Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1918 — Page 7

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1918

Doubling the Farmer's Wheat Dollar

OUBLING the farmer’s share of the wheat dollar is one of the wartime Jobs Uncle Sam has done since food control became possible. Aftei five months of grappling with the problem, Uncle Sam is now trans-

lating into the pockets of both produces and consumers benefits derived by the Nation. He has shut off speculation, produced a free market and movement of all grades of wheat, cut expenses and induced a normal flow of wheat in natural directions, and effected a thousand other economies. The Food Administration Grain Corporation, which supervises the sale, or itself buys every bushel of wheat produced in the Nation In Its progress from country elevator to foreign buyers or domestic consumers, marks a new step toward national efficiency How in four short months it has been done is told in the following episodes wherein two bushels of wheat traveled to market. One fine fall afternoon, Col. Bill Jenkins, who farms somewhere in Missouri, loaded his wheat into a wagon and drove along the black road that led across the prairie to town. When he reached the co-operative elevator of which he was a stockholder, he pulled up *on the scales, checked his gross weights carefully, and began to unload. The manager came out and asked: “When you want to sell this wheat?” i "I dunno," he answered. “One time’s about as good as another — these days. ’T won’t weigh any more later,” he added, with a dry smile. “Wheat shrinks a lot,” admitted the manager. “I hear the Government wants as much wheat as It can get just now—understand the Allies do eat a terrible lot of it since the war.” “What’s wheat to-day?” tfkked Col. Jenkins, getting interested. “Well, let me see,” parleyed the manager. “I guess this wheat’d be a good No. 2 under the new grades.” “Grades? What about grades? That Food Administration seems to mix into mighty nigh everything from rabbits to axle grease.” “Hold on, Colonel,” said the elevator man, good-naturedly. “The Food Administration is not to blame. Congress passed the act and told the Department of Agriculture to fix the grades. They became effective last July. I sent out a letter on it.” “Well, I guess you better sell for the best you can," said the farmer. “I am needed at home.” And he drove away.

A New Order In the Grain World.

ON VERSA TIONS of this kind might have taken place in almost every town in the great grain belt of tbe"Nation after August 10; for revo-

lution in grain marketing was taking place. Uncle Sam liad started on this remarkable experiment; he was going to see whether wheat could be marketed minus rake-offs to the speculators. This necessitated complete control by the ■Government of storage facilities, transportation and distributive agencies, and the marketing machinery for wheat and rye. Everybody was troubled; most of all, the officials of the Food Administration Grain Corjioration who had undertaken, without salary, and at the sacrifice of their personal connection with the grain trade, to whip into shape the forces that would drive forward the big business machine for marketing American wheat. A single control; and a $50,000,000 nonprofitmaking corporation to do the work. This work is a necessary arm of the Food Administration, flowing the Government to do business quickly and without red tape. Its stock is held tn trust by the President of the United States. For the time of the war it will supervise the rate or purchase the part commercially available of the €60,000,000 bushels of wheat and the 50,000,000 surplus of rye grown in America In 1917. Its job is to find a market for every bushel, Irrespective of class and grade. Under its patronage, wheat screenings are moving just as easily as No. 1 Northern. It must also work out satisfactorily the locdl prices for wheat at each of almost 20,000 country elevator points, adjust thousands of complaints, organize the gathering and analysis of date, inspect concerns reported as dealing unfairly, solve vexatious disagreements among the trade, and deal effectively with the allies' purchasing agent and the neutrals who may desire to purchase. In the early days, following the determination of prices for 1917 wheat by the President’s Fair Price Commission, confusion existed in every part of the wheat-producing regions. This was intensified by the Inauguration of the new grain grades, as promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, which took place about the same time, and led to diverse complaints and a feeling among farmers that the Grain Corporation of the Food Administration was responsible for both the price as determined and stricter observance of grain grades. But the corporation was responsible for neither act. It is pure.

