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Discusses the trade of the U.S. with communist countries as of October 1963. Value of the Canadian wheat transaction; U.S. restrictions which is the reason for the tiny volume of trade between this country and the Soviet bloc; Advantages of bloc trading. INSET: Wheat for the Russians..

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. Negotiations to reduce U.S. and Soviet troop deployments in Europe have been complicated by concurrent summits regarding security and arms reduction. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has rejected George McMurtrie Godley, a nominee for assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs. The U.S. General Accounting Office investigated a deal to export U.S. wheat to the Soviet Union.

The article reports and comments on current events in the news during the week of September 30, 1972. A number of items are covered including the sale of American wheat to the Soviet Union, dissatisfaction with unleaded gasoline and the need for funding transportation measures for mass transit.

In an effort to benefit the farmer and protect the consumer, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the U.S. is making public the extra cost of various articles which is legitimately chargeable to the processing tax. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration moves forward. Its latest move is to begin to subsidize the exportation of from 30,000,000 to 35,000,000 bushels of stored wheat from the Pacific Northwest. It plans to sell this wheat at a price from 15 to 20 cents below the domestic level. It expects to take a loss of up to $7,000,000. This loss will be paid out of the proceeds of the processing tax. In other words, it will be paid ultimately by the consumer of bread, in proportion not to his wealth but to his need for bread.

The article focuses on various political developments around the world during 1884. The first article focuses on Joseph Livesay, the founder of the temperance movement in England. He was, however, in point of time, much behind the advocates of temperance in this country, who first began to show themselves in New England in the last quarter of the last century. Another article focuses on the price of wheat in Europe and America. In Minnesota and Wisconsin, farmers are said to be in a state of great bitterness on account of the low price, and are borrowing money to pay for indispensable articles rather than sell at the prevailing market rates.

This article focuses on several developments in the U.S. and around the world, as of September 28, 1865. Saint Louis is very naturally exulting in the completion of the Missouri link of the Pacific Railroad, by which the city hopes to recover the distance gained over it by Chicago during the war. This portion of the grand line, which connects Saint Louis and Kansas City, has been fifteen years building, latterly, of courses under the most adverse circumstances. Another development focuses on the statement by the Commissioner of Agriculture, in which he stated that while the wheat crop has received no further detriment, its quality is still inferior, especially in the West, where it was affected by blight and rust.

This article discusses several political and economic issues. The largest crop in twelve years, and the lowest price ever known," is the condition facing the wheat-farmers in central and western Maryland. Their case is fairly typical of all wheat-farmers on the Atlantic slope. With them wheat is the heart-blood of wealth, and its quotations are the pulse-beats of society. The great cities of Italy, like those of other countries, have increased in population during the last twenty-five years relatively more than either the smaller cities or the country as a whole Rome, Italy, since it became the capital of the united kingdom, has doubled the number of its inhabitants, and Milan, without the stimulus of the extraordinary events that have favored the growth of Rome, has shown an even greater progress.

The article offers information on the wheat productivity in several countries including the U.S., Russia, and China. As stated, the U.S. and Russia are the biggest producers of wheat with annual output of more than 1 billion bushel each. China's annual production of wheat exceeds 800 million bushel. It also offers information regarding the planting time of wheat which includes winter and spring season.

Focuses on the development of hybrid wheat. Efforts to produce hybrid wheat on a commercially feasible scale; Information on the vitality of crossed varieties; Ways to obtain single hybrid seed through pollination.

The article gives information about various socio-political issues related to different parts of the world. There are many signs that the policy of retaining whatever territory U.S. may occupy in the war with Spain will soon become a political issue. During the four or five weeks ending with the month of June, commercial fortunes of the U.S. for the coming season are staked very largely on the weather in the wheat-belt. As a general rule, at least two-thirds of the annual wheat production of the U.S. consists in the so-called "winter crop," which is planted in the middle and Southern grain-producing States during the autumn, and is harvested, about the close of June.

