The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-14
SPOKANE GATHERING ASKS PRICE
FIXED AT $L75-URGE FAR
MERS TO HOLD CROP

The Moscow delegates to the big
wheat meeting, held in Spokane Mon
day, arrived at home Tuesday morn
ing, and report the farmers enthusi-
astically in favor of some action that
will stabilize the price of their prin-
,cipal product, wheat. Mr.. Mix, head
of the delegation, stated, too, that
there is much interest in the meeting
to be held at the university auditori-
um in this city next Saturday, and
that a large crowd may be expeced.
Senator Dill and Congressman Sum-
mers, of Washington, neither of whom
were at the Spokane meeting, as well
as Senators Gooding and Borah and
Congressman French, of this state,
will be present at the meeting.
Senator BOrah and Congressman
French were active participants in the
meeting Monday, both delivering ad-
dresses, and taking deep interest in
the proceedings.
Ask Special Session
A telegram was dispatched to Pre- |
Sident Coolidge informing him that I
it was the request of the convention
that a special session of congress be
called to consider legislation to re-
lieve the wheat situation.
The resolutions committee, of which
G. P. Mix and J. L. Naylor of this
lowing report, which was unanimously
adopted:
To Buy and Sell
eve recommend that congress
shall enact legislation establishing a
federal corporation with $500, 100000
capital stock, $50,000,0O0 paid in and
the balance shall have the power and
authority to purchase and sell wheat
in any quantity at any time or place
at a basic price of $1.75 per bushel
at primary points. The fixed price
date and sufficient variation may be
announced from time to time to pro- :
vide for carrying charges and to con- /
troll distribution. The fixed price r
shall be on the basis of clean wheat :
tested So pounds per bushel, and the 7
shall establish sche- V
dule of discounts and premiums in 2
accordance with the milling value of
wheats of various sub-classes, test '
weights, mixtures, percentage of f
moisture and foreign content. q
Z" In order to take care of any loss 7
that might accrue in selling the ex- b
port surplus. the corporation may d
retain from the original sale price s
not to exceed ten cents per bushe1 tt
n addition to the amount estimated O
% be necessary to pay operating costs n
Ind interest at rate of Az per cent N
Der annum on capital stock actually
lsed. Wheat may be purchased or il
'e-sold only by the corporation or by b
licensed by the corporation a
md operating under rules, regula-
ions and restrictions imposed by the tt
corporation. Every licensed concern 8,
hall make reports of it's purchases, 81
md re-sales in such forms and at b
uch times as the corporation may W
Lirect te
Withhold Wheat pi
We further request that all wheat A
rowers cooperate throughout the OF
United States in furthering this united cl
fort by selling no wheat nor offer al
lg none for future delivery until this al
T some other definite action is taken M
Or the handling of this crop at a M
ost plus a reasonable percentage OF
bove expenses and also ask the CT
ankers and merchants and the pub D.
C in general to give us their SYM W
athy and support for a square deal
nat the wheat growers may not be k1
riven to serfdom or leave the farm g1
'r other occupations thereby crowd Io
lg the laborer from his job" ne
The resolution as passed also asked ha
censing and regulation by the pro- ps
Osed corporation, of all wheat deal en-
RS of the United States. Another 10
ssolution passed requests Secretary Ia
enry Wallace of the department of 10
griculture to conduct Pacific coast pl
earrings on wheat scaling and grad IN
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