By Charles W. Holman (In the Country Gentleman.)

ly an administrative arm of the Government formed to buy grain or supervise its sale at the prices determined by '.he commission, and it must do its work on the basis of the new grades. But to return to our farmer and his expectations of price. Introducing Two Bushels of Wheat. Lying side by side in his wagon had been 2 bushels of wheat that fate had marked for strangely different ends. They were very much alike, those bushels of wheat, and to look at them you would not have suspected the strange and wonderful adventures in store for (hem. Yet one was destined to travel abroad for consumption in France; the other to find Its way into Georgia, where it was milled and Its flour finally reached a New York baker on the East Side. But in the sum of the travels made by the two, as we shall follow them, will be unfolded the international panorama of wheat marketing in time of war. Finding a Price at a Country Point. High war costs of production gave our Missouri farmer much concern as to his returns and accounted for ills depression over the prospects of his wheat "grading down” ; for that meant a reduction of 3 cents per bushel under the No. 1 grade. But it graded No. 2. The elevator would also deduct an additional 5 cents a bushel to cover the fixed charge made in this locality for handling and selling. The 5-cent charge included the commission of 1 cent per bushel customary in 1917 among commission men for selling the wheat to domestic millers or foreign buyers. The elevator man was none too sure as to how to get at the price which this wheat should bring. He knew considerably more about human nature than freight rates and decided to "check up" the problem to the nearest zone agent of the Grain Corporation. So he wrote a letter to the representative stationed at St Louis. That letter was referred to the tratfic expert in the New York office, who transmitted the following rule for determining the price of wheat at any country point:

There is only one price for wheat at a country point. That price is always to be arrived at by taking as a basis the price at the most advantageous primary market where we have fixed a price and deducting the freight to that market and a fair handling profit. That is the price to be paid for wheat at any station, regardless of the point to which it may be shipped. Working out the price which should be paid for wheat at your station is a fine occupation for an off day. If you cannot find the answer, write to the Food Administration Grain Corporation in New York City and Its traffic expert will give you aid. Finding the Price of No. 2 Wheat at

Sikeston. AKE an actual example: An elevator man in Slkeston, Mo., wanted to know what price No. 2 wheat should bring' at his station when No. 1 wheat

at New York City was $2.28 per bushel. Here is how he went about It: * The freight rate from Sikeston to New York being 16.98 cenbTper bushel, he deducted that from $2.28 per bushel and found the price at Sikeston to be $2.1102. From this he deducted 1 per cent per bushel for the commission firm’s charges, which put the net price f. o. b. Sikeston at $2.1002. He next compared this price with what he could get if he sold at St. Louis, his nearest primary market. At St. Louis the basic price is $2.18 per bushel, and the freight rate from Sikeston 5 to St. Louis € cents per bushel. TMs would make the Sikeston price $2.12, less 1 cent per bushel for selling charges, or $2.11 net. The St. Louis price would therefore govern,, being advantageous to the Sikeston seller. If our imaginary 2 bushels of wheat had started from Sikeston, since it was a No. 2 grade, we must deduct 3 cents per bushel, which would bring the price f. o. b. the elevator point to $2.0802 per bushel. As our Imaginary elevator man Is charging 5 cents per bushel for handling, which includes the commission fee Just mentioned, we deduct an additional 4 cents to arrive at the price the farmer received. TlrtS price would be $2.0402 at the elevator. Some of that 4 cents will return to our farmer if the elevator prospers; for It is owned co-operatively. When Farmer and Elevator Man Disagree. Had this elevator been owned by private firm or person, or had It been a "line” plant, Col. Jenkins would not have been so bland and trustful. He mlgbt have refused to sell at all and arranged to store his wheat or he might have taken it over to a competitive concern which offered a high er price; for the Food Administration has not yet attempted to regulate the prices paid fanners for wheat at country points. It does, however, offer to , sell for any farmer or farmers' organization wheat offered at terminal points, but makes a commission charge •f 1 per cent for Its services.