The article reports on developments in various businesses around the world. The Dutch and British governments abandoned their plan to put trade restrictions after failure to reach an agreement. The Austrian government has announced that the country is in need of relief loan to prevent a moratorium. France has increased the volume of foreign wheat imports for domestic consumption.

This section offers news briefs related to world business as of September 1931. The conditions of businesses in Paris, France are slowly developing a more pessimistic trend as its metallurgical industry has been affected by the depression. The French government estimated that the imports of wheat in France will be 56 million bushels in 1932. The rayon and aluminum industry of Milan, Italy is recovering due to the improvements in the cotton mills and hatteries in the city.

The article reports that congressmen has proposed to ensure that Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply (OPACS) will not gain authority in controlling the prices of the major farm products in the U.S. It mentions that the parity price of farm products such as wheat and cotton computed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are subject to differentials. It mentions that the 1941 harvest and the carryover of old wheat will provide the country more supplies for 1941-1942.

The article offers world business news briefs as of July 16, 1938. The highly favorable crop harvest in Canada is highlighted by the buying of surplus wheat by the government. The business climate in France is marked by a weak currency, stagnant industrial production and labor and political unrest. A census of all skilled workers in Germany is undertaken to enable job shifting in an emergency.

This section offers market-related news briefs. Treasury notes have reached the highest prices with the longer-term securities beating all the records. The sugar quotas were reduced by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Wallace from 6,861,761 tons to 6,780,566 tons while sugar prices continue to be low. The expected billion-bushel wheat crop harvest kept everyone interested on what prices the government will set and the plan to make storage loans so that surplus wheat can stay off the market.

The article discusses money and market trends in the U.S. The 12 Federal Reserve banks are buying Treasury bills, which puts 29,000,000 dollars more in the credit base. The Department of Agriculture is concerned that the 1937 plantings of wheat will be exceeded in 1938. Lawyer and Chicago Great Western Railroad co-trustee Luther M. Walter has suggested that all railroads should pool their revenues to improve the financial health of weak railroad companies.

Focuses on the announcement of the Farm Board of the U.S. that it would not make stabilization purchases from the 1931 wheat crop. Impact of the announcement upon the farmers; Involvement of Alexander Legge, member of the Farm Board, in the stabilization purchases; Discussion of the stabilization-corporation device and the co-operative marketing morsel; Attempt of the Board to evade the farm-relief program; Debate on the farm-relief program in the U.S. Congress.

Focuses on political and economic events in the U.S. Reasons for hostility of the American government against the Soviet Union; Statement made by U.S. Secretary of State, Arthur M. Hyde that the Soviet government through the All-Russian Textile Syndicate, has been selling wheat short on the Chicago market; Comments on the plight of American farmers; Information on a new policy of the Soviet Union; Trading of wheat in the world market below the cost of production; Comment on the end of civil war in China; Description of a case of Guido Serio, an Italian Communist now resident in the U.S.

Analyzes the ways in which wheat is marketed in Canada. Statistics on Canada's share in the world's exportable surplus; Reasoning of grain growers that speculation and manipulation regarding grains had more to do with market fluctuations than had supply and demand; Information on grain-commission merchants; Information on the creation of Canada Wheat Board, which had the monopoly of Canada's wheat and operated to the entire exclusion of the option or future market; Information on the physical organization of the Wheat Pool.

This section offers news briefs on events and development as of October 15, 1927. It cites U.S. data on retail trade, car loadings, steel trade, commodity prices, and price indexes. It also reports on the resignation of D.R. Crissinger of Ohio as governor of the Federal Reserve Board, the victory of England in the Schneider Cup Races, and the increased estimates of the world wheat crop by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The article focuses on wheat production in the U.S. northwest in the later part of 1923. Topics discussed include the cost of producing the crop in proportion to its selling price and an improvement in corn and livestock production in the region. The region's significant potato and flax acreage and a greater trend toward diversification are also mentioned.

