The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-10-19
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FARM ISSUES
. As SHOWN IN
: HOOVER RECORD
Consistent Friendship for Farmer
Indicated by Review of Can
- I. didate's Life Work.
TRUTH Of PRICE FIXING
Annals OF Wartime Government
n Show Hoover Repeatedly Saved
Agriculture From Disaster.

e Show Hoover Repeatedly Saved
Agriculture From Disaster.
WASHINGTON. - Hoover's consist:
emit friendship for the farmer 10
shown by his record, which Is open.
He not only did not fix maximum
prices to the farmer, as has been vii.
fully or ignorantly charged. but did
! his utmost to protect and secure fair
and generous dealing to the wheat
growers. hog producers and other
$ farmers of the country for their war
time efforts. He followed through and
made good on his undertakings to
them in spite of the seyerest obsta'
cles.
This summing up of Mr.. Hoover's
record Is contained In pamphlet Just
issued here. It lists as significant the
following activities:
His personal efforts In 1919 and 1920
70 develop measures Of enlightened
reconstruction to help the farmers
maintain their economic position.
His creation in the Department OF
Commerce Of special division to pro-
mote the sale Of agricultural products
abroad.
His leading share in 1921 in reviv.
ing the War Finance Corporation,
which was instrumental In hating de.
cline in farm products.
His obtaining In December, 1921, Of
O Congressional appropriation for pur-
chase of corn for Russian famine re.
lief .
$50 His leadership In the movement for
- seaway to connect the Great Lakes
and the Atlantic Ocean, and for com.
pletion of the Mississippi System to
cheaper transportation OF farm prod.
ucts.
His helping to solve problems Of
prompt and adequate rail transports
ton for farm products. ..
His program for elimination OF
waste. by means of which costs Of
manufactured commodities are being
lowered.
Hundreds Of minor services rem
dered by the Department of Commerce
to the agricultural community.
The struggles to break the grip OF
foreign monopolies Of commodities
which American farmers must have.
liz ~ Details Of War Record .s
Hoover's wartime record is detailed,
both as to his method Of procedure as
Food Administrator, his counsel in
framing OF policies which would en-.
courage production, conserve food sup
plies and control the distribution OF
food products and fuel. AS to the
charge Of price-fixing of wheat, 1t Is
pointed out that the Allied Govern
ments had concentrated their purchas.
: ing and were preparing to tx price
Of $3.50 to $3.50 per bushel. Congress
had fixed the government price at
$500 per bushel. The appointment by
Wilson of a fair price committee, and
the deliberations Of this committee In
arriving at fair price Of $500 at q
meeting at which Mr.. Hoover was not
present are outlined, together with q
statement by the four surviving farm
members Of the committee showing
that the conclusions OF the committee
were not made known to Mr.. Hoover
until after the committee had reported
70 the President.
Il Is further shown, from documen.
tary evidence, that President Wilson,
in accepting the recommendations OF
the. committee said: 1.-THE price now
recommended. $500 per bushel, will
be rigidly adhered to by the food ad.
ministration. Mr.. Hoover, at his ex.
press wish, has taken no part In the
deliberations of the committee on
whose Recommendation determined
the governments fair price, nor has
he n any way intimated an opinion
regarding that price"
;. ss AZ Food Administrator
MI. Hoover as Food Administrator
protected the wheat growers interests
by preventing foreign governments
from breaking the price, and again, By
averting a collapse which threatened
after the Armistice.
While Mr.. Hoover had no power to
AZ prices for hogs or pork products.
the documents show that he succeed.
cd in maintaining hog prices at more
than twice the pre-war level until
months after the armistice. This gave
the producers millions Of dollars more
than they would otherwise have OBJ
tanned.
This market, documents further
show, was supported for months after
the armistice, when not only n
lied governments but members Of the
Wilson Cabinet, including Secretary
of the Treasury Glass and Secretary
of Commerce Redfeld, were advocat
ing abandonment of all price control
In this priee-maintaining effort, Mr.
Hoover, had to break the post-armis
ttce blockade by the Allies. to open
the market of the Central Powers. and
10 induce France and Italy to restore
orders which they had sought to re-
pudiate, along with those OF Great
britain