OLD PRICE SE FOR NEW WHEN President Refuses to Put Limit Above That for 1917 TO PUI END TO AGITATION President In Proclamation Requires Wheat At Prices Fixed Must Be Harvested During 1918 And Sold Before June, 1919. Washington.—A price of $2.20 a bushel—the same as for last vear's crop—was fixed by President Wilson for the coming season's wheat yiel The price is for No. 1 Northern spring wheat at Chicago, with a scale of differentials for other markets. The differentials differ to a extent from now operative and range from a minimum of of $2.28 In fixing a crop, which will not be harvested til June, the President to have had two The first was to he ing to fix prices 2.25 to $3 and the other was late spring planting. The slight those $2 to a maximum price now for the new believed in ult legislation pend- was objects view ¢ t rom ai iroin to stimu- in Congress introduction of the price-rais ing bills had begun to check the flow of wheat to market, Ad- ministration officials feared that mills goon would have to close down. Hop- fing the legislation would pass, farm- ers, have been refusing to sell at the present price of $2.20 In enacting the food Congress put a guaranteed price of $2 on next season’s and this has been construed as a minimum price. To draw wheat to market the Presi dent fixed a price of $2.20 on last sea- son's ft had effect un til the price-raising 1 were int duced. Then the flow began to stop Food Administr declared that if government present that to Administrati gr and Food it is declared, control law orol crop th yield, and this ro- have ation officials the bills passed the would be forced to prices ft the new lev am No equivalents the price as follows: Chicago, $2.20 sas City, $2.15; neapolis, $2.17 York, $2.28; Phila timore, $2 rleston, Preside Ag Omaha, $2.1 Lon Duluth, Qt $2.17 jeiphia, $2.27 Newport 32.27; 2 : Portland, Ore. $2.05: i $2.05; San Francisco, $2.10; l.os An geles, $2.10: Galveston, $2.20: New Orleans, $2.20; Salt lake City, $2.00; Great Falls, Mont, $2.00; Wash, $2.00; ’ News > { =e8 Spokane, Pocatello, Idaho, $2.00 Fort Worth, Tex., $2.09; Okls ma ity, Okla, $2.05; Wichita, Kan, $2.68 he equivalents of No. 1 Northern to which price applies, No. 1 hard wintef, No. 1 No. 1 durum and No. 1 hard The wheat must be harvested United States during 1918 in the market be June 1, The President's proclamation that the action to gency requiring the wheat planting the same sam red winter, white the and fore is meet In a statement proclamation “Under the August 10, 1917, it Is nounce of accon Pre Food the Control 3 duty a guaranteed price for 1918 harvest. | a clamation the ning price pa markets, It makes tion in the pr ant $ th Tq . at the inte; no eas guarantee of contifiuation the wheat, with sorue adjustments ation of from the tion terminal marketing points present pri addi ataaGitio “This guaranteed price asgus farmer of a reasonable profit, if the war should end within t and the large of he stores of grain in those the Are now from Year sections world that cut off transportation should again come into competition with his products, To increase the pr wheat above the present figure, or to agitate any increase of price, would have the effect of very seriously ham pering the large operations of the n tion and of the Allies by causing the wheat of last year's crop to be with- held from the market. It would, more. over, dislocate all the present wage levels that have been established aft- er much anxious discuselon and would, therefore, create an industrial unrest which would be harmful to every in- dustry in the eountry, “1 know the spirit of our farmers and have not the least doubt as to the loyalty with which they will ac cept the present decision. The fall wheat planting, which furnishes two- thirds of our wheat production, took .place with mo othet assurances than this and the farmers’ confidence was demonstrated by the fact that they planted an acreage larger than the record of any preceding year, larger by 2,000,000 acres than the second largest record year and 7,000,000 acres more than the average for the five years before the atubrcak of the European War, “It geams not to be generally un- - ice derstood wny wheat is pleked out for price determination, and only wheat, among the cereals. The answer is that, while normal distribution of all vur farm products has been subject to great disturbances during the last three years because of war conditions, only two commodities, namely, whea! and sugar, have been so seriously affected as to require governmental intervention, “The disturbances which affect these products and others in less de gree, arise from the fact that all of the overseas shipping in the world is now under governmental control and that the government is obliged to assign tonnage to each commodity that enters into commercial overseas traffic. It has, consequently, been necessary to establish single agencies for the purchase of the food supplies which must go abroad. The purchase of wheat in the United States for for eign use is of so great volume in comparison with the avallable do mestic