Evening journal., 1919-07-17
PRESIDENT INSuRES
HIGH BREAD PRICE
Proclamation Puts Into Ef-
feet Provisions of Wheat
Control Acl
CONGRESS MAY
ORDER INQUIRY

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE pres
snt high price Of bread and breadsluns
was cemcnlcd upon the American pco-
pie for at least another year when
President Wilson by two proclama-
tons last night formally put into ef-
feet The provisions Of the wheat-con-
troll act The President also issued
IN executive order I'm connection with
ne proclamations Increasing the price
N wheat al New Orleans and Calves
ton from S22S 10 s23O This Increase
is due to a rcadiusiment Of lhe freight
dinerentials for these two points on
fhe basic price of s22G 40 Chicago
The action NJ the President IN no
cay increased The gulr1nteed price
OF wheat 90 The farmer The glaran-
tccd price Is fixed by an act of Con
G SIS and cannot DE changed by eXecu-
I've order The price at Philadelphia
with the freight st ll remains al 50 80
The proclom3iions dated June - and
June 26 and made public after iho
Pres dent had conferred at tho White
House with Julius u. Barnes. tho pres
dent Of the United STATES Grain Cor
poration places thc grain corporation
in entire control of the export and inn
port of wheat FOR The wheat year of
1920 and restores. as FAR as wheat
and wheat products are concerned. ;he
licensing system by which 1e food
administration exercised control over
the millcrs and the wheat and flour
q siribuio-s during tho war.
The action of the President merely I
confirms The policy Of the government /
announced by Mr. Barnes .n New York |
several weeks ago This announcement /
vas 20 the effect that no atlempt ]
would be made 10 reduce The price OF |
wheat and flour 10 the american con-
sumcr as had been suggested by the /
establishment OF a difference between 1
the guaranteed price and so-calicd /
world market price, this difference 20 /
be pa out of The treasury
The wheat control act. passed 1t the /
last session 0f CONGRESS and appropri-
ating sL0o0O00000 for the handling of
The crop by the grain corporation, icfl
tho procedure open at which time Mr..
Barnes and his associates. i1 his out
line of government pOEcy. assumed the
world viii lake mp the surplus OF
Americas i2j0O00O00 bushcl crop 1t
the s22G price and decided &c would
5c impractical 90 attempt 10 handle
ihe crop at two prices even for The
hennt o' iho consumer In this view
lo is upheld hy Herbert Hoover and
other food experts
rs a result Che siO0000.000 appro-
prislod by Congress, probably VIII he
paid back into tho treasury IN fun
together with additional millions in
profits accruing 90 the grain corpora
lion the handling Of The crop.
But tho American bread eater win
be forced 90 pay a war price for his
Oaf and the high price OF bread and
lour VII contribute materially 70
keeping up he high level in the prices
)' other food commodities.
Nthough the proclamation does
nothing more than put into effect The
provisions OF the act passed by Con-
,rcss an Investigation of the grain
corporation and the entire question
nay be instituted al the capitol. 70
S understood that Mr. Barnes recently
wrote members Of Congress asserting
hat The grain corporation thus far has
ccumulded S23OWOO0 IN profits and
representative McCuil0ch. OF Ohio. is
rcnaring 10 ask why the government
S engaging In the wheat and flour
usiness at a profit and maintaining