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fllK ONLY DKMOUltATIO I'AI'HK IN
WKHSTKU COUNTY
ly an administrative arm of the Gov.
rnment formed to buy flraln or super.
viae Its sale at the prices determined
by the commission, and It must do Its
work on the basis of the new grades.
Bat to return to our fnrmcr and his
expectations of price.
Introducing Two Bushels of Wheat
TtflnR side by nldc In his wagon had
been 2 bushels of whent tlint frtto had
marked for strangely different ends.
'They wore very much nllke, tlioso
bushels of whent, mid to look nt them
you would not !mvo suspected the
strange nnd wonderful ndvontuns In
etoro foe them. Vet ono wns destined
la travel nbrond for consumption In
'Franco; tho other to find Its-woy Into
flcorgtn. whero It wns milled and Its
flour finally reached n Now York
baker on the East Side. Hut In tho
Bum of the travels mndc by the two,
ns wo shall follow tlicin, will he un
folded tho International panorama of
wheat marketing in time of war.
' Finding a Price at a Country Point.
Hlfih.wnr costs of production gnvo
our Missouri fnnner much concern ns
to his returns nnd nccountcd for t.is
depression over tho prospects of his
wheat "grading down" ; for that meant
a reduction of a centB per bushel un
tier tho No. 1 grade. But it graded
No. 2.
Tho clovntor would nlso deduct tin
Additional 0 cents n bushel to cover tho
fixed charge made in this locality for
tinndllng nnd selling. Tho Ccent
clinrgo Included tho commission of 1
cent ner bushel customnry In 1017
among commission men for selling tho
wrliont to domestic millers or foreign
buyers.
Tho elevator man was nono too suro
as to how to get nt the prlco which
tills wheat, should bring. He knew
considerably more about human naturo
than freight rates nnd decided to
"check up" tho problem to tho nearest
zone agent of tho Grain Corporation.
So ho wroto a loiter to tho representa
tive stationed nt St. Louis. That let
ter wns referred to tho tratllc expert
In tho New York otllcc, who transmit
ted tho following rule for determining
the prlco of wheat nt npy country
point:
There Is only one price for wheat at
a country point. That price Is always
to lit arrived at by taking as a basis
tha" price at tha most advantageous
primary market where we have fixed
m ftyee and deducting thai freight to
that Market and a fair handling prof t.
Thalia tha 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
fee paid for wheat at your station. Is
a fine occupation for an off day. If
you cannot find tho answer, write to
tha Food Administration Grain Cor
poration in New York City and Its
trade expert will give you aid.
Finding the Price of No. 2 Wheat at
Slkeston.
AKE an actual example:
An elevator mnn In
Slkeston, Mo., wnntcd
to know what prlco
No. 2 whent should
bring nt his station
when No. 1 wheat
at New York City was $2.28 per bush
el. Hero Is how bo went about It:
Tho freight rate from Slkeston to
New York being 10.08 cents per bush
el, ho deducted thnt from $2.23 per
bushel and found the prlco nt Slkeston
io bo $2.1102. From this ho .deducted
1 per cent per bushel for tho commis
sion linn's charges, which put the net
price f. o. b. Slkeston nt $2.1002.
Ho next compared this prlco with
what he could get If he sold nt St.
louls, his nearest prlmnry market. At
St Louis the basic price Is $2.1 S per
bushel, and the freight mto from
Slkeston to St. Louis 0 cents pr bush
el. This would make tho Slkeston
price $2.12, less 1 cent per buahel for
aelllng charges, or $2.11 net. Tho St.
Louis prlco would therefore govern,
being advnntngeous to tho Slkeston
seller.
If our Imaginary 2 bushels of wheat
had started from Slkeston, slnco It was
a No. 2 grade, wo must deduct 8 cents
jcr bushel, which would bring tho
jirlco f. o. b. tho elevator point to
$2,OS02 per bushel. As our Imnglnary
elevator mnn Is charging fi cents per
bushel for handling, which Includes
tho commission feu just mentioned, wo
deduct an additional l cents to nrrlvo
at Uiq prlco tho farmer received. This
jirlco would bo $2,0102 at tho elevator.
