The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, February 25, 1918, Page 17

’ f ¢ e Y v 2 New York Rebels at Extortion State Agricultural Society Joins Northwest in Demand for : Relief From the Milling Trust EW YORK farmers have joined ] the farmers of the Northwest in a determined effort to com- pel the war profiteers in grain and its by-products to cut out the prof- its in excess of those they agreed to take when the price of flour and feed was agreed upon. Last August, after the wheat of the country had been commandeered at a price of $2.20 de- livered in Chicago, the food administra- tion entered into conferences with the milling trust to get the lowest practic- able figure on.the products made from wheat, including flour, bran, middlings and other feeds. This was not compul- sory, as the price of wheat was with the farmers, but after various conferences the food administration announced the millers would be satis- fied with 25 cents a barrel profit on flour and 50 cents a ton profit on feeds, and that prices on these prod- ucts would.be reduced to that figure. It was many weeks before the price of flour was reduced and it has been insisted by many who have carefully calculated the profits, that the millers’ profits on flour are still far above 25 cents a barrel. But the price on the feed products was never reduced. It rose steadily. In a short time it had advanced from $2 to $6 per ton at Minnesota points and far more than that in the East. A. C. Loring, head of the Pillsbury Flour Mills company (who is also now acting as Northwest- ern representative of the food admin- istration in regard to flour and feed - prices) admitted -on December 6 at Minneapolis that millers were making over $10 a ton profit on feeds but said they would refuse to lower the price because other dealers who handled the feed after the millers let loose of it, would make this profit if the millers didn’t. . He also said that if the millers cut down this extortion, the shortage of feed products in the East was so great, that the East would gladly pay the price and drain away all feed and the Northwest would be left without any. These were the only reasons he gave for the millers’ violations of their agreement to'sell at a 50 cent profit. This admission of Mr. Loring, was wrung from him under the sting of questions shot at him by Colonel Wil- kinson and other farmer representa- tives at the federal grain hearings be- \ ¢ fore C. J. Brand, chief of the bureau of markets. That the Eastern farmers do not in- tend to submit to this extortion is shown by resolutions passed by the State Agricultural society of New York ‘at Kinderhook, N. Y., January 18. A copy of the resolutions is given below. It will be noticed that the New York farmers are going directly to their senators, to the food administration, the head of the federal trade commis- sion (which is now exposing the depths of the beef trust manipulations) and to Julius H. Barnes, head of the wheat buying corporation. The resolutions are as follows: . “Whereas, the farmers’ wheat has, since August last, been delivered by the food administration to ‘the miller at fixed prices, the millers agreeing with the food administration to sell the product of the wheat at a profit of 25 cents a ‘barrel on flour and 50 cents a ton on bran and shorts; and, “Whereas, the licensed dealers were in October last able to sell wheat bran in eastern New York at $38, a ton, or less, all of the interests doubtless then getting their full allowed profits; and,: “Whereas, the price of wheat bran was advanced during December last to $45 to $48 a ton by the same dealers, indicating an abnormal and unreason- able profit to the various interests of $7 to $10 a ton taken from the farmer, on_the basis of the October price, and pore yet on the basis of the food ad- ministration’s milling circular effec- tive December 25; be it “Resolved, by the New York State Agricultural society, in annual meet- ing assembled, that the federal authori- ties be urged to demand and secure re-, imbursement by the various interests of all excess profits taken from the farmers throughout the country on bran, middlings and flour middlings produced from wheat taken at fixed prices; and be it “Resolved, that copies of these reso- lutions, attested by the signatures of the president and the secretary of the society be sent to Herbert C. Hoover of ‘the food administration, Julius H. Barnes, president of the wheat corpora- tion of the food administration, the Dresident of the federal trade commis- ,sion, and the New York senators, ask- ing the aid of each.” Glories in Their Stand Windom, Minn. Editor Nonpartisan Leader: I have been an interested reader of your paper for some time, and my husbang is a subscriber to the Leader and member of the League. I glory in the stand the farmers of North Dakota are taking, and those of Minnesota also who are doing their best. A short time ago a Nonpartisan meeting was held in our home town. ‘We awaited the coming of the speaker with no little trepidation. wanted & very good one to speak here, knowing' some of the sentiment in our own neighborhood and town. How pleased we were when Mr. Schumacher and Mr. Brewer presented themselves and ] am' thoroughly convinced -that no small humber changed their views right then and there. .. Several new ones went forward to “~join. Before that they had only learn- ed through clippings - from other papers, some of them detrimental to the cause; of course, and were judging us by that standard. Now I think they understand and will not be so harsh in their judgments of us. - The Saturday evening ~before our : No doubt ~ all of the speakers are good—but we O e R R S A T A H R AT TS ML A meeting on Monday, the so-called loyal- ists of our town called a meeting to consider whether the League speakers be allowed to speak or not. They de- cided in favor of our speaker under a strick surveillance, of course, Many of our business men were present and could net find one spark of disloyalty in the speech. None could be more loyal than he. When will our mer- chants and other business men learn to know that if the farmers do well, they -will too? We would certainly. trade more if we have more to buy with. Yours, with every wish for suc- cess for the Nonpartisan league. MRS. LILY S. MATHISEN. 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