Short Furrows

"Abe Martin*' in Indianapolis News.

Prof. Grover Quince, once o'. Syracuse, Indianny, addressed th' Economic Club in th’ Bryan room o’ th’ New Palace Hotel last night Prof. Quince is tourin' th' country in th’ ipterest o’ th' good ole days an’ in tryin’ t’ arouse th' people t'j discourage th’ growin' feelin* among! manufacturers that what we can't j tell from th’ genuine won’t h irt j us. Prof. Quince took fer his Sub-1 jeet, "Th’ Era o' Shoddy. ' an' spoke j as tollers: "My friends, I can not find words t’ express t' you my deep sense o' gratification at bein' privileged t’ address an audience o’ Hoosiers. While I have been away from Indianny almost three months, my great love fer th' ole state remains firm an' steadfast. In my wanderin’s, which have taken me as fer west an Pana, Illinoy, I've seen no place that can compare t th’ scenes 1 left behind. So it is with genuine pleasure that I once more stand on Hoosier soil an look int’ th’ honest an’ intelligent faces o’ Hoosier sons an’ daughters. My friends, we may recall th' hardships an' simple diversions o' th ole days with a shudder, but we must admit that those days comprised an era o’ genuineness in all things —in friends an’ food an clothes an’ amusements. My friends, when I wuz a young man jest startin’ out in life things wuz what they seemed. If I et sausage it wuz sausage. It wuz not adulterated with liver an' p’tater flour. If I wuz introduced t’ a man he did not try t’ sell me somethin'. If J bought a rockin’ chair it wuz not plugged an’ 'pieced an vaneered. If I bought a silk handkerchief, or a necktie, it wuz not shoddy an weighted with tin. If I bought a suit o’ clothes it wuz not cotton an’ wood fibre. A man wuz invariably buried in th’ suit he got married in. If I bought buckwheat flour it wuz not ready mixed plaster. I knew nothin’ o’ corn cob maple syrup an’ alfalfa smokin t’backer. If my underwear scratched, it wuz because it wuz wool. If a feller bought a drink o’ liquor at th’ grocery store, he wuzn lost fer two weeks. Ther’s too much attention paid t’ production an’ not enough t’ quality these days. Ther s too many things goin’ on these days under th’ guise o’ efficiency. Ther haint nothin’ efficient about adulteratin’ salt or producin’ a substitute fer somethin’ that haint that somethin’. That’s humbuggery whether its labeled or not. Ther’s too many articles that are said t be jest as good as what you want. Why haven’t our dealers got what we want? Largely because it wouldn’ be efficiency t’ fool 4 with a thing if somethin’ likt it could be produced at less cost. I bought a pair o’ shoes th’, other day an fergot an’ went out in th’ rain with ’em on, an’ jest little things like that are cornin’ up in our daily life with increasin’ oftenness. Ther seems t’ be a determination among manufacturers that ther shall be no waste. That’s efficiency!” All th' odds an’ ends must be made inf somethin’ t’ take th’ place o’ somethin’ real an’ good. Shows are shoddy: Ther adulterated with coarseness an’ vulgarity on account o’ th’ expense o’ providin' merit an’ decency. Public speakers are adulterated an’ lackin’ in th’ peculiarities o’ th’ genuine. But th’ worst o’ all, my friends, is th’ fact that our population is becomin’ shoddy. It's adulterated with hyphenated Americans, profiteers, aa’ th‘ riff raff o’ other countries, who have no sympathy with our civilization an' purposes an’ institutions —people who have left ther hearts in th’ lands o’ ther birth an’ come f America t’ fill ther stomachs an’ pocketbooks. Anything short o' unqualified Americanism is spurious. Jest because somebuddv or somebuddy’s father ‘fought mit Sigel’ isn’t enough.”

