| Show n 01 i t LL Y IES IN i PETRO PETROGRAD GRAD PLAN FLIGHT 1 z z 1 1 1 1 i. i 1 1 1 z ei z WILSON SETS 1918 WHEAT J PRICE AT f f f rl K r h GAI AIN 4 I RATES If I IHl S t Hl f fi Resident i Forestalls Bills fa Setting Fl Figures Figures' at From 25 to Jo 3 Which 1 Vh ch Are AreT to c T- T J a Pending B Before f re Congress v 3 LOVE HOVE MAY PERSUADE t FARMERS TO T 1 Slope of ar arIto Ito H le e of Higher her Sales Has HasIn F In Induced Growers to Hold fi Grain farm W While hile rule Mills Faced i I I f rr 1 Shutdown ll Lacking g Supply WASHINGTON W N. N F Feb h 23 A J.-A A price 1 of O a bushel the bushel the same H as asor for or r last years Fears crop was crop was fixed by hy h. h President side at 1 W Wilson it l on tonight ht for the com com- tog g reasons reason's sons son's wheat l yield iel The price js for Cor Orly uuro umber number el 1 nort northern hern spring spring- ng wheat Pf t Chil Chicago Ide a ao o ol with n scale of or Ns for other oilier markets TL c differentials ls differ to a n slight tent ent from those now operative and ue gc from a minimum of 2 to a n of l In t fixing a p price ric c now for tor the new nen trop rop which Filch will wm not be bo harvested har d until d President n the President was believed to ha int sae e had t two o objects In Iv view Jew The was to halt hall legislation pending In K l i to fix fK prices at from flom 22 25 2 to lo and the other was to stimulate P planting panting Th The had of oC the raising price begun to check the now flow of oC o of heat lt I to market and food tood tra- tra on f i s feared that mills soon soone would e have to clo Close e d down dow o v var hoping the thc t q s would Pass farmers It Is la he lard have ve refusing to sell at t nr Pr present price of or 2 20 1 Pt of or rood Control F Congress COntrell o J n enacting ns the food foo 1 control law lawn On 00 n put pu Ut a guaranteed guarantee d price of 2 next Beason leason's n s crop and anil this has leo been i draw heat as ats a minimum price To hed to market the tho President a price CC of or 0 on last ast seasons season's ons on's n and H It had this effect until the rl r ri I Then e Si bills were introduced the food lood flow VOW began n t to o stop slop P- P ed a admInIstration officials have ha havet that t if It the thc bills Pa passed sed the thenn W would uld be bc forced to raIse ralso 1 at rent to prices nn cs to lo the new cw levels and ad do so 80 W Would Uld upset t the thc food adda ad ad- da 15 the wP f flour and anal bread brad l Program ram basis buls sis ot of f No N o. o 1 northern heat t h and Md tt it ad S iK the nil PrIces Its equivalents the President as follows Chicago It Omaha 2 15 Kansas is i 7 1215 St St. t. t Louts Duluth un New York 28 2 ea 7 Baltimore 22 27 ti Savannah s ewH 22 Char Charleston S S. C C. 1 0 Seattle Portland Ore Os Angeles 20 San Fr FrancIsco 3 UIO Galveston eW than cleans 0 New dew tint lIl 2 salt fiall Lal Lale e 2 2 Grent Falls I 2 Spokane 2 2 Pocatello Po ort l Or t Korth Ida y Tex 2 09 Oklahoma a Wichita I Kan Iran I Other CIa R t 1 b lI h. h The equivalents ot of No 1 northern to tord the rd WInter same lame price applies fire are No 1 I I No 1 red Drum winter No 1 h heal lIt and No 1 i hard white whIle The be to tates harvested han In the United t before 1118 and sold In the mart mar mar- The J June 1 Presidents President's D proclamation ro states Continued on Page Page 2 2 WILSON SETS 1918 PRICE ON WHEAT Continued d From Pago Iro I 1 that the tho action acton Is to meet an emergency caper emer stimulation oCI of oC gency gene requiring time the wheat planting I In a statement accompanying his I I proclamation the tIme President said Un Under tinder er the food rood control net act of ot August August Au Au- gust bust 10 Hi 1917 i It Is m my dut duty to announce announce an an- a guaranteed price for tor wheat wheal of or tho time 1918 harvest I am nan RI therefore I Issuing a proclamation setting tho the price I at the principal Interior primary marIet mar mar- Iet It I makes no essential alteration alera- alera altera altera- lion tion ton In tho the pr present ent guarantee It I Is a acon con continuation of oe tho time present price of wheat with some adjustments arising from roan tho the designation of or additional terminal ten ter minal marketing points III lit PrIce n This guaranteed price assures the tho farmer of oC a reasonable profit even I If It the war should end within the year and the largo large stores of grain In those sections of or time the world that arc are no now amow cut cutoff cutoff off from Crom transportation should again como come Into competition with wih his prod prod- To Increase the price of oC wheat above e the tho present figure or to agitate would have the an any increase of price effect of or seriously hampering time the large