Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1919-03-28 | Page 4 | The 1919 Wheat Crop

Tin: mil) wiikat chop. If weather conditions in this country coun-try are favorable there will be a record rec-ord wheat crop in 1919. And every bushel of this wheat under the government gov-ernment guarantee will bring Uio farmer $2.26. This guarantee has behind it an papropriation of a billion dollars made by congress tor the purpose of supporting the wheat price . It is possible that the loss to the government may not be as great as anticipated. Mr. Hoover informs us that Europe will need more wheat than the estimates have called for. There will be no wheat raised in Russia, Siberia or Bulgaria, so these countries, which are usually exporters, export-ers, will be obliged to import wheat. The Australian wheat crop for 1919 will be small, and the Argentine crop will not exceed the usual amount. These conditions force up the market mar-ket price of wheat and relieve the pockets of. Messrs. Taxpayer & Co. As the pockets of Taxpayer & Co. are not especially full at present, such a result would be a welcome one.