The article discusses the financing methods used to market wheat products in the U.S. post World War I. In 1921 the U.S. Congress empowered the country's War Finance Corporation to advance money to bankers, banks, and trust companies who made advances in the agricultural sector including marketing efforts. In many cases the funds were used to liquidate frozen loans rather than for the purpose of new efforts. Some U.S. grain producers joined marketing cooperatives. The cooperatives did not prove to be successful partly due to the worldwide distribution of wheat farms. The ultimate source used in financing grain has been commercial banks.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "The Wheat Belt Has Its Say on Controls" in the July 2, 1955 issue, one on the employee stock purchase plan of General Motors Co. (GM) in the July 16, 1955 issue, and one the heading of Personal Business in the July 9, 1955 issue.

The article focuses on the vote of wheat farmers of Cheyenne County, Nebraska, the state's largest wheat producing county, who voted no for the keeping of present quotas and the assured price of 1.81 dollar per bullion. It states that the said farmers voted for the chance to sell on a 1.19 dollar per bullion wheat without effective limits on output. It adds that these farmers had calculated that they did not have so much to risk because of the premium wheat that they produce.

The article reports on the federal regulations in relation to war business which will affect transportation, priorities and price control in the U.S. The War Production Board (WPB) has allowed the production of 88,000 domestic electric ranges in which 68,000 of them will be for civilian use in 1944. The Office of Price Administration has set a maximum price for sales of wheat. WPB has permitted the production of 100,000 propeller-type electric fans.

The article discusses the changing levels of wheat consumption in the U.S. as of April 1943. It states that during the first World War which started in 1917, wheat consumption dropped to about 1 pound a year due to austerity measures imposed. In 1933, this level stabilized at 154 pounds, holding it for ten years. For the current year, this is expected to rise to between 161 pounds to as high as 175 pounds. It claims that as no wheat shortage exists, no rationing on wheat and wheat products such as flour, is expected for the next two years at least.

The article reveals that the U.S. administration is having difficulties in stopping the farm bloc in Congress from raising farm prices substantially under the Bankhead Bill, an act that raises the prices of corn and wheat. It is also facing a hard time in blocking the Pace bill which would include all farm labor costs in the computation of parity prices, eventually leading to the determination of farm price ceilings. It says that the increase in labor wages granted by the administration have outstripped farmers of increased returns from the war program.

Comments on the political and socio-economic issues concerning the Central Europe. Details on the damage caused by the autarchy experiments of the Germans in the global economy; Elimination of the clauses of the peace treaties that provided for cooperation on a basis of preferential tariffs among Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary; Influence of the strongest bourgeois party in the Austrian Parliament on the creation of the agricultural self-sufficiency movement; Impact of the rise of the inflation rate on the prices of various wheat products in Hungary.

Presents letters to the editor on various issues. Criticism of the book review by the periodical "The Nation's," Russian correspondent, Louis Fisher; Impact of the wheat dumping on farmers in China; Effect of depression on a reader of the periodical "The Nation."

The article presents information on tax policy of the U.S. government in relation to farmers. On July 9 the government began collecting a processing tax of 30 cents on every bushel of wheat used in the manufacture of food products for domestic consumption. The tax is to be levied whether the wheat is grown in this country or shipped in from abroad. In the latter connection it serves automatically to increase the present 42-cent tariff on wheat to 72 cents. The tax will not be applied against wheat destined for export or for the farmer's own use. The proceeds of the levy are to be distributed as a form of government bounty or subsidy to farmers who agree to reduce their wheat acreage in 1934 and 1935.

The article comments on social and economic development all round the world. The past week has presented but few new features in the trade and industry of the U.S. Business in general merchandise continues fair, but not equal to the volume of last year and not quite equal to expectations for the present. The troubles in the iron business continue. The most encouraging feature of the past week has been the improvement in the prospects for the wheat crop. In an another news, the retirement of the writer Jay Gould from active practice in Wall Street in the prime of life has naturally led to a great deal of speculation as to his probable employment of his leisure, but there seems to be the same difficulty in getting at the exact facts that there used to be so often in ascertaining the real truth about his business movements.

