The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-14
MUST SHORTEN
TRADE ROUTES
Only One Way to Get JUS
tice for Producer and
Consumer.
TOO COSTLY HANDLING
Farmers DO Not Want Con-
sumcrs to Pay More, but
Do Want Compensation.

trerioi 20 The world
OKLAHOMA CITY. Doc. fi-
"Wednesday the Farmers union iN~uci
n statement relative ia thc Do.t OF
farm products nud the prices CHARGED
10 consuu crs. which viii form tho
basis of an attempt 20 have tho
United Siatos department of hEticui-
turc do Fomcthing to Rmui,oratc tho
conditions of the wheat and cotton
growers ~ the suufhv'pt Tho state.
m,nt h. based on figures given out
by tho federal department of agti-
culture aud lg iNi,tcstlnH ns well ns
instructive. Tho rfatomcnt In part,
embracing its csscniial features. ls ns
followt.
Tho farmer doc-ut say that anyonr
IN tho present nystcm Of distribu-
tlon is rDttlug too largo n profit,
but. with tho Cousumcr, they are
wondering whether tho present
route for food ana clothing products
H. tho best. For instance. disintcr.
Gated uirtIos ga q. Il DWu 4 the loo ri
mills u few days hgo. They bid for
good No. . wheat, tl.37.
A -bushel load ~ wheat at to-
days price Of y1.37 gives tho farmer
$GS.b0. This load Of wheat makes
2.100 pounds OF flour which In sell
Ing at tho stores In oklahoma city
at G cents per pound In 4s-pound
sacks. which makes tho flour In the
load bring &l26. In the milling Of
that load of wheat there In 800
pounds OF mill-run bran, that is
straight bran and shorts, which *
retailing In the city at So per hum
drcd. or SIS. flour and feed being
81 ~ delivered. The difference the
farmer gets IN this transaction and
for raising tho wheat. $3.50. The
2.l00 points - fl'ur. rNiuced To-
ounces makes $500. II takes at the
mo4t. 10y the department of agtioul-
ture bulletins. IL ounces of flour to
make n i6-ounce leaf OF bread. The
load of wheat makes $500 lG-ounce
loaVos OF bread. and a i0-ounce loaf
vi bread IL retailing In Oklahoma
CITY Mt 10 cents. At the same rate
the l6-ouncc loaf would retail tor
1917 cents. The load of wheat
baked into bread. with tho mill run,
brings f391.33, OF which the farmer
gets less than ono-fifth. To be exact
whom you buy u l0-ccnt loaf OF bread
today nt the present price OF whca',
tho farmer gets I.76 cents OF your
money. II cos tn" farme" In cash
outlay that he cannot avoid, to raise
wheat. outside of tho work no does
himself, ,as follows:
Threshing so bushels at 30 cents
$40. usual rent for wheat land IL
one-third OF the crop delivered or
Ss2.s3: four bushels of seed, or a
hushel per acre, at $3.50. the price
seed wheat was one year ago, $40
hauling the wheat to market. aver,
age estimated price. 5 cents PEI
bushei, $3.50; twinc. q pounds. lre
than usual. $3.50. This leaves tn,
farmer for plowing tho four acres ol
ground necessary TO raise tho wheat
tabovc the average yield for Okla,
homa this year, for narrowing
seeding, harvesting, insurance, In
tercSt on invest mcnt. taxes and re-
pairs OF machinery 1857 and Il
Will involve an investment In ma.
chinery mot counting his horses) OF
at least $1,000. The farmer, after
paying tho cash necessary to thc
production OF this load OF wheat
gets one twenty-fifth Of what tn,
consumer pays. In other words foi
all the labor that the farmer put,
In on a dollar that you spend foi
bread. he gets for HIS labor. "a,
listed above. 426 cents of you
money.
ON "Wednesday. December 3. tw,
Oklahoma CITY mills bid si.37 1
bushel for n wagon load OF good No
wheat delivered At the mill. Thi
VIII give the farmer for dcliverinJ
so bushels OF wheat, 36s.b0 EST
mating that 70 per cent OF the whca
Will he flour. which is low, woul,
hc Zoo pounds that is selling II