Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1918 — FARMERS URGED TO PLACE BINDER TWINE ORDERS EARLY [ARTICLE]

FARMERS URGED TO PLACE BINDER TWINE ORDERS EARLY

Farmers are urged by the federal food administration to place their orders for binder twine as soon as possible so that local dealers can provide for early shipments, to meet harvest requirements. Tlje high price of sisal, from which practically all binder twine was formerly made, has brought about successful experiments in the use of substitutes, large quantities of which are now being used. The government- is unable to control the original sales of raw material for twine, but, in order to keep the price as low as possible, the food administration has agreed to buy and distribute to the manufacturers all of the sisal actually required for the making of twine. The manufacturers have agreed to manufacture twine at the cost of material, plus the cost of conversion, plus a fixed profit. In conformity with this arrangement the manufacturers are making semimonthly reports of the twine produced.