The article reports on the drought that is being experienced by states in the southwest region of the U.S., including Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado as of July 6, 1953. In Texas, the wheat and cotton crop productions are expected to be adversely affected, while the cattle herds are badly hit. A Texas delegation led by Jack Porter went to the White House in Washington, D.C. to ask for help. In early July 1953, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson inspected the damage caused by the drought.

Focuses on the political situation in Canada. Efforts made by Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King to promote the economic recovery of Europe and to restore Canada's best market; Information on increased taxation at the end of the fiscal year; Report that Conservative party leader Arthur Meighen, is admittedly the ablest and most experienced figure in Canadian public life; Information that export trade figures are artificially buoyed up by the high price of wheat and the demand of American paper for Canadian newsprint and pulpwood.

Presents information on the stabilization of wheat prices in the U.S. Information on the crop situation on the American, Europe and India; Probability that a price of $1.25 in the Chicago market and a corresponding price of more than a dollar on the farm would relieve the situation; Effect of stabilization of wheat prices in the Chicago market on the American consumers; View of the U.S. President and congressmen on the demand of a plan for the stabilization of wheat prices; Discussion of an experimental plan designed for the stabilization of wheat prices in the Chicago market; Impact of stabilization of wheat prices in the Chicago market on the American farmers income; Need of some competent organization to make the experiment a success at the lowest cost; Comment of Henry Ford, U.S. automobile manufacturer on the experimental plan designed for the stabilization of wheat prices in the Chicago market; View that the task of stabilizing the price of American wheat at $1.25 is no more formidable than seemed the task of maintaining a five-dollar wage scale.

Presents information regarding the situation of food security in Germany. Analysis of the significance of a picture of loaf in the office of the German Food Minister; shortfall in the production of wheat and rye crops in Germany; Argument that potatoes which are relatively plentiful, may offset in a measure the wheat and rye shortage; Description regarding the grain quotas which are specified quantities of wheat, rye, barley or oats which producers are obliged by law to turn over to the government for the fulfillment of the bread ration; Information that the loaf itself, its composition and the sharing of its slices, are at all events among the most dramatic features of German life.

Focuses on the grievance of farmers in the united states due to their economic position. Possibility that the position of farmers has been a result of the post-war depression in the country; Pressure of paying the wages of hired labor from the amount earned by farmers; Earning of farmer families being less than average individual worker in industry, transportation or mining; Suggestions for farmers either to have a fair return on the property bought and slaved by them to improve and clear of mortgage or have wages; Estimates to show that no falling in production is needed to extend the dominion of hunger; Possibility that the capitalists will never accept such terms; Projections for wheat production which will be sufficient for one year food supply reserve.

The state of Nebraska is part of the great plain which stretches west of the Missouri River, gradually rising until it reaches the Rocky Mountains. From east to west this plain measures something over five hundred miles, in appearance it resembles the wheat lands of Soviet Union, which fed the continent of Europe for so many years. The climate, with its extremes of temperature, gives to this plateau the variety which, to the casual eye at least, it lacks. Nebraska is a newer State than Kansas. It was a state before there were people in it. Its social history falls easily within a period of sixty years, and the first stable settlements of white men were made within the memory of old folk now living.

This article presents information about socio-political developments in the U.S. as of September 2, 1897. Both in Nebraska and in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Republican State conventions jubilated over "dollar wheat," and asserted that it had made silver a dead issue. The rise in value of the rupee of India coincidentally with the fall of silver billion is as decided as the simultaneous rise of wheat, and is due to the same general cause, i.e., to the law of supply and demand.

The article focuses on the socio-political issues of the U.S. It draws the attention of readers towards the rapid advance in the price of wheat and the persistent decline in the price of silver, which has arrested public attention in the U.S. more than any other fact in the course of the present political campaign. The main argument of Popocrats on this issue has been that the gold standard has depressed the price of wheat and everything else. It states that the past ten or fifteen years have seen a remarkable awakening of interest in the academic study of American history. Formerly the subject was one to which colleges paid not much attention, but with the development of universities and the increase of facilities for advanced work, courses of instructional in American history have come to occupy a place of special prominence in the historical curriculum.