operations of oC tho time nation naton and of ot the time aIea al allies allies al- al lies ea b by causing the wheat of last years year's crop to be bo withdrawn from tho time market It 1 would moreover dl dislocate all al the present wage levels that have been es established es- es after arol much munch anxious discus discus- Ion an and would therefore create creato an I Industrial unrest which would be harmful harm harm- ful tul to every Overy industry In tho the countr country j halm In Former I 1 know tim the th spirit of ot our omir farmers t s nd tul have ha not the time least doubt as to the loyalty with wih which time the they will wi ill accept the pre present ont decision The he fall wheat planting planting plant plant- ing which furnishes two thirds of oC our pro production took place with wih no other assurance than this and the time farmers farmers' confidence e was demonstrated b by tho tIme fact that time the they planted an acre- acre I go O larger Jarger than Ilman tho time r record eold of nn any Preceding preceding Pre pre- ceding year cr and seven se millions aires acres i more than the time a average elase for the time five Ie before the time European Euro Euro- years ears the tho outbreak o 01 warI war var gUO 1 It I seems not to be bl generally understood understood under under- stood tood wh why wheat Is picked td out nut Cor for 1 price determination and only wheat among amon the tue The Tiie hE answer Is that while I normal distribution of all al our tarm products has been subject to great dl disturbances dis dis- during the time last three years ears because of W war ar l conditions on only 1 two commodities namely wheat and sugar have Ime been cen so 10 seriously affected as PR to require governmental Intervention Wheat I nr Most MoNt Needed Abroad I The Tho disturbances which affect these products and others In less cle degree ree arise from Crom the fact falt that all 11 of or the overseas overseas overseas over over- seas shipping In time the world Is no now Under un under under un- un i der government go control an and that the i government Is obliged to a assign tonnage tonnage ton ton- I nage to each cach commodity that enters I Into commercial r o overseas n traffic It I Ihas has consequently been een necessary to es establish establish es- es I single agencies for Cor the purchase I of the food supplies must go o I abroad The purchase of oC wheat In Inthe Inthe the tho United Stat States 1 for far foreign use I Is of oC so great grent volume In 11 comparison with wih th time the available domestic supply that the price of oC wheat has he been en materially disturbed disturbed dis dis- ls- ls and It In necessary or order order or- or der tier to protect both tho time producer and the thc consumer to prevent speculation It I was necessary th therefore for Cor the thc government government gov gov- o- o to c exercise a m measure asure of or direct supervision as far Cr as possible to Control control control con con- purchases wheat or-wheat and th the tho processes processes processes pro pro- of ot its is exportation This supervision supervision super super- vision islon necessarily amounted to price fixing and I therefore thought It I fair Calr fairand fairand and wise that there should be a price stated that should be at once liberal and equitable 1 Farmer C Central FI Figure ure In War sr r. r Those peculiar circumstances governing gay gov O the and consumption of oC wheat put the farmer at tho the very verj I center ot of war r se service vice Next ext to the sol nol 1 I amer he Vs s servin serving the time country and the world anti and serving It I In a wa way I which Is absolutely fundamental to his own future safety anti anil pro prosperity He lie sees this and ant can be relied upon n as the time soldier oller can The Time farm farmer r Is I also contributing men amien mento mento to the time army and I am keenly alive to tho the sacrifices Involved Out men muon engaged J n ed In form farm Industries have been drafted or about 18 per cent of the the whole In addition addi tion to these there ha have been vol volunteers volunteers volun volun- 1 un- un and the farmers haw have lost lort a considerable con como AI number of ot laborers because the tue wages ages paid In Industrial In-Industrial pur pursuits ul drew time the In order to relieve tho the farming Industry as far as possible from further drains of or labor the new ne d draft aft regulations have ha been drawn with wih a n view to taking from roam the tIme farms an rm even cn smaller proportion of or men anon and It Is m my hope that tho time local cx- cx ex exemption emption boards hoards will wl make the time new classifications with wih a view of ot lightening light light- ening time the load Joad upon the farmers Carmer to the utmost extent Pinn