The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-24
FARMER BEARING
TOO GREAT BURDEN
OMAHA BANKER SAYS-RELIEF
THROUGH STIMULATION HOME
WHEAT MARKET

4AbVO OUA
WHEAT MARKET
Omaha, Neb.-An appeal to the
public to buy wheat and flour to H2ise
wheat prices to- the farmers and i'm
prove financial conditions for them,
was made here in a statement by
John L. Kennedy, Omaha banker, and
chairman of the local committee of
business men recently organized to
further nationwide wheat buying
campaign.
Adopting the slogan "Buy a thou
sand or more bushels of wheat or
bag or barrel of flour" for the
movement, the committee, through its
chairman's statement, asked for
every loyal citizen and every finan-
cial, commercial and Industrial or
ganization, east, west, north and
SOUTH" to support the campaign.
After outlining two proposed meth
DDS Of aiding the farmer-holding OF
wheat out of the market and increas-
ing the demand for actual consump-
ton, the committee statement de-
clared the latter to be the preferred
solution Of the farmers problem, and
added:
"The plight of the farmer requires
pitiless publicity. The public should
be made to understand that of late
the farmer has been bearing more
than his share of lifes burdens. we
should bear fair share Of these bur-
dens. We cannot all buy thousand
bushels of wheat, but we can buy
bag or barrel of flour and we can 40
1t now"
Asserting that 1--WE have no right
to expect other countries to buy our
surplus crops" the statement added.
"In the present emergency we must
rely chiefly on our home market.
VIII Fix Prices
Spokane-The American wheat
Growers, associated, with headquar-
ters in Minneapolis, plans to sign up
65 per cent of the wheat productlon
of eleven states by July l, 1924, anu
to create price-fixing board OF lar-
mers to determine the price OF Wneat
offered for home consumption, w. >.
Brown. president of the organization,
announced here. The movement Will
involve 400 900, 900 bushels, or half the
normal national production. ne salo.
Directors Of the Washington Wneat
Growers association IN conference !
with Mr.. Brown approved the pro-
gram and indicated that they VIII
seek to sign up 65 per cent OF tne
washington tonnage by Oct. 1 OF thls
year. An intensive campaign Is con-
templated, it was announced.
In connection with the statement
that a price-fixing plan was part o.
the program of the American WheaI
Growers, associated, Mr.. brown saio
"The wheat growers have stepped
lightly until now in the matter ol
price-fixing. Now we boldly pro
claim that that is our purpose Ihe
wheat growers have determined tnaC
they collectively shall put price tag
on the wheat. We aren't saying ho"
what the price should be"
Two representatives are 10 pe
named from each of the eleven staIes' s
to meet in the American headquar- {
ters in Minneapolis as soon III JIG ;
wear as the new wheat productlon Is
known. They will estimate the cosl
of production, the hazards anu .ne
labor of the farmer and deIeIHlns I
the price. The price-fixing poaro I
will determine the amount OF Wneat t
to he exported and will offer tnaI {
amount on the world market IN world /,
A price tag Will pe pu, c
on the wheat for home consumptlon. {
Mr. Brown will attend meetings IN
Seattle and Portland later to Outline
his plan. S
Wheat Committee Named G
Chicago-The chamber OF COIL '
merce of the United States mas Jolneu t
with the wheat council Of the United q
States in a tentative agreement under 4
which a joint committee Will seek 7
solution of the wheat growers, prop- q
Iems, it was announced . n
Dr, Alonzo E. Taylor, director OF
he food research work at LeIanu o
Stanford university, will, it is under :
,tood head the joint committee. Inc .
committee work of Investigation IS !,
expected to occupy from four to SIX =
months. Four or more experts on !, !,
he committee will be named by the
wheat council and three by the cham
,er of commerce of the United STATES.
At the conclusion of the commit
ee's work, recommendations are ex-
,ected to be made for 1924 and sue
seeding years, which, it is hoped,
would, if followed, prevent recur-
ence of difficulties for wheat grow
RS. y
The Joint committee was arranged !
or at a conference between Con- II
FRESHMAN Sidney Anderson OF MIME n
ota. president of the wheat councH' p
nd julius H. Barnes, president OF the L
chamber of commerce of the unlteu le
states. held in New York, according l!
o the statement from the Wheat d
ouncil headquarters. :,
OCAJ, FJOUR Mill, CLOSED S,