The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 14

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Giv- ing an account of the meeting for the- benefit of other farmers of North Da- kota, Mr. Nelson says: “The expenses of the delegates are to be taken care of by asking for a con- tribution of $I from every man who markets grain at Dunn Center as well as from every business man. Sub- scription lists for this have been placed in the hands of all three elevators here and when all is paid in the money is to be assembled in the farmers’ elevator. The board of directors of the farmers’ elevator volunteered to stand good for any amount that would not be covered by the proposed collection. “If the people in mass meeting in your town did not do the same Septem- ber 1 we want to urge you to issue another call for that express purpose and if it is not practical to finance the expenses in the way we did the people assembled in mass meeting can un- doubtedly find some practical way in which to do it.” : FARMERS FACE HEAVY LOSS ON $2.20 WHEAT The Dunn Center mass meeting also adopted respectful .resolutions to the government, calling attention to the condition now faced by the farmers. Following is a quotation from their resolutions: : \ “In response to an insistent urging on the part of the United States gov- ernment to increase the acreage of spring wheat in the spring of 1917, and upon the promise of a remunerative price for the crop when produced, we have practically doubled our spring wheat acreage even though clean seed wheat cost us from $2.50 per bushel and up; that owing to the constantly increasing cost of all farm implements, lumber, labor, manufactured necessi- ties of life, and other items constituting elements of cost, we now find that it will cost us from $20 to $24 per acre for every acre of wheat produced, har- vested and marketed on our respective farms,and that with an average yield of about eight bushels to the acre our cost per bushel will be from $2.50 to $3.00. With a basic price of $2.20 at the terminals we will get approximate- ly $1.95 per bushel net for our® best wheat at our local market. We will be compelled to suffer a loss of from 55 cents to $1.05 per bushel for every bushel of 1917 wheat crop required by the United States government, Hav- ing strained our credit to produce this crop. many of us now find ourselves confronted with a serious financial embarrassment. Many of us will be compelled to sell off our farming equipment and seed in order to meet current bills, and let our farms geo back to original owners of the raw land for want of being able to meet in= terest pa#yments or payments on the purchase price.” The resolutions go on to point out that growers of winter wheat marketed their crop on a basic price of $3 or more per bushel, while their expenses were less per bushel than the growers of spring wheat. The resolutions alse point out that many contracts for fu- ture delivery were made at $3 per bushel before the price-fixing commit- tee met, and that the result of a $2.20 price being fixed is to give 80 cents per bushel to these speculators by enabling them to buy wheat cheaper than their contracts provide. MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO HELP GOVERNMENT The resolutions say, in conclusion:® “We further beg permission to call the attention of the United States gov- " ernment to the fact that if the promises of a remunerative price for the 1917 spring wheat crop are not kept there can not and will not be a large - spring wheat -crop produced in~°1918. The United States government believes it necessary for the successful prosecu- tion of the war in which we “are now engaged to maintain its- soldiers’ in reasonable conforts of life with a fair income in addition. Wae believe that the United States government would do well to adhere to the same princi-