Somo of that -1 cents will return to our
farmer If tho olevntor prospers ; for It
la owned co-opemttvely.
When Farmer and Elevator Man Dis
agree. TInd this clovntor been owned by prl
vato firm or person, or hnd It been a
Hno" plant, Col. Jenkins Would not
Jiuvo been so bland and trustful.
IIo might hnvo refuted to sell nt all
and arranged to store his wheat or ho
might hnvo taken It ovor to a com
petitive concern which offered a high
er prlco; for tho rood Administration
baa not yet attempted to regulate tho
prices paid farmers for wheat nt conn
try points. It does, however, offer to
sell for any farmer or farmers' organ
ization wheat offered at terminal
points, but makes a commission charge
f 1 per cent for Its services.
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Must Get Substitutes
When Flour is Bought
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0UHL1N0 tho fnrmcr'i
shnro of tho wheat dol
lar Is ono of tho war
tlmo jobs Undo Sam hat
dono slnco food control
beenmo possible. Aftei
flvo months of grnp
' pllng with the problem
Undo Snm Is now trans
luting into'tho pockets of both produc
ers nnd consumers benefits derived bj
tho Nation. Ho hns shut off specula
tion, produced a frco market nnd
movement of nil grades of wheat, cut
expenses and Induced a normal flow ol
' wheat In natural directions, and of
' fected n thousand other economics.
Tho Food Administration Grain Cor
poration, which supervises tho salo, oi
Itself buys, every bushel of whent pro
J duccd In tho Nation In Its progro3i
from country olevntor to foreign buy
. ers or domestic consumers, marks a
new Mop towanl nntlonal clllclcncy
(I!ov In four short months It has been
,116110 Is told In the following episodes
wherein two bushels of wheat traveled
to market.
' One flno foil afternoon, Col. Hill
Jenkins, who tnrms somewhere In MlSi
sourl, loaded his wheat Into n wagon
'and drovo along tho black road thai
(lcd across the prairie to town. When
ho reached tho co-operative elevator
of which lie was a stockholder, he
pulled up on tho scales, checked his
gross weights carefully, and begun to
.unload. Tho mnnngcr came out and
asked :
"When you want to sell this wheat?"
"I diiniio," ho answered. "Ono
tlmo's about ns good as nnothcr
these days. 'T won't weigh any mord
later," ho added, with a dry smile.
"Wheat shrinks n lot," admitted the
manngor. "I hear tho Government
wants ns much wheat ns It can get
L Just now understand tho Allies do
eat a terrimc lot or it since tno war."
"What's wheat today?" asked Col.
Jenkins, getting Interested. .
"Well, let mo see," pnrlcyeii tho
mnnager. "I guess this whOut'd bo a
good No. 2 under tho new grades."
"Grades? What about grades? That
Food Administration seems to mix Into
mighty nigh everything from rabbit")
to nxlo grense."
"Hold on, Colonel," said the clevn
tor man, good-naturedly. "The Food
Administration Is not to blame. Con
gress passed the net nnd told the De
partment of Agriculture to fix the
grades. They became effective last
July. I sent dutin letter on It."
"Well, I guess you better sell for
thn best von ran." snlri thn farmer.
'jTani needed nt home." And he drove
away.
A New Order In the Grain World.
CONVERSATIONS of this
kind might have taken
place In almost every
town in the greut grain
belt of tho Nation aft
er August 10 ; for revo
lution In grain market
ing wns taking place. Uncle Sam
had snorted on this rcmarkuble ex
periment; be was going to seo wheth
er wheat could bo marketed minus
rake-offs to tho speculators. This
necessitated complete control by the
Government of storage facilities, trans
portation and distributive agencies,
and tho marketing machinery for
wheat and rye.