supply that the price of wheat has been materially disturbed and it became necessary, in order to tect both the producer and the con sumer, to prevent speculation. It was for the govern measure of far as possible t pro NeCeBSary, ment therefore, to exercise a direct supervision as 0 con of whe: liberal and equitable circumstances the handling the “Those peculiar EOov erning and of wheat pu cent of war himself, he Is country and the in a way which is mental to his prosperity. the Next gervir at Very farmer er service, soldier world and absolute!) own future safety He relied upon as t *The men to the can Iso contribut and | the sacrifices farmer am keen! involve alive to of 13.800.000 : men £ ngaged 205.000 1} 1.48 per In addition volunteers, and the been draf the these, industries, or 1IAVE about cent. of whole number, heen lost a to have considerable numb wages paid them FCoavry LTT I'S have laborers because the 1 ye *g industrial purs 8 In drew order t Heve the 0 w wing upon new nee is upon am justified bs to be | the chief thing that regulations of only a part of the mobilization the great ! of into whicl nt & $ 3 nt in in this n nation The and enters business, a bus! sacrifice, a bus no other enegs and word.” mont THREE KILLED IN AIR CRASH. Instructor And Cadets Fall 500 Feet To Earth Near Memphis. Memphis, Tenn. Civilian Instructor Guy H. Reagle, of Chicago, and Cadet Flyers James H. Webb, Rome, Ga.,, and Robert Gray, Jr, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, N. Y., were killed at Park Aviation Field, Millington, Tenn. ,near here, when the aeroplane in which Instructor Reagle and Cadet Webb were flying was gtruck broadside 500 feet above ground by a machine plloted by Cadet Gray, who was making a solo flight All three aviators had been in the alr some time-nnd were just rounding the “blind side” of the course, plan fing to cut off their motors aid effect a landing. Nearly 20,000 British South African natives have been recruited for esrv jce behind the lines in France and Flanders, MEN LOST Cherokee Goes Down in Gale Off Maryland Coast. SKIPPER IS AMONG MISSING Little Seagoing Craft At Mercy Of Mountainous Seas When Steering Gear Breaks During Fifty-Mile Blow. Thrown Philadelphia. —Twenty-nine believed to have lost the men are their lives when tug Cherokee gale 15 miles off Ten sea-going naval foundered in a severe the Maryland and the bodies of Coast survivors of eight other members crew of 39 brought on Britizh ed at the Philade | No trace of the the were here two rescue and land Nav ¥ remaining ships iphia Yard members found mg those Edward time rey Was | throw n wvallowed hat meant { ¥ i wbandoned the al to founder. Tells Of Rescue, about yout Bix disaster,” HOSPITAL SHIP Only 34 Out Of 200 Saves art Castle Is Torg NO KHAKI FOR HOME GUARD. { They Must Wear Blue Uniforms De. spite Protest, ington Members ates guard will regulation blue ave subjected them in Stay at-home-hetro offic Department explained ials that blue uniforms such by . 3 euard to obviate the necessity the Nig he U $ guard recently was authorized strictly for guard duty within the United States as formerly worn regulars were adopted for the of using ting forces loth needed for nited States World War in Brief Hostile west of St raids were repulsed north Quentin, in the neighbor. hood of Bullecourt and east of Ver meilea, according to the Iritish War Office report After a heavy bombardment, Ger man in the Champagne at- tempted to recapture the positions re cently taken by the French at Butte Du Megnil. Paris saye the Germans were halted by the French fire, troops ND PEACE IN ington Officials. NOFORMALCOMMENT NEEDED Count von Hertling’s Treatment Of The Subject Considered ironical ‘Vague and Con- fusing.” Washington. speech in the Count von Hertling's Reichstag, continuing belligerent has opinion powers, changed sftuation, in the of high Instead of marking an it not here toward peace je rather as deliberately i 1 the hand German nilitaristic parts impract Ong am upon thi the debate NEGRO TROOPS IN RIOT. Twenty.Six Face Court-Martial For Outbreak At Camp Pike, Twenty«ix negy e¢ Hundred and Batta Pike Service on wound STUDENTS NOT EXEMPTED. Members Of Military Training Units Sti!l Subject To Draft shington.—College students members military training tf thel ntions and who are re not exempt of the Department held officers on at a selective War a memorandun sent military gorviee act, the to instructors au schools NEW OUTBREAK IN IRELAND. Troops Sent Into County Clare To Assist Police, London. —The outbreak of lawless in County Clare, Ireland, it is announced officially, rendered neces. gary Sunday the sending of additional troops to the county to assist the po tice. County Clare has been declared a special area under the defense of the Realm act, ness TURKS TAKE TREBIZOND. Clear Russian Bands From Black Sea Port. Amsterdam A dispatch received here from Constantinople says that Turkish troops have entered Trebi zond, on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor, and cleared it of “bands.” ALL NATIONS MUST SUBSCRIBE in Wilson's Speech. GOAL