East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-04
EXPORTERS FAIL
TO COMPLY With
i. s. STANDARDS
Interesting Battle Promised
Monday at Hearing Set by
Department of Agriculture.
FARMERS CHARGE BREACH
OF FAITH BY PORTLAND
Portland Chamber Seeks to
Keep Growers From Session
But They Will Be There.

Another battle between the Port-
land Chamber OF Comnerce and tho
exporters of wheat ON the one hand
and the department VI agriculture and
wheat growers on the other hand ia
expected to be staged at Portland
Monday when a hearing will be held
at which the exporters will be re-
quired to show cause why they should
not be required to discontinue the use
of the Portland Chamber of Commerce
type samples in shipping wheat to
foreign countries.
The Umatila county Farm Bureau
will be represented at the meeting
which will be held in the Green Room
of the Chamber of Commerce at Port
land Monday morning at 10 O'clock.
Senator Roy Ritner, s. II. Thompson,
president of the county bureau, and
Fred Steiwer, legal adviser of the or
ganization, will make the trip to
Portland for the meeting.
Resume Old BattIe.
The opening of the question of
type samples marks the resumption of
Il fight which was initiated last spring
by the county farm bureaus OF Una
tilla county and Walla Walla county
over the federal grade and weights
proposition.
AT that time Portland stood out for
the retention Of the sample type meth
cd OF selling grain to foreign markets,
and as u result of conference at
Portland which was attended by local
men, compromise was reached and
agreed to by both sides of the fight.
After the return home of the umatilla
and Walla Walla county representa-
: tives, Portland gracefully edged away
| from the agreement on the GROUND
that Puget Sound ports We're refusing
to abide by the agreement The ae-
2 tion of Portland reused the ire of
| wheat growers in Eastern oregon aud
7 Eastern Washington because fhev
} took the position that Portland was
not acting in good faith on tie agree
ment very large part Of wheat
shipped from Pacific coast points for
export goes from Columbia ftiver
points farmcrs declare. and Portland
; could have taken the initiative In tho
il. ter'Nf ol "n3' in' ''t'-
r. ""p % iuH't "ou'u porlA niiSn' gave
Exporters Lined Pockets
'The type sample method of selling
!. "uoa' 10 IorFiB' uiNrhot' saves ,ne
d 'Npurt'tS an opportuhiV to N'tI' ii"
A pI''.H Pi'u 70 iM Mi"e.9 uoW''
h 'ulllciehtN -" so tnat No' ! "ilen,
'an pe puromaseu AZ 10" price anu
4 'esoiu 20 H'iliers at nahuSohs P,e-
st ''''"' ~ was eApiaiuuu y,''e'"'. w
t. one .. tne i"eh ihtersS'eu VI '"c 'sn'
d 'nat ID pe'hs niaue ny 'ne iaril, pu-
e. feau asa'iist the pracuce Oh ror.innu'
l. Eariy III the wheat seilins season'
le Samples supihi''eu from every .see.,oi,
e. ol .he sta'e are 'niNeu ana supi,''''eo
Mt " ihNeIpooh anu this sahip'e %
ie hnoWn 10 'he traue as lair' aselaso
In quah'S' "neu.' Vi r. ~ " anu auV-
of .a,ions rom LiVeIpooi are paseu W
-r. th's mixture "nich ls niuch inis''o'
H. W 'ne pes' VI lne gram prouu.eu y"
'ne coast Inns practice gives tne eA'
porters an opportunity 70 ihe 'ne''
'ockets On the pes' " .ne sI"n,
~ me reai reason WY ,he Foluan'
er exporters s'ue-s'eppeu lhe'r asres
&c nlent 'ast spring ana Ieiusee ~ aD",'
,e- py ,he compromise was ina, lhes q
ne ready hao uistihctIy ia'orapie oon
tracts signed LOT export anu opserf
ar ance OF the compromise agreemeh
no would nave taken some easy h'one
ID out OF their pockets II Is cohtehue
"a py umatllla county men.
beparlheht Is hc.i'e'
raj The meeting at Portland has bee