New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-09-10
new WHEAT ORDERS.
DON'T SOLVE CASE
HOSTILE INTERESTS CONTROL.
ENFORCEMENT; OTHER
PROGRAM NEEDED.
TWO SETS OF PRICES FOR
AMERICAN PUBLIC AND
EXPORT PURPOSES.

EXPORT PURPOSES.
ST. PAUL, MINI. Orders issued
by Director Barnes Of the United States
Grain corporation are an acknowledge
ment Of the justice Of grading wheat
according to milling value rather than
a permanent solution of the farmers
wheat marketing problem.
Administration of the orders is in
| the hands of interests naturally hos
tile to the farmer. And with such
power the local elevators and the mill
ing combine will probably be able to
prevent the orders from being any
loss to themselves.
Evidently the grain corporation will
use its protective power only when
the wheat prices fall below the guar
anteed minimum. Wheat, however, is
now worth much more than the mini
num- No. / dark northern is selling
on the Minneapolis market as high as
y - =
$3.50. Lower-grade wheat should be
selling below this in proportion to the
relative prices established by the grain
administrator.
Combine Controls Enforcement.
Market prices, however, appear tc
indicate that the damaged wheat is SELLING
great deal below these figures. Y
other words, the grain interests All
not carrying out the spirit Of the orders
and are still pricing this wheat below
what it is worth in milling,
If the new regulations are to be en-
forced only when No. | dark northern
reaches the minimum, they mean little
/ for the natural price Of wheat is fl:
above this minimum, which was below
cost Of production when it was first
set in September, 1917.
| Only control of the market machin.
cry, that is, elevators, mills and Other
marketing facilities, such as the Non.
partisan league farmers propose, vii
solve the wheat problem. Those who
control the marketing from the farm:
er's wagon to the consumption of breac
are able to do about as they wish with
any mere law, regulation or offcia
proclamation.
Evidence of trust Power.
How concentrated is the power o
the milling combine is shown by thu
fact that the different mills can maintain
one set of prices for the American public
and another set much lower for export
purposes. Mills are now refusing tt
sell to the grain corporation at export
prices because Director Barnes Of the
grain corporation offered to sell some Of
this Cheap flour in the domestic
market.
They likewise can maintain high
prices in the Northwest and other big
milling centers, and sell the same flour
cheaper at distant points within the
United States.
The new orders mean that the Or
gained farmers have won recognition
of an important principle. The next
steps are to get the machinery for carry
ing it out.
Prices Based on Milling Value.
The new standard price scale for
grades of wheat below No. 1 northern,
announced by Federal Grain Admins
traitor Julius H. Barnes this week, com
pletely bears out the contention of under
payment under the old standards made
by the Nonpartisan league for years
past, and was largely brought about
by the activity and progressiveness of
the Nonpartisan representatives in CON
gress.
The new price scale announced by
the grain corporation went into effect
September 2. Under it all dealers will
be required to pay producers standard
lied prices based on the milling value
Of wheat. In cases where dealers at
tempt to beat down these price scales
notification to the regional directors
Of the United States Grain corporation
will result in the federal government
entering the buying field in competition.
Prices which growers are now en-
titled to receive, formulated after a
conference between the grain admin
istrator and a delegation Of northwestern
farmers representa- held in New
York on August 26, are as follows.
The scale is for terminal scales at Mime
Eapolis, with country point sales sub
ject only to the appropriate transpor-
tation discounts:
Important Grade Changes
Number 1, s2.21 1-2 per bushel; No.
2, s2.18 10; No. s.. 15 1-2;; No a,
3 - 49, f4..r