NOT YET REACHED Veiled Overture Made To Belgium-— Would Not Adopt Antago- nistic Attitude If Ap- proached. A Rel cellor, sterdam. Speaking before hetag the Imperial German Count Hertling, made declarstion: ‘1 can fundamentally ag principle view, mu mutual exchang YOu. ree with i Our Wilson's declare / genera that been court of arbi! all the nations f peace in President aeciine jovfull iN 12 KILLED ON SOUTHERN. Rear Columbia, Passenger Train Runs into Another Of Near one 8 ran into lumbis one ahead AMERICANS TAKE HUNS. Patrol Penetrates Enemy Lines Conjunction With French. in France the Asunerican Army American sect patrol in hemin ames ‘rench patrol, penetrated a dred yards into the German lines captured two German officers, 20 men 1d machine gun There wae come sharp fighting and a number of the caemy were killed and wounded. There were no American casualties, The Franco American patrol was un der command of a French officer. i or, 3 few hun and one ATTEMPT TO KILL KRYLENKO. Displaced As Commander in.-Chief Of The Bolsheviki Forces. London Ensign Krylenko, the Rus. sian commanderdin-chief, was shot and slightly wounded on Saturday in Pet rograd by a Socialist, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Arqeterdam. Kryvlenko's wound was in the neck. Hix assailant was ar rested Me report of the shooting was received in a telegram from Cer Man sources, i | teers to Aid in Work. Reserve Organization of American Me. chanics Is Formed to Complete Great Shipbuilding Program Planned to Win the War. All states have been requested to contribute their quota of volunteer shipyard workmen to speed America’s new merchant fleet to rapid comple- tio. The United States Shipyard Vol- unteers of the Public Service Reserve has been fortned, embracing skilled workers In many trades. Two hun- dred nod fifty thousand workmen will be enrolled, all of whom wlll stand ready to respond when they are called to go to shipyards for service, An appeal for volunteers has been made by the department of labor, the council of national defense, the shipping board, the 20.000 four-minute men, of the organized labor and bus alm is to ll all the needs of the governn Pay of v« ance with us slates, The present and future went's shipyards. } accord- the » called. workers and the be ready en BOvernors vari [168s men. in ix the shipyards at the tin Construction of houses for the is being pushed with neces energy, ary hie nes Wiis called tiie wen are Preliminaries Are Arranged. ] rk, such s and shipws fu : facilit ysportation of of workmen, construc wousing preparation and terial, and the t organization of the shij is being hastened ¥ thusiasm, Volunteers are requested to go nearest enrollment agent of the service reserve or state council Ehould there fense and sign ge ' nt in un sprolling a are asked t ley, ( write Edw of the Uni Washi io shipping board, atemen hipyards to Win or Lose. world be wor Americar driven is a 1 War Ww rivet OW Every ship turned out brings An nearer to victory. “Those who give their strength influence ships render service and highly termination of the war Quota of Each State, Each state has been quota, based upon the population industries. The quota is as {oll construction to the speedy | 5 . yor hat Is pe essentizl to the successful assigned Maine “ 2.902 Jersey New Hamp ws Vermont "0 Maszach: 2 Rhode 1 25 c =e New York 536 Minnesoia Jowa Missour! Ne Dakota Bon Dakota % ' New - Bars. Mississippl Arkansas Louisiana kKiahoma Texas Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado ...... New Mexico Arizona T"tah Nevada Washington Oregon California th BE BE en We th Nebraska Kansas Delaware Maryland Dist. of Col Virginia West V WN Carolina " -~ | EM 2.204 nH 0: Kentucky Tennessee Trades Nesded in Shipbuilding. The department of labor has provid. ed the following list showing the kind of trades most needed in shipbuilding, and a special appeal is addressed to men In those occupations to enroll in the United Shipyard volan- teers: fRiates Acetylene and electrical welders. as- bestos blacksmiths, angle- emithe, drop-forge men, flange tarners, furnace men, boilermakers, riveters, reamers, carpenters, ship carpenters, dock bdullders, chippers and calkers, electrical workers, electricians, wire- Ten, crane operators, foundry werk- erg, laborers (all Kinds), loftemen, template makers, machinists and machine hands (all sorts), helps ers, painters, plumbers and pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, copper smiths, shipfitters, structural irod workers, erectors, bolters up, cement. ers and crane men. workers, Everybody Does It One form which our national lying not infrequently takes is to say, when a prominent friend finally does come around and pay back what he owed you, or part of it: “Why, I'd forgotten all about 1t."-Ohlo State Journal, Werth While Quotation, “Some people seem to take wp all the sorrows of the past; to them they add the burdens of the present: theo they look ahead and anticipate a great many more trials than they will ever experience In the future.” 4
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