The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-07


soon to make a redhot campaign for
| members. Not that there will be
| great tumult and shouting along the
country roads; far different indeed.
But there will be meetings. There
| will be earnest effort TO put every far
mer's name on the list and to get him
to sign on the dotted line, in support
Of the cause.
II is promised that this work will
be done in a systematic manner. That
as nearly as may be possible every
! farmer not already enrolled will be
called upon, and be given the oppor-
tunity to join the colors. Three year
membership signatures will be greatly
appreciated.
Solicitors will be provided with
cards on which to report to the mem
bership committee and county bureau
officials. The application card con-
tains a brief summary of what the
farm bureau has already accomplish
ed for the farmers such as: The Sc
curing of more financial credit in a
national way; of what cooperative
buying has saved the farmers on fer
tiliZer; of what the farm bureau has
done in promoting pig clubs; the good
done and money saved by poultry Gull
ing in Wayne; the establishing of ship
ping associations, etc. 1t states that
it has saved farmers thousands of
dollars by improving conditions at the
Indianapolis stock yards"
1t stands on its record and invites
cooperation
Flour Below 81 Per Barrel
A market editor reports that on last
Friday, and for the first time in five
years, -four sold below 81 a barrel in
Minneapolis. This is for spring wheat
-four, that being the greatest spring
wheat milling center in the world.
This does not mean, of course, that
all high patent f1ours could be bought
so low, but that good spring wheat
-four is once more, with wheat, upon
the bargain counter.
And the same is true as to winter
wheat fiours, which are even cheaper
than most northwestern brands. You
can buy winter patents in the red
wheat belt under 81. In fact that can
be done here in Richmond, and has
been done for some time
Wheat 81 at Lynn.
In a chat with the miller at Lynn he
stated that they had been selling
flour below 81 for four or five weeks.
Were quoting it at $3.50 on Saturday,
and expected it might be sold still
lower this week, in a wholesale way.
Thye are paying 81 for No. 2 wheat, at
Lynn, and 30 cents per bushel for old
corn. As to new corn they are bidding
but 40 cents per hundred pounds for
it.
Our information is to the effect that
practically all Indiana flour mills are
now on a dollar wheat basis, with flour
quotations on the same low level. We
were Informed by q Wayne county
miller last week that he had sold his
best family flour as low as $3.50 re
Gently.
Prices Being Stabilized.
The best informed students are now
OF the opinion that the drastic decline
in commodity prices is at an end. 1T
is likely. they say, that prices which
have been most debated have come to
the turning point. Some of these are
already advancing As matter Of
fact the long list of wholesale com
modities quoted in Dun's review shows
more separate advances than declines.
and this has been the rule for several
weeks. AS to retail prices which have
not been marked down in accordance
with costs, these are expected to go
lower.
What Farmers Hope For.
1t is hoped that these predictions
will be realized as to grain prices. and
it wouldn't be a bad thing for the
country if all live stock prices reacted
to higher levels. The farmer is en-
titled to get few dollars for his la
Dor and investment, money that he can
put into circulation for the general
good. And the more the farmer pros
pers, and the more he is able to buy
and pay for, the richer are all the rest
of US.
Money For Good Roads.
The senate has adopted the confer
ence report on the good roads bill and
the measure is now before the presi-
dent. The bill carries an appropriation
of $75,000,000, all to be available this
year. Indiana will get $1,959,00O, our
farmers will be glad to know, they be-
ing as greatly interested in the con-
struction of good roads as any citizens
of the state. Before getting this mon