Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-14
u. S. Officials Working Out
Changes In Grading Rules
To Give Farmers Benefit
When Wheat Is Bought On
Low Grade And Sells For
Higher Price ''On Sample"
As Result OF N. D. Com
mittee's Visit To Washing
ton.

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 14.-Changes in
the United States grain grading rules
whereby farmer will receive full
benefit when his wheat is bought on a
low grade at the elevator, and later
sells at a higher price ION sample"
at the terminal, are being worked out
by the United States department of
agriculture officials as direct result
of the activities Of the special COM
mittee consisting of Governor r. a.
Nestos. L. B. Hanna and Walter r.
Reed who went to Washington for
the purpose of investigating the mar
keting and price conditions Of grain.
The committee was named at the
recent Fargo conference called by
Governor Nestos to- consider the ques-
.tions. The report of the committee
made public today brings out the fact
that In addition to getting the de-
partment working to change this
grain grading rule, the committee has
already been successful in getting
durum wheat segregated from hard
spring wheat in the government crop
reports and that the committee urged
upon the department of agriculture
that it start a campaign to induce
the people of the United States to eat
more macaroni and sphagetti SO that
more durum wheat will be used.
The committee called attention to
the fact that Europe Is now eating
more corn and coarse grains, that
France. and Germany are curtailine
their use of wheat much below the
normal pre-war basis and q warning
ls issued that IL the United States
and Canada continue to raise "the
vast amount of wheat which we are
now doing. disaster must result.
There should be a material reduc-
ton In the acreage sown to wheat in
North America, in the opinion of the
committee, which reports that Eu-
rope Is buying in small quantities not
because Of the lack Of funds but be-
cause it is eating more of other
go further by economics. The COM
mittee found that because Of these
facts an appeal to the war finance
corporation for additional funds to
fina nee Europe would be useless
The Report.
Following is the report in full
To the, Press Of the State of North
Dakota:
There was receatly held in Fargo
conference Of farmers and business
men who had under consideration our
were appointed a committee to go to
Washington to confer with the fed
eral authorities and to see if some
thing could be done to improve the
price and marketing of grain both
now and in the future.
The committee spent several days
in Washington and New York and
went into the proposition as thor
oughly as was possible in a rather
iYf0S tod
was given to the question of having
tho, durum wheats raised in North
De xota. Minnesota, South Dakota
and Montana segregated in the crop
estimates and acreage from the hard
spring wheat and in this matter the
committee was given careful hear.
ing by Mr.. Wallace. secretary OF
agriculture. and we believe that steps
Will be taken by which in future esti-
mates Of the wheat grown in the.
spring wheat area of the United
states; that durum wheat, both as to
bushels and acreage, will be segrc-
gated from the hard spring wheat.
the same as rye, barley or any other
kind Of grains are
We were advised that there is but
little durum wheat used in the max
ing Of flour for bread and that the
larger part Of the durum is exported
from the United States going to the
Mediterranean countries, and espe-
cia!ly to Italy, tc be made into the
flour which is especially adapated to
and is used for macaroni and spa.
ghetti
This year there has been produced
some 100000 or $4,000, 900 bushels
OF durum wheat and if this durum
wheat was deducted from the amount
OF hard spring wheat grown it would
show that there Is limited quantity
OF hard spring wheat which is used
for the best patent flour grown in the
United States The tariff which has
been put upon wheat under the re-
Gently passed tariff bill will make 1t
possible to keep Canadian hard
spring wheat out OF the United States
and In the future with the segre-
cation Of the durum from the hard
spring wheat, together with the tariff
on wheat should help material lily III
malSing for a better price for hard
spring wheat than we would other.
wise receive.
In the tariff bill recently passed py
congress and improved by the presi.
dent, the president is given more
,!,ower or latitude than ever given II.
any previous tariff legislation In that
certain discretion is lodged with him
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