The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-09-05

Win as little delay as possible.
The delegation to meet with the
gram administration will be headed
by Representative Young of North
dakota, who put through the neces-
sary arrangements last week. Be-
SIDES all Of the North Dakota dele
cation in the house and group Of
congressman from Minnesota. South
DAKOTA and Montana, several experts
are making the long trip from the
northwestern states in order to sa-
cure portion of the justice long de-
MED the farmers by tho federal de-
partmnt of agriculture.
N. d. LEADERS IN WHEAT FIGHT
These experts include President :.
Z. Iadd of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural college, especially chosen by
Governor Frazier because of his in
valuable experimental work in mill
ing and baking tests; J. I'll. Raish
commissioner of railroads of South
Dakota, and Commissioner O. P. B.
Jacobson of the Minnesota grain and
warehouse commission. congressman
who will go up from Washington
are Young, Baer and Sinclair Of
North Dakota; Anderson, Knutson
and Volstead of Minnesota; Christie
pherson and Candy of South Dakota,
and Riddick of Montana.
The following comment on the
conference with Barnes was made by
representative Baer:
eve are going direct to Barnes
without first wasting time at the de-
partment of agriculture. Two years
ago we learned convincingly that the
last place to get any assistance for
the farmers is from the department
of agriculture under its present ad-
ministration, and at the same time
we found Mr.. Barnes quite willing to
cooperate. We will strive to bring
home to him that the deceptive APP
pearance of the northwestern wheat
crop this year will result in heavy
and most unjust penalization for the
farmers unless elemental justice is
done in the way of the payment OF
relatives values"
1--WE believe" said Representative
Sinclair, "that Barnes will see the
Justice of our case and instruct his
buyers accordingly. We shall GER
tainly bring all possible pressure to
bear on him for that end. If we
are to be left at the mercy of the
Brand grades the wheat growers
will suffer an unjustifed loss OF
millions of dollars
MORE FACTS ON PACKERS
Hearings on the packer regulation
bills before the senate agriculture
committee are amply demonstrating
the necessity of enacting this legls-
lation if the Big Five, within a very
few years, are not to exert an abso-
lutte monopoly ON the entire system
of food distribution. Federal Trade
Commissioner William B. Colver, the
most distinguished witness to appear
so far. has summarized for the COM
mittee the appalling extent OF pack
er domination over unrelated indus
tries, bringing out also their abso-
lutte control of market news reports
whereby they are able to consistently
deceive the producers.
Mr.. Colver also outlined the cen
tralized buying system of the Big
Five. showing that by eliminating
competition in the purchase OF i've
stock they have been able to com
pletely knock out the so-called Ia"
of supply and demand.
Through their control OF refrlgel-
ator and peddler car service, Lewis
H. Haney, representing the southern
! wholesale l0TUCe1o SaoooSAs~-'
the committee, the packers are rap
idlv eliminating the wholesale grocer
as a competitor in the dlstrloutins
end. Haney strongly urged passage
OF the Anderson bills, pflln
arily for the clauses divorclng tht
hackers from refrigerator car owner
| shin. .If this is not done, ne saio
..the wholesale grocer will have beer
eliminated by the packers in another
/ five or six years"
EVIDENCE OF MARKET CONTROL
i Additional convincing proof ina
responsibility for the high cost Q.
living is to be found somewhere Il
the clogged and unregulated cnannef
3, distribution has been secured Q.
Representative Clyde Kelly OF rem
!, svlvania. He cites government fe
/ cords to show that at the present tiia'
4 the cost of distributing food product
;: e,-o,,, two IN fen times that or pro