The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-12-20
EXPORT COMMISSION METHOD OF PROTECTING
PRICE OF WHEAT

proda aa s1P df n absst of of the 4 ls gsH s3 be pFPos sss5 'S basis: Congress to put me
The Federal government to assess a tax Of seven wei cents cents a b DunreI a @sfn1
7 7Oo,0o0 DS@i bushe1s5 to create a fund to be used as stated below.
81 o The Federal ss ng g0vGrnm fo tt t0 sd aPp5y tt the td fund pdes . rs e5satsd' fo aPP the eRpoay
able surplus, approximately, 17OOoO,OOo bushels, as and when it is is billed billed
received for the export wheat tpp
% %%5a price viii have 70 Be met '7 those desiring 70 purchase domestic
country R5sH f4om t. Be- Sc a aRgasd a4 SH s & Sq sHb6@sd basis on flour "in'd in in this
The tai on all A%ercan-g roy . whsat ton to be so collected o6 E by the e gGysrn5
direct to mills by farmers.
Administration to be in the hands of United States Export Commission
the tt D see sFsssfg d 6Y d 5eglfasfSn' and 1Gn the ssef ct taS o ss agTie9l@ @1 ' as c i6shnaan
The tax and the premium to be subject to revision by the commission @5on
a b%av5 ye so fze ysat that feP PSe p4ce p of Wheat Tfs RG TO- the af Farmer . will III be u man,
f609bm asa for det aaIi 70 the Ps n geessar amount N unit Of the tax and premium. /"
cents a bus6ei to protect domestic markets against influx Of foregn-grown
80 A sep 5ao ssp fas5 The nsr ta5 ~4s 5 EEh p1 hSo IN 1 "psratS sf t Ess"5 ni ES@IS i #s's Hs
192 Is i BS q b 5f S Sd fsTs Of ' saso P ss e s"sRs l.oo ahs BUSHELS nfs Ess sad. would 0s a gam
price T fsr T US#ed P g5sfes w9 wheat Be ro as P4 Bs the F Hf1e4p5 gd' price But pu shf 80 ye esats
8 t etsne wheat itf had nf in rssas d 90 5e ce sa@e a a bm 81 ee HVeFp0o PRICE i' o"eu
Will this plan increase production by increasing prices? No, because
the he tax o will BE a s9 everpreS eat ? ar = nfGio to II 1T farmers tha gns If the he Evil ax ~ gFTT,
surplus, the higher the tax and the less the net results.
what vi 5f he tf b5t sP Pr teH as v 9f' as on THAT Tba PF be Rs t sf Sat. to the farmer on
= ni ffn1 v q s5s .To SH5i s : ' spPfor Rastsd g 30 % aeRs e ba G1Sa above @44 5Rs xo 9SF9
g g9atsd lsy sSe a S9- Of e o5 Ssrd 49 %hhfHe v fsssei so markell s, o 8fa SS 1f sSs nfIs fs
will benefit by the tariff more than will the producers.
Droa Ag9p su t E. R ~Bsf Hj ias2 i ii csii ias os Rss s6ss- ths" .t The ssss8R has
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sideraby and make it a straight away, two-man combat, to a decision.
a headline in a government farm bulletin reads: moons Influence
Negligible" Uncle Sans publicity men are closer to Nature than to
human nature--moon's influence is felt in about every phase of life from
high taxes to brisk demand for cemetery lots.
1t looks like it will be tough shedding" for Santa as well IS some of
the rest of US.
A Poplar new correspondent predicts the county seat decision "after|
the Christmas holidays" but stops there and fails to tell the world which
way it will go.
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Christmas, like the rest Of, life, is just about what WI make it. The
spirit and joy Of it does not wait on wealth and luxury; it is in u hearts
and minds, not our purses. GAS a man thinketh, 81 is he"