The Bismarck tribune., 1922-10-16
sNestos Committee" Which
Made Investigation in
Washington Reports on Re.
suit of It's Findings
|U. S. DEMAND LESSENED

is DOuSnC on low Sraue aI Lle ele
vator and later sells at higher price
"on sample" at the terminal, are be-
ing worked out by the United States
department of agriculture officials
as a direct result of the activities OF
the special committee consisting OF
Gov. R. A. Nestos, L. B. Hanna and
Walter R., Reed, who went to Wash
ington for the purpose OF lnvestlgat-
ing the marketing and price condl-
tions of grain.
The report of the committee, re-
leased in Fargo Saturday, was re-
ccived by The Tribune in the mails
Satu rday afternoon to be printed, but
is given in full today.
The committee was named at the
recent Fargo conference called by
Governor Nestos to consider the
questions. The report of the commit
tee made public today brings out the
fact that in addition to getting the
depa artment working to change this
grain grading rule, the committee has
already been successful in getting
dupum wheat segregated from hard
spring wheat in the government crop
reports and that the committee urged
upon the department of agriculture
that it start campaign to induce
the people of the United States to
eat more macaroni and spaghetti SO
that more durum wheat will be uscd.
The committee called attention to
the fact that Europe is now eating
more corn and coarse grains, that
France and Germany are curtalllng
their use of wheat much below the
normal prewar basis and warning
is issued that if the United states
and Canada continue to raise tine
vast amount of wheat which we are
now doing, disaster must result;
There should be a material reduc-
tion in the acreage sown to wheat III
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 put
because it is eating more OF other
yrains and making it's wheat supply
90 further by economies. The conf
mittee found that because OF these
facts an appeal to the War Finance
,,nrnoration for additional funds to
finance Europe would be useless.
.% .. The Report
Following is the report in tu1:
To the Press of the State OF North
Dakota:
There was recently held in Fargo
conference of farmers and business
men who had under consideration our
Grain situation and the undersigned
we're appointed a committee to go 70
Washington to confer with the 1ea-
eral authorities and to, see II some
thing could be done to improve the
price and marketing Of grain Dotn
now and in the future.
The committee spent several days
in Washington and New York anu
went into the proposition as thor
ourhly as was possible in q rather
limited time. First, consideratioa z
was given to the question OF having
the durum wheat raised in North
Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota
and Montana segregated in the crop
estimates and acreage, from the nara
spring wheat and in this matter the
committee was given a careful near.
ing by Mr.. Wallace, secretary OF
agriculture, and we believe that steps
will be taken By which in future estl-
mates of the wheat grown in the
snrinp wheat area Of the United
Estates, that durum wheat, both as TO
bushels and acreage, will be segre.
gated from the hard spring wnea'
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-
cially to Italy, to be made into the
flour which is especially adapted 70
and is used for macaroni and spa
ghetti.
This year there has been produced
some 75,OO0,0OO or 80,00O,000 bushels
spf 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 traiff bill will make i.
possible to keep Canadian hard
spring wheat out of the United
States and in the future with the
segregation of the durum from the
hard spring wheat, together with the
tariff on wheat should help material
ly in making for better price for
hard spring wheat than We would
otherwise receive.
In the tariff bill recently passed
by congress and approved by the
pre- resident, the president is given
more power or latitude than ever Civ
en- in any previous. tariff legislation
in that certain discretion is lodged
with him by which he is authorized
in cooperation with the tariff com.
mission, to arrive at the difference
in the cost of production Of articles
in the United States and similar ar
S;icles in foreign countries and tc
proclaim the changes in classified
ions for increases or decreases OF
kates Of duty necessary to meet such
difference in cost. Therefore, the
new tariff law authorizes the presi.
lent if rates are too high or too low
70 raise or lower them in order tc
protect American producers, and
when in the judgment of his advis
brs and himself it shall be for tn:
,est interests Of our country tha
changes shall be made. This is alonl
he line that has been worked ou
heretofore in France where tariff
nay be raised or lowered upon Ger
Jain commodities coming into France
by the government, without a new
specific act being passed by theil
legislature authorizing it.
Second, consideration was given b!
ind with the department of agricul
Eure with reference to the grading Of
5:rain, our committee feeling that tht
armers were not given proper treat
!nent under the present system o.
lsrain grading in that if wheat grad
I'd below No. !, say No. 2 or No. 8
hat much of the wheat that wa.
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