to Meet Itt Labor The Time secretary of ot war has hae asked for or authority to furlough soldiers of or the national arm army If conditions permit It It so that tile the they mn may return to their farms farans when assistance Is ls necessary s ary In tho time planting and harvesting of ot the tho crops crop National and local a are ate actively at work besides In lam or organizing community nit ni help for the more efficient distri o of available n labor and the drawing drawIng draw draw- Ing upon new now sources of ot labor While there will vIll bo be difficulties and very ery sentous serious seri sent au ous ones th tile they will wl be difficulties which are among the time stern necessities of or sa war r. r Tho Tue federal railway administration Is operating co-operating o In the time most active In intelligent In- In anti and nUl efficient wa way with time the food administration to remove the time dif di- I of transportation and of the active movement IO of ot the time crops crop ant Their marketing I Is to be bo facilitated and the time j farmers given the time opportunity to realize real real- ize promptly upon their stocks I of Control The Time department of oC agriculture and amid 1111 the tile food administration will wi continue to operate co-operate as to assist the farmers In every wn way vay possible All Al questions ot if it production of oC the tie market mantel ing Inh of ot farm farn products of oC conservation In 11 the time course of or production conser atol and ani of or agricultural labor and anti farm facto problems generally will wil be lie handled b by time the de department do- do lt of or n agriculture while all ques of oC distribution al Cuc tons or of food supplies to time the allies and of alles' alles conservation In ot con comm 01 s will vill wll bo be handled I h by tho tue food administration but the time chief r reliance chie h Is upon the tie farmer himself and I am ammi stare Bure lure that that reliance will be he Justl- Justl wl 01 h 1 by tho the results The elite chief thing to b be kept clearly In mind Is that rc reg o of this thin sort are only a part of the time great general plan of ot I tion lon Into which imich ever every element In the time nation enters In this war as aR In no other The liao business of or war touches c everybody It I In is I. I a R stern business n a l operative co-operative eo business a n business of oC I energy and sacrifice a business In the thc largest and best and most stirring I sense of ot that great word Action Is Expected to Equalize 11 Market n International Now en Chicago Fob Ieh 23 James A A. A Patten large e grain operator t time the h action of the time President In fixing t. t tim price for Cor the time crop will wi have ha e great effect In Sn equalizing the grain marIe mar muar- Ie lcd ket e t. t Theoretically he said gral grains s. s r rye e for tor Instance is iii selling at ata a higher basis than timan wheat now and farmers wore were turning to these grains rains In their planting The action of oC the time Pre President cannot annot but stimulate the time marketing of oC wh wheat at As I see sec the wheat problem however It hn has been one of oC transportation principally and andIn In n 1 v liVI I nt LII nUL l Ut 1 Ol Ut price Joseph P. P Griffin president of the time Chicago o board of ot trade said fald time the price fixed h by President Wilson was a direct revision upward of or 20 o cents a bu bushel at the time terminals The action of tho the President he said should stimulate spring seeding seed aced 11 ing and antI I believe e this was Yas the Presidents President's dents dent's obJect object Order Will Ifil Have Little Effect Ef Effect Here Says Sas Miller huller iler il After a cursory examination of the new ime lew wheat prices for tOI 1918 ranging from Crom roan 2 to a Li I bush bushel l II It K E. J. J Miller Iler manager of the tIme Milling company said that time the they will wll 11 0 but hut slight effect on the price of wheat In Salt Lake Laico and vicinity In Iii II the he graduated scale o of prices Salt Lake LaJe Is In the minimum column of oC 2 I mid saud at Pocatello I the time price IH is the time SI me Great Fails and amid Spokane while It I is I at Seattle Attention was called b by Mr Ir Miller to tho the tact fact that during the tho tall tail and find winter of 1917 time tile price of wheat in iii I Idaho Iho ho and northern Utah ah was flOO a bushel l the h charge of or from 10 to 12 cents raising the cost to 2 and O In Salt alt Lt Lake kt It I Is 19 Indicated that tho t the time price of wheat heat at Salt Lake will wi be 2 a n bushel according to tho the presidential order ordel said Mr Ir Miller However oWe el It appears that a ruling or 01 further Information Is hs necessary before betas's we know to a n certa ta taint i n ty |
