Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, August 22, 1919, Page 2

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DYE Funk RNNIRU HLT EAEE TEL ¥ %= Cottonwood, Idaho e Building 1 — : _enet i premium of 60c and bushel has been paid for extra! good milling wheat and if the ha z farmer is not-satisfied with the | “NO ” D “| grades; inspection, prices, or dit- \ference made in. the eral | | grades of wheat, he has a p | fect right to complain and he ts ,entitied toa hearing and any | complaint which is well founded, should be remedied. If he de-! sires to hold his wheat for a| | higher price, I see nothing in the law that will prevent him from Boise, Idaho, Aug. 16.—Miles| doing it, and it should be the Cannon, Idaho commissioner of duty of the government to sec agriculture, said today: @ that the provisions of the law “Tt is my opinion that there is | enacted for the benefit of the no maximum or minimum price | farmer, and for the purpose or established to cover wheat; that | stimulating wheat production, | under the law, any contract | are not appropriated to the ben- made between a buyer and a sel- | efits of the dealers and to the ul- ler is legal and that the goveri- | timate detriment of the produc- ment in reality has made no at-; ing class who are entitled to con- tempt to fix a price. | sideration. It is provided however, in ‘an “Tt is likewise the duty of the j act to provide further for the! producer to carefully serutinize national security and defense by | the disposition of this wheat and encouraging the production, con-| the channels through which it! serving the supply, and controll-| reaches the consumer. — It re- ing the distribution of food pro-| quired 4 1-2 bushels of wheat, | i | more per, GANNON HOLDS: Idaho Commissioner of Agricul- ture Gives Statement—Re- view of the Law | | duces and fuel, approved by the president on the 10th of August, 1917, that the president may, should an emergency exist, guar- antee to the producers of wheat, a reasonable profit thereon by fixing a price at the principal yvimary markets of the country, which the govenrment will pay in order to make the guarantee | good, “On September 1918, the | president issued a proclamation o the effect that an emergency | | existed which required the sti- mulation of the production ot wheat and in order that the pro- | ducers within the United States chould have the benefit of tne} }rovisions of the law, he pro-| claimed a guaranteed price, and} for the purpose of such guaran- | tee only, obligated the govern-| ment to pay on a basis of No. 1 | | spring wheat, No. 1 winter, No. , 1 red winter and No. 1 hard white, a price of $2.20 per bushel jat Tacoma, Seattle, Portlana, | Astoria, San Francisco and Los | Angeles, and $2 per bushel at} 9 “ Salt Lake City, Great Falls, | Montana, Pocatello, Idaho ana} Spokane, Washington, and on all other grades of wheat establish- | | ed under the United States grain | standard act and which has been | adopted by the Idaho Agricultu- | | val department, and published tn | booklet form, the aforesaid guarantee must ‘bear’ just rela-| tion thereto. It would seem that | the purpose of this law and the | | products | sack of flour I bought was $8.25 | | weighing 270 pounds to make a, j barrel of flour weighing 192 | pounds, together with 78 pounds of by-product. It will be seen that the average price for 4 1-2 bushels of wheat would cost a miller $8.10, and I am told that a high average for grinding this Is 50¢ a barrel, which insures a handsome profit to the mill. This would make the total cost of a barrel of flour $8.60. The grain corporation has fixed the, profit of a jobber at 75¢ per bar- | rel and the retailer,$1.25 per'| barrel. It is not probable that) in the history of this western| country, either jobber or retailer | ever made such a profit on hand- | ling flour as is now represented by these fixed charges. It is a) very easy matter for anyone to! determine whether there is pro- fiteering in wheat or not by go-! ing to a grocery store and buy-| ing a sack of flour. The differ- ence between the price which they pay and $2.15, is the profit which is being made on the flour} after it leaves the hands of the farmer. The last which represents $13 per barrel, | and the present price of bread | represents a value of 4 1-2 bush- els of wheat paid by the consum- | er, of $33.80. This is all based) upon the policy of congress to| assure farmers an extra reward | for the production of a maxi-| mum wheat crop to feed perish- ing humanity. No Wear on Rugs With_a ELECTRIC CLEANER Grangeville Elec. Light & Power Co. Cottonwood, Idaho FRANK P. LINT, D. S. T. WILLIAM P. SHEHAN, S. T. VENETTA I. SHEHAN, S. T. Stiffened Joints Stomach Troubles Constipation Liver Trouble Lumbago proclamation based upon the| provision of.the act, was to stim- | “It should be remembered in | ulate production and guarantee | to the farmer a profit sufficient | to cover an abnormal cost result- | ing from unprecendented ad-| , vance in all lines of commodities | which he was compelled to buy. | “When the food administra-| tion went out of business it! | seems that the U. S. Grain cor-| | poration took its place and this | grain corporation is composed ot }millers and grain speculators | | and from newspaper propaganda | | and other printed forms cireulat- | | ed through the country, the