Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Inquires Into Bran Price Increase. [ARTICLE]

Inquires Into Bran Price Increase.

Indianapolis, Dec. 27. —Action of Indianapolis millers in raising the price of bran snore than 75 per cent,, when there has been no corresponding decrease in the price of flour, has caused Stanley Wyckoff,' federal food administrator of Marion county, to start an investigation of flour manufacturing concerns on the local market to ascertain whether profiteering is going on. Bran is one of the chief dairy feeds and many milk producers have lodged complaints with Mr. Wyckoff against the action of the millers. Belief of some sort is* demanded by some of the larger dairymen. An increase in the price of milk is impossible, says Mr. Wyckoff. The present price of 14 cents a quart is fixed in a contract with producers made by Mr. Wyckoff, which does not expire until next April.