Show It Wasn't Hoover ti lel o J i Answering the charge often made madei i J during the campaign that Herbert jt Hoover was responsible for tor the fixing of the thc price of wheat during the World War Congressman Don D B. B Colton in an address at Brigham City Saturday evening declared that the F i. i only connection the Republican nom nomi- nomi t t 1 nee for president had with the matter mat tx ter was to prevent a n price that would Sj have resulted in great financial distress dis dis- t tress to many thousands of American yi farmers Congressman Colton said y After the 1910 wheat crop had hadt t 7 been sold by the tho farmers competitive f bidding by the allies forced the price to but this did not react to the benefit of the farmers because the 3 wheat had all passed into the hands of d buyers and speculators However in 1917 there had been a combination I i of the buyers for the Allies who threatened to cut the price to per bushel as wheat could be ob ob- tamed in Argentine and Australia for 5 l that amount but since it was so much J cheaper to ship from the United t States Herbert Hoover maintained that the farmer should receive a hl high higher h. h er price At his suggestion the committee consisting of six farmers two labor representatives two economists an anone andone and andone d one businessman was appointed to fix fixa a n fair price for the farmers farmer's wheat Mr Hoover took no part whatever Inthe in inthe inthe the deliberations of this committee and on August 30 1927 1027 President Wilson Nilson issued a statement in In- which he said that he had fixed the price of oj wheat at on tho recommendation tion of this committee and that Mr Hoover at his express request had taken no part in the considerations of the question President Wilson took complete and full responsibility for the fixing of the price The price of the 1918 1918 crop was fixed by an act of Congress and so far as the records show Utah's Democratic representation in the Congress Congress Con Con- gress voted for the act fixing the price at two dollars per bushel How unjust and unfair to charge this to Mr Hoover when his only connection with the whole transaction was to insist that a good price should be given the American farmer |