Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-09-10

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Kills Feed and Seed Loan
Public Ownership of Refriger'
Washington, D. C.-The new stand,
ard price scale for grades Of wheat
below. No. + northern, announced by
Federal Grain Administrator Julius III.
Barnes this week, completely bears
out the contention of underpayment
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 1t all dealers win
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 corpora
ton will result, in the federal govern.
ment entering the b1sing field Ii com
petition. -. ~
Prices which growers are now en-.
titled to receive, formulated after q
conference between the grain admin,
istrator and a delegation Of north.
western farmers representatives. held
in New York on August 26, are %
follows. The scale is for terminal
sales at Minneapolis, with country
point sales subject only to the 'appro-
pirate transportation DISCOUNTS:
important Grade Changes.
Number l, $2.21h per bushel: No.
r., $2.1Sk; No. 3, $2.15h; No. 4.
$211h; No. s, $2071z.
For all wheat conforming to the
general specifications Of No. 5, or bet.
ter, but deficient IL weight, the No; 5
price is to be discounted not moro
than13 cents per :bushel for each pound
deficiency in test. Thfs ruling applies
to grades running as low fas Is pounds.
Wheat grading below No. 5 for rea'
sons other than deficiency in test
weight is to be bought on its relative
merits.
The new scales for lower wheat
grades have been sent by Mr.. Barnes
to all zone offices Of the United Staten
Grain corporation. They further spec
ify that smutty wheat Is to be dis:
counted from a maximum Of 2 cents
Ia bushel for slightly smutty, to larger
discounts based scientifically on. the
degree of smut. Garlfcy wheat Is to
be discounted cents and mixed wheat
will be taken at discounts ranging
from to S cents, according to quality
in the judgment Of each. vice prest
dent.
I Since the guarantee price on No. !
wheat is not affected by the new stand
ards, and as it is the almost univer:
sal practice of the millers. to base
-four prices on this grade, no excuse Is
afforded for passing on the, farmers
increased returns in the form Of high.
er prices to the consumer.
Aside from the benefits to the wheat
grower of the new scale the. most
striking thing about its inception Is
that Mr.. Barnes himself has admitted
thereby that the grades fixed original
ly by the department of agriculture
were manifestly unfair.
Organization Won.
Representative Baer of North Da
kota, who has been in public life quite
| long enough to know the fundamental
and vital power of organization, com
mented on the order as follows:
1.-TWO or three able farmers might
we'll have gone to see Mr.. Barnes IL
his New York Offices with the identical
data which We took there without
achieving any practical results. II
Doctor Ladd, Railroad Commissioner
Aandahl of North Dakota, Represen
tative Sinclair, Young, myself and the
other farmer-chosen delegates, how
ever, the grain administrator had be
fore him practical evidence OF the
power of the organized farmers of the
Northwest. It was simply because
the farmers were organized and there
fore able to send to New York a group
of men demanding Immediate atten
ton and intelligent cooperation that
they received prompt attention tt
their manifestly just grievances. With
out organization these grievances
would have been exactly as just, but
the farmers would have received much
less consideration
La Toilette Hits Leasing Graft.
Coming to the front again as thu
most effective enemy Of the big inter
ests in congress, Senator La Toilette
| speaking an average Of four hours q
day for the last four days of thiE
week, has, sfngle-handed, prevented
the notorious coal, oil and phosphate
lands leasing bill from passing. the
senate in it's original infamous form
The Wisconsin senator has out
manouvered and outfought Senator
Smoot of Utah. chairman of the pub
lie lands committee, who has tempo
rarily dropped his, defense Of the
packers to railroad through the leas
ing bill. AS things stand now the bill
can not possibly pass before the end
of next week, and then only In medi-
fed form.
The crucial feature of the. bill,
which provides that no 20-year lease
granted under its terms shalt be re-
pealed without passage of a special
act of congress has as yet withstood
attack by the enlightened minority In
the senate. la Toilette, however, ha3
an amendment which he viii Introduce
next week which would largely hullifY
| tho n0wor NJ annnio1 nrivfIi0a ,,nHaJs