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THE RED CROSS NURSES OF EUROPE ARE GIVING TOASTED CIGARETTES TO THE BOYS

To anyone who doesn’t know of the wonderful advances that have been made in the preparation of smoking tobaccos in the last few years it may sound strange to speak of toasted cigarettes. Strictly speaking, we should say cigarettes made of toasted tobacco; the smokers of this country will recognize it more readily by its trade name, “LUCKY STRIKE ” —the toasted cigarette. The American Tobacco Company are producing millions of these toasted cigarettes and these are being bought in enormous quantities through the various tobacco funds conducted by the newspapers of the country ar.d forwarded through the Red Cross Society to the boys in France. This new process of treating tobacco not only improves the flavor of the tobacco but it seals in this flavor and makes the cigarettes keep better. The Red Cross nurse is always glad to have a cigarette for the wounded soldier, as, in most instances, that is the first thing asked for.

CONCERNING SEED CORN PRICKS

Washington, D. C.. March 15. — The attention of the department of agriculture has been called to occasional high prices that are being charged for seed corn in certain localities. The department recognizes that the seed corn shortage would have an adverse effect upon the production of corn in 1918, and that the price of seed corn has an important bearing on the maintenance of acreage. Emphasis has been placed on the conservation of an ample supply of seed regardless of expense and effort to obtain it. It is not the intention of the department to indicate as unreasonable, prices that are necessary to provide a fair return for all efforts that have been made to conserve seed. A fair price should be determined by the actual service performed in obtaining and conserving such seed.

Certain sections of the country, particularly east and south of the main corn belt, were more favored than the others by the fall conditions of 1917. The territory including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, northern Missouri, northern Kansas, and all the states north of these suffered most severely. Other sections of the country apparently can provide for their own requirements without great difficulty, and therefore, relatively lower prices in those sections should prevail. The Food Administration has announced Its intention to take such action as may be necessary to prevent speculation or’profiteering on the part of seedsmen. Upon receipt of specific information of extortionate prices being charged for seeds, such cases will be investigated and recommendation made for such action as the conditions require.—D. F. HOUSTON, Secretary of Agriculture.

One size smaller after using Allen’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder for swollen, tender, aching feet. it makes walking a delight, relieves corns and bunions of all pain, ana gives rest and comfort. Sold everywhere, 25c. Don’t accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, X. Y.~Advt. * When David B. Weaver of Saxon. Pa., went to Montana in 1864, he discovered a gold mine. While he and his partners were at work on It, Indianas drove them off. Four months ago he went prospecting again, and he found the same mine and intends to work it, despite his seventy-eight years. Every farmer who owns his farm ought to have printed stationery with his name and the name of hi* postoffice properly given. The prln* ed heading might also give th< names of whatever crops he special Izes In or his specialties In stock Neatly printed stationery gives you personality and a standing with an, person or firm to whom you and insures the proper reading oi your name and address.

m m ms | PI'BUC SALE \ The undersigned will offer at public sale at his residence. 1 mile west and 2 miles south of Roselawn, on the Ed Boyle farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on MONDAY. MARCH 18. 1918 5 Head Horses and Colts —Consisting of 1 brown mare, 8 yrs old. 1 bay mare, 4 yrs old, 1 sorrel gelding, 3 yrs old. 2 last spring colts. 100 Bushels Good Cor* 1* Crib.

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Implements—Consisting of 1 cream separator, 1 Deering binder, 1 Osborne mower, 1 Janesville sulky plow, 2 corn planters, 1 steel drag, 1 hay rack, 1 hay slide, 1 farm wagon, 1 1-horsO garden drag, 1 set dump boards, 3 sets work harness, l grindstone, 2 dozen chickens. A Quantity of Household Goods. Terms—9 months credit on sums over $lO, bankable note,, 6 per cent interest from date if paid when due, 8 per cent if not paid when due; 2 per cent off for cash when entitled to credit. No property to be removed until settled for. JACK BROWN. W. A. McCurtain, Auctioneer. S. M. Laßue, Clerk.

