Evening star., 1923-11-05
HIGHER GRAIN Duty
SOON TO Be URGED
Suggestions Given President
Too Late to Aid Farmers
With This Years Wheat.
BY j. c. ROYLE&


NEW YORK, November 5.-Agricul-
turists throughout the country found
little encouragement for relief of con-
ditions affecting the wheat raiser
today in the report to President Cool
idge Of Eugene Myer. jr.. fand Frank
w. Mondell. Farmers statek according
to dispatches to the writer from
various sections. that the recon-
mendation Of President Coolidge's in
vestigators that production be ad-
justed to the needs Of world mar
kets would not affect those who now
have heavy supplies Of wheat on their
hands which they cannos sell at a
profit.
Preparations for the 1next crop,
moreover. show little dcation that
production will be restricted. Wheat
acreage being planted shis fall in
Texas shows an increase of at least
40 per cent in the majority of the
wheat-producing counties This is
due largely to the improved condition
of the ground from receat rains.
. VIII Demand HiKher Tariff.
George c. Jewett Of Minneapolis.
general manager Of TIE American
Wheat Growers Associated. now Is
waiting opportunity to- present to
President Coolidge a request for an
immediate increase of 5G per cent in
wheat and the re-establtshment of a
government export corporation to
market surplus wheat and minimize
the possible loss on thai surplus.
ranea se the Mhss ashsd is
tion, which recently concluded a
meeting in Denver. wit take steps
to bring about a permahent increase
in the wheat tarir asia protection
to the American grower.
Flood Of Canndin1 Wheat.
"Cheaply raised Canadian wheat is
flooding this country" paid Mr.. Jew
ett today. Unless there is prompt
action to stem the tife. our wheat
growers will be left with a huge sur
plus. while the Canadian product will
be used to make mu4l OF our -four.
The present 30-cent taFin is not high
enough to keep out the Canadian
extent. of the Argentine situation" q.
With regard to the export corpora
tion, he said, the Wheat Growers As
the coming session q Congress.
Method of Handsins Surplus.
Under the plan we have in mind"
he added. the goyernment would
simply handle the Surplus so as to
obtain the best world price ana any
loss incurred would be written off by
the entire wheat crop in the event
the difference between the domestic
and the world figure is sufdcfent to
A committee from the Wheat
Growers AssociateG met today with
the so-called Lowden committee in
Chicago to discuss. a definite plan for
extension of the cooperative market
ing movement. The ultimate goal Of
the committees is nation wide
wheat pool to control the marketing
Of more than half the American crop.
shipments Being Held Back.
Wheat shipments to north Pacific
according to a &heck-up today, that
the farmers Of eastern Oregon and
Washington and the panhandle OF
Idaho are holding back their grain.
Receipts of 1923 wheat at Portland,
Seattle, Astoria and Tacoma aggre-
gate 22,1SS carloads. as compared
with 1884 csSrs at this time last
year, but the crop in many sections
Of the Pacific northwest is double
At Fort Worth only 32S cars Of
wheat were feceived in october, as
against 513 cars in September and
$50 cars in October, 1892. A part Of
this loss, however, has been duo to
heavy rains Fin Texas and Oklahoma,
which have hampered movement Of
grain to loading points: Corn pro-
duction in Texas is short and has
little new,:srop corn has found It's
way to T4xas markets as yet. Milo
and kanir{ corn also has been badly
retarded.