im- | pression has prevailed that the| | government is fixing a maxi- | mum price on the wheat crop of | 1919. Mr. H. M. Houser of Port- | land, Oregon, is second vice pre- | sident of the U. S. Grain corpo- | ration and appears to be the | manager for the three north- western states. He is likewise, as I am informed, the principal owner of the Pacific Elevator | company, the Pacific Grain com- pany and the Portland Flour} mills. The Portland Grain com- pany, who buys the wheat from the Pacific Elevator company as | well as from other sources, has put out a price list covering the | several grades which ranges] from $2.09 per bushel for No, 3 white club, to $2.20 per bushel} for hard wheat, f. o. b. Portland. Exclusive of the usual storage charges in the elevators, it ap- pears that they have fixed eight | cents per bushel as a commission | |for buying the wheat, and 2.2 cents per buShel for the grain corporation at Portland, which, together with the freight} charges and dockages, brings) the price of Idaho wheat down to | the neighborhood of $1.66, up to in some cases, as high as $1.80. This figure is based on the| amount of grain that the farmer | receives from the threshing ma- chine. When the dockage is tak- en due, amounting 1 to 10 per cent the net prions ranges a little | higher, generally about $1.80. ; “T fail to find anything in the | Demonstrate this by law or the proclamation which | being measured today would indicate any purpose upon | the part of the government os Balback & Lake fix a price for wheat, and in Place Tailored - to- order clothes, so favored by smart dressers, express _ the new season’s style notes in their clever- est phases when they bear the label of our Chicago tailors, GVEIC Beautiful Samples | For Autumn and Winter 1919} jand 1920 have arrived. Your Order Early for SUITS AND OVERCOATS or call at office fixing prices for the various | grades of wheat,.that the gluten | test of wheat shows that No, 4 | or even 4 grades are practically j;as good for bread as No. 1, the |only difference being in the ap- pearance of the bread and sell- | from a strictly food basis, there | should be very little difference | between the lowest grades of wheat and the highest, a fact | after many experiments in var- ‘ious sections of the country. | When food is the paratiount ob- | ject of all the efforts upon the part of the government at this | time, it is. hard to. appreciate | why such vast difference should | exist between the several grades. “Farmers should be advisea that the buyer has no right to place a grade or dockage charge against his grain without his consent thereto. The state main- tains a state grain inspector in the university extension service in Boise, who is clothed with a federal certificate and whose duty it is to place official grades on any grain submitted to him, jand the same grades which he places on this wheat are good in any market in the United States | and no other grade is legal and |no contracts or sales are legal unless they are based upon these standard grades. When a pro- ducer is not satisfied with his grades, he must select a sample in cooperation with the buyer where possible, and when not | possible, the department of agri- cultural will send an officer to select an official sample which must consist of three pints or more for an ordinary test. The fee for this is $1, together with the expenses of the sampler in case the farmer and the dealer | cannot agree and on the result of this test, a settlement must be made. “The guarantee of the govern- ment expires June 1, 1920, and some sections of the country, a The Store For Everybody ‘whether or not wheat will ad- Make appointment by letter Binure B_CLARKSTON, WASH. Membersof Washington Association ot Drugless Physicians Rheumatism Catarrh Paralysis Neuralgia Female Complaints Nervous Troubles and Kindred Ailments Successfully Treated Without Drugs or Surgery Consultation Free Phone 810 vance at that time is a question. The general opinion is that it will go much higher, but if the farmer desires to hold his wheat and take his chances, I can see nothing in the laws which will prevent him from doing so. At any rate, the laws under which the U. S. grain corporation. 1s based, are made primary and es- sential for the benefit of the farmer.” Notice of School Election. Notice is hereby given that the regular annual election of Cottonwood Independent School District No.8, Idaho County, Idaho, will be held in the Public School building in Cottonwood, Idaho, on Tuesday, September 2, 1919, from the hours of 1:00 o’clock P. M. to 5:00 P. M. ot said day, for the purpose of electing two (2) trustees. to serve for a term of three years or until their . successors are elected and qualified, said trust- ees to succeed H. C. Matthiesen and W. M. Schiller whose terms of office will expire on the above named date. Dated this 20th day of August 1919. 34-2 M. M. Belknap, Clerk. Try a load of our mill wood, it is ideal for summer use. Hussman Lumber Co. “Tip Top” makes more loaves of better bread than other flour on the market. 24-tf Don’t let your children suffer. If they are fretful, peevish, puny or cross, give them Hol- lister’s Rocky Mountain Tea—a harmless but safe laxative for children. 35c. T. F. Schaecher.-5 FOR WATKINS REMEDIES See LEO P. 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