BIG PUBLIC SALE The undersigned, having purchased a small farm near Wheatfleld, will sell at public sale % mile south and 14 mile east of Wheatfleld, on the farm known as the John Biggs farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1918, 11 Head Horses and Mules —Consisting of 1 team mules, 6 yrs old, wt 2200; 1 bay horse, 4 yrs old, wt 1200; 1 bay horse, 3 yrs old, wt 1050; 1 brown horse, 3 yrs old, wt 1000; 1 brown mare, wt 1400; 1 gray mare, wt 1500; 1 brown horse, wt 1600; 1 black horse, wt 1600; 1 brown mare, wt 1250. 25 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 12 cows, some of which will be fresh by day of sale and the rest in early spring; 2 coming 2-year-old heifers, will be fresh soon; 1 Aberdeen Angus bull, 2 yrs old; 10 head coming yearling calves. 50 Chester White Hogs—Consisting of 24 brood sows and gilts, bred to registered Chester White boar; 20 head “of hogs weighing from 150 to 250; 1 sow with 5 small pigs; l Chester White boar. Grain—3so bushels Big 4 seed oats, 300 bushels corn, several bushels Yellow Dent seed corn. Implements, Etc.—Consisting of t grain binder; 3 sulky plows; 4 riding cultivators; 2 farm wagons, complete, wide tire; 3 Bets brass mounted breechen harness; 1 set silver mounted breechen harness. Household Goods stoves, 1 washing machine, 1 bed, 1 sausage grinder, and many other articles. Terms —10 months credit on sums over 10, bankable note, 6 pet 4nterest from date If paid when due, 8 pet if not paid when due; 2 pet off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed until settled for D. W. MYERS. H. M. Clark and W. A'. McCurtain, Auctioneers. H. W. Marble, Clerk. Hot lunch on’grounds.

810 PUBLIC SALE The undersigned will sell at public sale at his residence, 2 miles north and l A mile east of Rensselaer, commencing at 10 a. m. on TUESDAY, MARCH ,19, 1918 1 Bay Mare—6 yrs old,\wt 1 200. 4 Head of Cattle —Consisting of 1 black cow, 6 yrs old, giving milk; 1 cow coming 3 yrs old, giving milk; 1 Jersey cow, 8 yrs old, now JIT giving milk; 1 Hereford heifer, fresh early in April, Is bred to pure-bred Hereford bull. D Head of Hogs—Consisting of 2 sows, wt about 175 lbs. each; 1 sow and 6 pigs. About 8 dozen Hens, fl Tons Good Hay. Farm Implements, Etc. —Consisting of 1 Gale riding cultivator, good as new; 1 iron wheel wagon, 1 new mudboat, 1 carriage, 1 good cream separator, 1 new grindstone, 1 50-gal. oil barrel, 1 new colony bouse. Household Goods —1 South Bend Malleable range, good as new; 1 Faultless r heater, 1 Singe* sewing machine, 1 8-foot dining table, a good one; 1 old extension table, 3 kitchen chairs. 6 dining chairs, 2 rockers, 1 baby chair, 2 child’s rockers, 2 bedsteads, 1 sanitary conch, 1 stand, 1 large cupboard, l dresser, 1 combination bookcase, 1 Belle City, incubator, 1 brooder tank and lam.p, 1 oil stove with oven, fruit jars, stone jars, etc.

Terms—9 months’ credit on sums over fxO with 6 pet interest from cate if paid when due, 8 pet interest if not paid When due; 2 pet off for cash when entitled to credit. No property to be removed until settled for. JOHN DONNELLY. Fred A. Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. BIG PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned, havipg a surplus of stock, will ’ offer at public sale at our residence, 5 miles west and 1 mile north of Medaryville, on •what is known as the Rouse farm, 10 miles southeast of Wheatfleld, commencing at 10 a. m., on MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1918 3 Head of Horses—Consisting of 1 8-year-old horse, wt. 2 coming 3-year-old colts. 40 Head of Cattle —Consisting of

