE exploited uuder This system
iasf spring every paper sou pick
49, predicted "a potato famine and q
psrft Ntnf ou record that 70 every
tafo In fhe United States aaa plant
ee would atii be- sho boz the fail
q m1self. sold seed POTATOES
$3.50 per hundred and Nhrn tho mi
~ho planted them dag their putnt,
ir She aIi they could nof soil them
at There aas absolutely no mark
Nou point with urid, to a price
ahfaf of eb. Chicago and YOU h0