Everybody was troubled; most of
all, the ollldnls of the Food Adminis
tration Grain Corporation who had
undertaken, without salary, and at tho
sacrifice of their personal connection
with tho grain trade, to whip into
shape the forces thnt would drlvo for
ward tl'io big business machine for
marketing American wheat. A single
control; and a $."0,000,000 nonprofit
mnklng corporation to do the work.
Tills work Is a necessary arm of the
Strict enforcement of tho pound for
pound substituto rule with sales 6i
wheat flour is ordered by Food Ad
ministrator Wattles. If merchants do
not have the required nmount of sub
stitutes, then wheat flour is not to bo
sold, only as substitutes can bo fur
nipliod, - l - -i
All execptionsi -permitted .hnvoiliecn
nullified. Potatoes aro no longer a
substitute for flour, and cannot bo sold
such. Tho substitutes, nnd none
as
other, are: hominy, com grits, corn
meal, corn flour, edible corn starch,
barley flour, rolled oats, oatmeal, rice,
rice flour, buckwheat flour, potato
flour, sweet potato flour, soya bean
flour and fctcrita flours and meals.
Consumers aro required to purchase
at tho tlmo tho flour is bought an
equal amount of any or nil of tho
above products and uso them with
every pound of wheat flour purchased.
Whole wheat or graham flours may bo
bought Avith three-fifths as much substitutes.
"This ruling will beenforcod tn toe;
letter," Bays Administrator Wattles,
"and any merchant violating it will
have his supplies cut off."
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Recent rulings handed down
Food Administrator Wattles are:
Milfcrs cannot extract flvo per cent
for second or low grade flours any
longer unless it be flour made for the
United States Army, Navy or Marine.
Flour must bo 100 per ccntf and not
more than 264 pounds of 58-pound
wheat can bo uscn in making 19G
pounds of flour.
Bakers, hotel keepers and boarding
house operators using less that three
I barrels of flour monthly can tako out
a baker's license if they desire. If
they tako out such license then in
buying flour they need purchase only
one pound of substitutes for every
four pounds of flour, but if they do
not tako out a license, they must com
ply with tho pound-for-pound rule.
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v County Chairman Meeting
Sixth Shipment Made By
Webster County Red Cross
Report of tho work dono by the
branches and auxiliaries for tho sixth
shipment made by Webster County
chapter of tho American Rod Cross.
JJAT1N AUXILIARY: 13 bed shirts
0 tray cloths, ,10 wash cloths, C sweat
ers, 4 pr sox, 1 helmet, 1 pr. wristlets.
COWLES: 7 sweaters, C pr box, 1
scarf, 3 helmets, 3 wristlets, G com
fort pillows, 20 hand towels, 00 pillow
cases, 10 draw sheets, 20 operating
towels, 25 turkish towels, 24 tray
cloths, 5 operating gowns, size 17, 10
bath robes, 10 substitute hdkfs.,20 bed
shirts, 5 suits pajamas, 48 napkins, 10
bed jackets.
GARFIELD AUXILIARY: 11
sweaters, 6 pr. sox, 1 pr wristlets, 11
stilts pajamas.
. lMAVA'LE:'cll"sVca't'ers, 4"pr'.'feoxV
30 substitute hdkfs., 12 towels, 6 In
fant quilts, 2 bed shirts 15 suits pajamas.
STATE LINE AUX: C bed shirts,
G sweaters, 5 pr. sox, G quilts, i dz.
towels, 1 doz knit wash cloths, 1 dz.
wash cloths, 2 dz. napkins, 1 dz. hand
kerchiefs. LESTER AUX.: 24 substitutc'hand
kerchiefs, 34 wash cloths, 10 sweaters,
1 pr. sox, 1 helmet, 1 pr. wristlets, 14
comfort pillows, 8 pajamas, 8 tray
cloths, 10 bed shirts.
RED CLOUD AUX.: 34 bed shirts,
10 operating leggins, 10 hot water
bottle covers, 20 bath robes, 1 dz. sub.
hdkfs., 47 towels, 2 dz. napkins, 17
ijyjjiajaraan, 18 sweaters, 3G pr. sox,
1 helmet, 1 scarf.