yearling steers; 7 heifers, some ; with calf; 4 cows, 3 coming 3-year-old, will be fresh soon; 1 cow 7years old; 3 young calves. 15 bushels tested Seed Com, White) Dent. Implements, Wagons, Etc.—Consisting of 1 McCormick mower; 2 corn planters, check wlire and fertilizer attachments; 1 r.idlng cultivator; 1 16-inch walking breaking plow; 1 Moline sulky plow; 1 set dump boards; 1 wide tire wagon; i John Deere disc cultivator; l walking plow; 1 single shqvel plow; 1 set double work harness; 2 incubators, one a Majestic- 240-egg, and one 140-egg, botl| in good shape, and numerous other articles. Terms—lo months credit on sum a over $lO, bankable note, 6 per cent interest from date if p&lid when due, 8 per cent if not paid! when due; 2 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. No property to be removed until settled for. WiM. JOHNSON & SON. W. A. McCurtain and Hugh Manning, Auctioneers. ('. H. Guild, Clerk.

BIG STOCK SALE The undersigned will offer at public sale at the Ed. Kilts farm, 914 miles north and 3-4 mile west of Rensselaer, 3 miles south and 3-1 mile east of Virgie, commencing at 12 o’ clock noon, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1918 ;10 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 8 milch cows, some of the best milk type selected from my herd of thirty head last fall, and which have proved to give up to $8 worth Of cream per month. All cows are bred to a prime registered Shorthorn, “Hans,” and will be fresh a few days before the sale; will be sold witJh calf by side. The rest of the cattle consist of young heifers and steers. I Head of Horses—Consisting of 2 mares, wt about 1300 each, 8 yrs old, and 2 colts coming 2 and 4 yrs old, respectively. 10 Head of Hogs—Consisting of 9 brood sows, to farrow about Juno and July, and to pure-bred Duroo shotes wt about . 100 pounds each. The sows are of four different pens to obtain records. They have not

- brought returns of $2 57 per bushel for corn fed during zero weather of January, but promise for the purchaser some good money next summer. There are 'three black sows Mr. Coiner's favorite blacks crossed with Mr. Lewis’ belted hogs; 3 red and black spotted—Mr, Comer’s favorite blacks crossed with Mr. Rudd’s registered Dmroc; 2 pure-bred Huron's from Mr. Budd’s regf.Htered male hog; I Chester White sow, pure-bred, from Omar Kenton’s herd. 50 Bushels White and some Red! Seed Com. 1 No. 15 Delaival Cream Separator, good as new. Terms—A credit of 9 months on sums over $lO, bankable note. 6 pet interest, from date if paid when due, if not paid when due S pot interest from date; 2 pet of for cash when entitled to credit. JOHN EILTS. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. The Democrat Is still selling » good commercial envelope. XX and XXX. size 5,6, 6 3-4 and a few bonds left, at 5c per package of twenty-five. When the present supply, bought before the big advance In prices, 1b exhausted wo will be obliged to advance tho prices. Better lay In a supply now while you can get them at the old figure.

RTEURALGIA <ss I M For quick results rubtne Forehead ESntk Iff and Temples with •W V%.~, . L..tl *Body Gwd In tour J[ Vicks yypomtSSl 1 Cm JB w. a. Mccurtain AUCTIONEER. A Real Live Livestock Auction* eer. Five years successful expert* ence. Have a wide acquaintance among the buyers. It pleases me to please everybody. Terms 1 per cent. Call Rensselaer 926-R for dates. Write Fair Oaks, R-2. SALE DATES Mareh 18, Jack Brown, 3 miles southwest of Roselawn. General sale. March 19, D. W. Myers, 1 mils south of Wheatfleld. General sale. March 20, hi Rensselaer, John R. Lewis and James N. Leatherman. Hampshire hogs. March 21, Luther Frame, at Demotte. General sale. 1 March 23, Red Cross sale, at Rensselaer. March 25, Wm, Johneon & Son, 6 miles northwest of General, sale.

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