128 ESSAYS ON "WHEAT 



eastern Canada, and the sixth represents the remaining 

 body of eastern consumers. Of the six members of the 

 Board who are also members of the Winnipeg Grain Ex- 

 change, one is the General Manager of the Saskatchewan 

 Co-operative Elevator Company, one is the President of 

 the Wheat Export Company which buys for the Allies, and 

 one represents the flour milling interests. 



In accordance with its authority, the Board of Grain 

 Supervisors has fixed the price of wheat from time to time. 

 On July 20, 191Y, the Board by its first Order fixed the 

 maximum price of wheat, on the basis of One IsTorthern in 

 store at Fort William, at $2.40 per bushel, the order be- 

 coming effective on August 1, 1917.*® The Board then 

 issued Orders that trading in wheat for future delivery 

 should cease in the Grain Exchanges of Canada on Sep- 

 tember 1, 1917, and that the price of wheat on that date, 

 on the basis of One Northern in store at Fort William, 

 should not exceed and not be less than $2.40 per bushel.*'' 



On September 12, 1917, the Board of Grain Super- 

 visors fixed the price of wheat to accord with the fixed 

 prices in the United States as follows : *® 



Fixed Prices of Wheat per Bushel from September 12, 1917, 

 Until August 31, 1918, Inclusive 



,, . T, i TT7-11- J T.« i United States 



(basis Fort William and Port ,,. ■ -r. , i,, j -.t- i- % 



^ . ,, , (basis Duluth and Minneapolis) 



1 Manitoba Northern.. $2.21 1 Dark Northern $2.21 



2 Manitoba Northern.. $2.18 2 Dark Northern $2.18 



3 Manitoba Northern.. $2.15 3 Dark Northern $2.15 



1 Alberta Eed Winter. . $2.21 1 Dark Hard Winter. . $2.21 



2 Alberta Eed Winter. . $2.18 2 Dark Hard Winter. . $2.18 



3 Alberta Eed Winter. . $2.15 3 Dark Hard Winter. . $2.15 



66 Memoranda of the Board of Grain Supervisors of Canada, Order 

 No. 1, issued at Winnipeg, July 20, 1917. 



67 Ibid. Order No. 3 and Order No. 4, both issued August 17, 1917. 



68 Ihid. Order No. 5, issued September 12, 1917. 



