Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-14 | Page 5 | Farmers Object to a Minimum Price Set on Wheat

oo Farmers Object to I A Minimum Price ! Set on Wheat SPOKANE, Wash., June i? A ca- i blegram protesting against what was I ; termed the "mal administration" of Federal Wheat Administrator Barnes In entering into an agreement with 1 millers, , grain buyers and bakers to buy wheat only at the government guaranteed minimum was directed ! sert to President Wilson by the north-' north-' western conference of farmers here today. Resolutions adopted included one declaring against the daylight saving ! plaji and for "the observance of laws j of nature and the Almighty," for more ! good roads and the bonding of coun I ties to pay for them, a temple of agri-j agri-j culture at Washington, a government land settlement policy : reduced freight and express rates on seeds, a branch I of Die bureau of animal industry for (the northwest, the teaching of animal ani-mal husbandry and domestic science In public and rural schools; better livestock lawn; a 1-9-0 wheat price "to prevent loss and public disaster to the agricultural interests of the country." An option for the purchase for ITifi.-000, ITifi.-000, of a building in Washington for use of the national formers organization organiza-tion as headquarters until a permanent perma-nent temple of agriculture is erected, was announced today by A. . Elmore, president of the Washington State Farmers' union and chairman of the conference He said the farmers of Washington, Oregon and Idaho represented rep-resented in the conference here had agreed to meet the entire cost Subscriptions to the temple fund reached between $25,000 and $30, 000, it was announced.