WAR RELIEF: 10 suits pajamas,
10 bed jackets, 20 towels, 20 hdkfs.,
8 baby quilts, 4 wash cloths.
CHAPTER: G sweaters, 7 pr. sox,
3 pr. wristlets.
13LUE HILL: 27 sweaters, 1 scarf,
3 pr sox, 6 pr. wristlets.
BLADEN: 21 sweaters", 7 so. 4
wristlets, 2 helmets.
GUIDE ROCK: 11 sweaters, G pr.
sox, 11 pi, wristlets.
The following very excellent report
of hospital garments made and shipped
direct to the nspcction wai-ohouso at
Omaha, has been received from Bla
den branch A. R. C: 114 bed shirts,
6 bath robes, 87 suits pajamas.
Blue Hill also reports the following
for the month of Feb. 15 to March 15,
shipped direct to Omaha: 24 suits pa
jamas, 12 bed shirts, 1300 surgical
dressings.
The Great Duty pic of America arc in doing our part,
As wo go about our daily tasks in , the mole quickly will this war como
peace and safety, men arc dying every j to an end and the greater tho number
minute on the battlefields of Europo of our soldiers and sailors who will
to save civilization. . Our own gnllnnt ' bo saved from death and suffering and
soldiers aro shedding their blood in I the greater number of the people of
Franco and our sailors engulfed in the other nations released from bondage
waters of tho Atlantic as they go in . and saved from death,
defense of America's rights and honor. I To work, to sa'vc, to economize, to
Upon our performance of the work ' give financial support to tho govern-
committed to us depend tho lives of
thousands of men and women the fnto
of many nations, the preservation of
civilization and humanity itself; and
tho moic efficient and prompt wo pco-
mont is n duty of the nation and to
the world and it is especially a duty
to our fighting men who on land and
sea arc offering their lives for their
country and their countrymen.
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Substantial Articles Wanted
Tho aged men, women and children
I of Belgium and tho .portion of Franco'
, The meeting enled by Coupty Chair,, .which is in the Jionds of the enemy
own C. H. Miuer, which wns held at are in need of clothine and tho Amer-
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icnn-.kcu iross naa Deen xaitea upon
,to supply their wants! "
Food Administration, allowing , the
Government to do business quickly
nnd without red tape. Its stock Is held
in trust by the President oC the Unit
ed States. For the time of the war it
will supervise tho rate or purchase
tho part commercially available of the
000,000,000 bushels of whent and tho
50,000,000 surplus of ryo grown In
America In 1017. Its Job Is to iind a
market for every bushel, Irrespective
of class and jj''0e. Under its patron
nge, wheat screenings are moving Just
ns easily ns No. 1 Northern. It must
also work out satisfactorily the local
prices for wheat at each of almost
20,000 country clovntor points, adjust
thousands of complaints, organlzo thu
gathering nnd analysis of date, Inspect
concerns reported ns dealing unfairly,
solvo vexutlous disagreements among
tho trade, ami deal effectively wlln thu
allies' purchasing agent and the neu
trals who may dcslro to purchase.
In tho early jlays, following tho de
termination of prices for 1017 wheal
by tho President's Fair I'rico Commis
sion, confusion existed in ovcry pnrt of
tho wheat-producing regions. This was
intensified by tho Inauguration of'tbo
new grain grades, as promulgated by
tho Department of Agriculture, which
took pi u co about tho same time, ami
led to diverse complaints nnd n fool
Ing among farmers thnt the Grain Cor
poration of the Food Administration
wns responsible for both the prlco ns
determined nnd stricter ohsorvnnco it
grain grades. But the corporation wax
responsible for neither act It la pure.
the Orphetim on Wednesday afternoon1'
was well attended '
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li xne ODieoi oi wie meuimg whs io uhiii
Ltho attentions! all tax payers In Red!
loud'city and presinetto the fact that
their presence7! desired at the Or.
phcum on Friday, March 23 at 2:00 p'.
m. Also to instruct the school boards
of the various districts regarding their
duty, to bare them prepare lists of nil
tax payers in their respective districts
and to have these tax payers present
on the date specified. '
Addresses were delivered by F. At
Good,' 'Father Fltzgerale and Mayor
Damerell.