This article presents information on various political developments in the world. The Supreme Court of Michigan has done only what every well-informed man expected in deciding, by a unanimous vote of the three Republican and two Democratic judges, that the so-called Miner electoral law is constitutional. This law was passed by the last Democratic Legislature, and divided the State into two electoral districts at large by a north and south line, and into twelve Congressional districts, each of the fourteen to choose one Presidential elector. The dispute arises over the rebate granted by the Canadian Government to wheat carried through the Welland Canal to Montreal for export shipment. The President asserts that this rebate is in violation of article 27 of the Treaty of 1871, which undertakes to "secure to the citizens of the United States the use of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and other canals in the Dominion, on terms of equality with the inhabitants of the Dominion."

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Can Trade With the Enemy Be Halted," in the June 2, 1951 issue, "Wheat: The Edible Statistic," in the June 9, 1951 issue, and one on Fizzy.

The article discusses the delivery of U.S. grain at the port of Odessa in Ukraine. Russians have received 1.7 million tons of U.S. grain to help fill the shortage due to the 1963 crop disaster. To handle the grain, Odessa port authorities use 10 high-speed grain suckers, a device that can evacuate 250 tons an hour. With these suckers, the U.S. tanker Washington Trade loaded with 16,275 tons of wheat was emptied fast early in March 1964.

Reports that high profits, government price supports and numerous distributive charges will maintain food prices despite bumper crops across the world. Damage caused to the potato crops and vines, by the storm in the current year; Increase in the wheat supply in India and China; Observation that in the major deficit countries the home-consumed rice supply will be greater and fewer people will die of starvation; Impact of the increased corn crop on the supply of pork; Discussion on the U.S. government support programs.

Focuses on steps taken by the U.S. and United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) to deal with the world food crisis after the World War II. Announcement of the reduced rate of flour production and bonus prices to farmers for wheat and corn; Reduction in consumption of wheat by the American families; Role of a famine in worsening the food shortage in India and China; Help provided by UNRRA and Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to areas of serious food shortage; Efforts of UNRRA to help areas of food shortage in Europe; Major exporters of wheat to famine-stricken areas; Reduction in shipments of grain from Argentina due to transportation problems; Efforts of UNRRA to deal with crisis of oils and fats.

The article discusses different issues ranging from international relations to surplus production of wheat in the U.S. The most crushing epithet that can be hurled in today's political discussions is the charge of being "naive." The U.S. farm-surplus program, under which the taxpayer is called upon to subsidize both the American farmer and the foreign buyer of certain commodities, has hurt many nations. General James Van Fleet, former commander of U.N. forces in Korea, was reported to have declared at a press conference: "I hate neutrals as much as I hate the Commies." This is the sort of outburst which could hardly be better designed to defeat aims of American diplomacy.

This section offers world news briefs related to business. The number of employed in Great Britain dropped by 56,000 in December 1933. A new import quota policy will be implemented in France starting January 1, 1934. Chile has agreed to take full control of the government's wheat market. Representatives of wine distributing companies in the U.S. are negotiating for the purchase of a large quantity of Chilean wines.

The article presents news briefs related to business worldwide. Sweden is planning to implement a price increase in order to follow the dollar policies even though it will break from the sterling groups. Members of Parliament in Great Britain are still divided on the issue of currency policy. There is a growth in industrial activity in France particularly its export of wheat to Great Britain. Great Britain and the U.S. have both struggled for world trade.

The article reports on the decline in the prices of wheat in Chicago, Illinois in 1932 which may be attributed to the increase in competition from Canada. Aside from competition, the decline in wheat prices may also be attributed to the decline in demand from European importing nations. There was an increase of 163 million bushels in Canadian crop from 1931 while there was a decline in U.S. crop by approximately 180 million.

This section offers news briefs on developments in global business in August 1932. Commodities indices in Europe have not followed the upward trend which is happening in the London and New York stock markets. The business climate in Germany is hopeful despite the gloomy political situation and the absence of support from industrial indicators. French wheat prices rallied in reaction to promises of government aid.