Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-04
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Embree writes from Utica:
AS you are aware the Food Admin
istration fixed the price of wheat at
s.. Immediately the feed that came
from the wheat went up and up until
the wheat farmer found that in buy
ing back the feed for his cattle he was
paying at the rate of nearly 50 per by.
for the wheat. The farmer did u little
figuring and then determined to feed
the wheat instead of selling a s..
This was disastrous, for we needed
the wheat to make flour. The govern
ment Immediately acted and fixed u
price on mill feed The miller was al
lowed to figure the cost and then add a
certain percentage and this must be
the cost of the feed. However, the
administration permitted the whole
sales and the spectators to work oft
their old contracts at the old figures.
At the price fixed bran is worth s3o
at any of our New York flour mills.
The mixed car wholesalers are still
selling bran at s45.50 per ton. Now,
the question to be considered is that
if the miller can make a profit on $35
bran, he then was making an extra
profit of 81 per ton before the new
prices went into effect and are in eff
feet today, although the new prices
were fixed more than one month ago.
have taken this matter up with the
National Food Administrator and our
State Food Commission, but up to this
writing | do not hear from them.
attend three and four farmers
meetings a week and | have spent
about twenty minutes each meeting
talking to the farmers ANA admonish-
ing them to be loyal to our officials
and to raise every acre of the various
products possible. However. | have
but little effect for the farmers are
feeling that they are being discrimin-
ated against in favor of the middle
man.
There should be some force in the
country that would stand for the farm
er, for we depend upon him to fight
our battles by furnishing us with food.
Personally | am greatly interested
and feel strongly on the subject for |
realize that our country has got Il
serious problem on its hands. But,
when we know that the mddlcman and
the SPECTATOR are bleeding the people
to the last drop of blood and that
there is not enough flour to go around
until the new crop. one hangs his head
in shame to think that these people
will take advantage of the cOuntry'S
dire need, and, at the same time call
upon the farmer to he loyal, and also
go as far as to say that he is not
loyal.
| have not been able to buy a car Of
feed for almost month. | went from
mill to mill and they all have the
same story to tell. The mills were
shut down for ten days as there was
not bit of wheat to he had. was in
one mill and they did not have one
barrel of flour in the mill.
Our farmers are all out and their
cattle are suffering. The dairy herd is
going down and down. and the situa-
ton is growing serious.
Your State food commissioner had
better get busy In Aroostook county
the farmers are said to be cutting
their potato acreage in half. owing to
the prohibitive price of fertilzer-and
help. The farmers of this county
(Oneida) found that they could not
successfully raise potatoes without
potash. They want 49, and this
grade cost the $3.50 per ton. They
are not buying much fertilizer but will
fertlize we'll the acreage they grow
but only cultivate half the usual acre
age. This is how the situation stands
now huA This may he changed before
planting time as the state may under
take to furnish the fertilizer.
| find it difficult to get the farmers
to buy fertilizer in this state for the
sam2 reasons as stated in Maine.