Evening star., 1919-08-22

currency in the country has increased
in volume 81. 100000. or about IL
per cent. There are other causes also,
including the slowing UP of produc-
tfon. prof1teering and our own eX-
travagance."
Urges Whole Wheat Flour.
the people to manufacture and use
whole wheat flour, instead of white
flour. He said that 1t was more whole
some, and that in the manufacture of
white flour, only 72 per cent of the
wheat berry was utilized.
TN the only interview / ever had
with Mr.. Hoover, the food admins
TRAITOR" said DR.. Wiley. Il told him he
would save wheat enormously if he
would have the country use whole
wheat bread He told me that he had
heard OF 1000 Belgians who were
killed by eating whole wheat bread.
I learned afterwards that he had been
misinformed about that"
DR.. Wiley said that while the allies
were in need of wheat during the
war we had shipped vast quantities
of white -four to them, instead of send
ing the wheat. He said it looked as
though the interests of the American
do with this, and that he was forced
to the conclusion there had been
profiteering.
Plea for Milk Producers.
DIR. Wiley was summoned before the
committee as a milk producer, for he
has a dairy farm in Loudoun county,
Va. He made a strong plea for JUS
tice to the milk producers. pointing
out the great difficulties which the
producer Of milk must meet in his
business. the difficulty Of getting la
Dor and. of keeping the herds healthy
and properly fed.
The producer of the necessities of
life is the first person to be consid
cred" said DIR. Wiley. '-The next Is
the consumer. Then the person who
transports the products. the railroad
man must be considered and all the
middle men through whose hands the
product must pass. They are all entf-
tied to q fair return for the capital
and labor.
You may be q vegetarian, but when
you are baby you have got to have
you vegetables when you were a baby
you would die. Young mammals.
from the smallest mouse weighing
q half ounce to the elephant and
whale. all must depend upon milk Of
one kind or another while they are
young. The milk producer. therefore,
is entitled to a fair return"
DR.. Wiley said that the farmers in
his part Of the country were not or
ganized, and were more or less help
less when it came to fixing prices
fered. OF course. he said, the farmer
gets all he can.
D. c. Milk Supply Praised.
The witness said that he believed
that the milk supply Of Washington
was the best of any city in the coun-
try, due to the wise laws and regula-
tions with regard to inspection and
supervision of the milk supply
brought here. He complained that the
law was more lenient to the distribu-
ters of milk than to the producers.
When the milk producer gets cent
q gallon more for his milk, DR.. Wiley
said. the milk distributor sticks 2
cents gallon on his price of milk to
the consumer.
II do not think that is right" said
DR.. Wiley. He cited the instance
where milk was advanced 1 cent a
gallon to the producer while it was
selling here at IA cents a quart. The
retailers promptly raised the price to
Is cents a quart, he said.
DR.. Wiley said that he had 100000
invested in his buildings and herd of
cows. and that his land was worth
about 500 an acre and he had 1.15O
acres. His net profit on his dairy
farm last year. he said, had been
$2.S00. The first four years he ran the
dairy farm. he said. he lost money.
because he did not have a large
enough herd. He said that 1t was the
part of wisdom to encourage the pro-
duction Of high-grade milk.
wilkins Discusses Cold Storage.
Frank g. Wilkins. president Of the
Washington Market Company, which
operates the Center market plant and
the Terminal cold storage plant, tes-
titled that food was not kept in cold
storage here when there was a de-
mand for it, but was Withdrawn
promptly and put on the market. He
said that he did not remember any
food spelling in cold storage here re-
Gently, except some melons last year.
His company rents the stalls in the
Center market and runs the cold stor-
age plant, and manufactures ice. Its
net profits, he said, had been $47. .153 in
1916; $4S,153, in 1917, and 1865, in
1915. The increase had been due last
year to the Increased manufacture of
ice. He said that the rent Of stalls
had never been increased by his COM
pany since it was chartered by Con-
gress years ago, and that 1t allowed
the tenants a discount on the rents
fixed His testimony showed that on
August 1, 1919. there were 3S.933 cases
Of eggs in cold storage in his COM
panys plant, as compared with 23.058
August 1. 1918. Few eggs are ever
left in cold storage he said by January
1. Each case contains thirty dozen
eggs.
Corbv on Price Of Bread.
Charles I. Corby, president Of the
Corby Baking Company. testified tina,
the price Of bread has not gone up In