The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-08
WHEAT CONFAB
IN CHICAGO
JUNE 1920
p. II. Fields of International
Receives Copy of Call For
Fair Price Conference

"A fair price for the wheat crop
is the goal of the National Wheat
Conference to be held at Chicago,
June 10 and 20, next. 1t is hoped
that the outgrowth of this confer
ence. will be a great national cam
paign to stimulate American cOnsump
tion of wheat and it's accompany
ing farm products.
1t is to be public conference,
held at the call Of committee in
cluding the governors of seven of
the principal grain states, one Unit
ed States senator and one senator
elect, and the heads of the three
great farm organizations.
A copy of the call for the confer
ence has been received by +. X.
Fields, Branch Manager of the In
ternational Harvester Company Of
America in Bismarck.
The problem which the National
Wheat Conference hopes to solve"
said Mr.. Fields, "vitally affects every
person living in the United States.
As the committee calling the con-
ference says, more than ten million
of our men, women and children are
directly interested in the production
of wheat. Indirectly every one of
US Americans has Il similar and I'M
portant interest in the wheat crop
and the price it brings.
ut is pointed out by the confer
ence call committee that the price Of
wheat, measured by the cost of pro-
duction or by the purchasing power
of the farmers dollar, is lower now
than in the last fifty years.
"As matter of fact, agriculture
is so far out of line with other in
dustries that the entire market
price of an average acre Of wheat
will pay Chicago bricklayer's wage
for only a day and a half.
Quoting the call, "a fair price
for the wheat crop means purchas
ing power to the farmer, smoking
chimneys for American factories and
full dinner pail for American
worker
"The men who have called this
conference are convinced that Am
erica cannot sell her surplus wheat
crop in the open markets of the
world at profitable price. The
purpose of this gathering is to
adopt ways and means to provide
profitable outlet in our own coun-
try for the surplus wheat by simu-
lating consumption of wheat and it's
accompanying farm products.
1.-THE character and aims of this
are amply guaranteed by
the names Of the men signing the
call. They are, Governors Preus of
Minnesota, Small of Illinois, Davis
of Kansas, Hyde of Missouri, Nestos
of North Dakota, tDonahey of Ohio,
and Walton of Oklahoma United
States Senator Capper of Kansas,
United States Senator-Eect Cone
land of New York, President Bar
rett of the National Farmers Union,
President Bradfute of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, S. j. Low
ell, Master National Grange, George
E. Chamberlain of the United States
Shipping Board, and Aaron SapilD,
Counsel in Agricultural Economics.
"The conference is to be wide open
to the public. If there is any citi-
zen of this community who would
like to attend, am authorized to
say that if he will write or tele-
graph to Governor J. A. Preus, RcoN
13O, State Capitol, st. Paul, Mime
sofa, he will receive a personal in
vitation.
"This will be a conference Of the
most intense interest, and it is
hoped that its results will have
much to do with our individual and
prosperity in the future"