The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-21

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Embargo and Holiday
Governor LANCER Is nothing II not
ingenious.
Faced with the prospect of running
afoul Of the federal government II he
Hampers with railroad trains, the ex-
ecutive, now proposes to make his en-
barge on wheat shipments operative
by issuing orders to elevator men
and requiring the sheriffs to enforce
them.
Failure OF the sheriffs to act prob
ably would be followed by removal
orders against them and 50 these Of
ticials may be expected to make an
effort to comply. Some may do 50
with enthusiasm. depending upon
their beliefs with regard to the le-
gality and effectiveness Of the en-
barge idea. Others may be half
hearted.
The prospect Is, however. that the
embargo will be obeyed by most ele-
vators. At present prices. no one
wants to sell anyway unless he alb
solutely is compelled to do 70.
The matter may rest there for .
while, but will eventually come to
head.
Friends of the governor fear the
situation may last until the price
rises-as 1t probably will do by rea-
son of factors outside Of North Da-
kota's control-and a large number
Of farmers want to sell. The COVER
nor's real difficulty lies in the fact
that, il he will not permit wheat to
be sold at the current price Of 81
cents in Bismarck, he eventually will
have to fix the price at which he will
permit it to be sold. II the embargo
stands and he has to make that de-
cision he will be In q tough spot, be-
cause there will always be some who
think the price should be higher.
Government figures show the price
now would be $l.O4 at Chicago If
wheat were on parity with manu-
featured products. based on the 1914
average.
The governor got a break Friday
when the National Holiday associa-
ton declared q nationwide farm
strike, was quick to take advantage
Of It and to endorse the proposal.
He now can try the embargo under
the most favorable conditions. In
effect, he now Is supporting the holi-
day movement and Is ordering the
sheriffs to do so.
But only with regard to wheat,
whereas the strike movement applies
to all farm products, including those
items which farmers used to regard
as pin money and now depend up
on for many necessities.
The holiday leaders would have no
milk, butter. eggs, poultry or similar
products 60 to market. If the his
tory OF the strikes q year ago Is
repeated there will be violence and
efforts to stop delivery Of such things
to market.
Whether or not the militia will be
called upon to support the unofficial
embargo on these products remains
to be seen, but the tail ordinarily
goes with the hide and this case may
prove no exception.
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Those with friends and relatives
living on farms know that the farm
er can stand siege better than any
one else and on this basis the strike
would be effective il there were
wholehearted support in the rural
districts.
The average farmer has his win.
ters supply OF flour on hand. He
took wheat to the mill and had 1t
ground. From the same wheat he
has . plentiful supply Of cereal for
use as breakfast food. He has hogs
butter. eggs, milk and poultry and
possibly . supply Of vegetables In
cans or in the root cellar. Add sugar
coffee and . few other items to that
list and the farmer will eat very we'll
no matter what happens to the city
man. He will not have many fruit.
or green vegetables and his meat diet
may not be Is widely varied q should
he the case for good health, but hi
table will be Is good - that set b,
most city folks.
What the farmer lacks 4 money
he cannot produce his own clothes
shoes Or machinery and h. must have
money to buy . great many necessi.
ties not included - any food list. b
and large, the kind Of starvation X
which farmers have boen subject 4
not the same kind which has beset
many city persons-in many cases II
= not = severe.
Whist the farmer has been starved
for = clothes and the thousand and
ole things which % to make life
us1ble. n many cases he has had