On Friday evening a patriotic meet,
ing will bo held at tho Morliart opera
house. Judge Dungan will deliver an
address.
Telephone reports of tho results of
the bonds sold and pledged will be re.
celved from tho various districts.
All patriotic cltizons nro urged to bi
present.
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Accidental Discharge of Gun
Charles Murphy, a brother-in-law of
Frank Cood, wns painfully injured by
the accidental discharge of n shot gun
on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Mur
phy went out to repair a fence, taidnp
the gun with him. In crossing the
field he failed to notice a ditch across
his patch, and in some manner btumbl
ed and foil to the ground discharging
the gun, the loud striding him in the
hand. Ho was brought to the city for
medical attention. It was found noces
sary to remove one finger from the
bond. The physlolmiR are of tho opin
ion that he will in time, recover tho
uso of tho hand. Mr. Murphy had
served ns ubhnip shooter in tho Span-luh-Amcrican
war, therofore it is hard,
ly possible that tho accident was due
to careless handling of fire arms,
Clifford Pope Enters Army
On Tuesday morning of tills week
C Milord Pope, sou of Mr, nnd Mrs. Jay
Popo, who several weeks ago volun
teered for service in tho photograghic
dopnrtment nt the nrmy left for Itlilcu
N. Y., whero ho will enter n university
nnd prepare himself fo enter tho laicul
photogrephiu department of Uuolo
Sam's fighting forces across tho water
After 8 weeks ho will receive his com
commission. Gllit lias.for tho past f years boon
in tho employ of Stevens Bros, of this
city and lias been very elllulciit In his
work, Steve regrets to seo him go, as
ho states that Clllf has notouly pi oven
himself to bo a competent and' trust
worthy employe bJ a" true frle,ui as
wull. oJv .
A call has come from Headquarters
at Washington to collect and ship all
available new arid used "clothing The
distribution will' be handled entirely
by the Commission of Relief in Bel
gium, but tho collection and delivery
to the railway is in the'hand3 of the
Red Cross. Tho time for action is
short as shipment is requested to bo
made during the week of March 18 to
25.
Good, staple articles are required,
such as men's, women's and children's
underwear, stockings, Bhocs, shirts,
dresses, suits, hats and caps. Flimsy
and fancy articles are notwantcd. Any
ono having clothing thnt they wish to
contribute may leave the same at Tur
nuro's store not later than Saturday
night as tho same must bo packed and
ready for shipment Monday morning.
Teel-Fredick
Tho many friend of Miss Fay Tee)
will bo Mirpiiscd and pleased to leain
of her marriage to Mr. Fredick N.
Wells of Lincoln. The ceremony wns
performed by Itov. It. K. Pooley, rector
of St l'aiil'H Eplscoplul church of
Leavenworth, Kansas, mi March 19th
at 2:00 o'clock. Miss Allison Cowden
of this city, who Is attending school at
St Joseph. Missouri, acted as bride's
maid nnd W. V. Gallagher was grooms
man. Mrs. J. N. Well, mother of the
groom, Mr. and Mrc. O. O. Teel, par
ents of the bride, and a number of the
grooms soldier friends, witnessed the
coremouy. Mr. Wells leaves for France
today.
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Farm Loans
Private money at lowest Interest
No delay, moi:y here. All papois
kept hero and payable at homo bnuk
also mnko regular company loans on
best terms to tie had. Call tor nut nt
State Bank. C. F Cathor. tf
Tho entire attention of the district
court has been given to the culobratud
sheep case this week. At tlmo of go
ing to press no decision has been given
out.
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