War by reason of the low price fixed on wheat. The price was fixed at $2.20 in Chicago to keep down the price of bread. The majority of the people believe that the price of wheat would have been $3120 per bushel for two years of the war if the price had not been fixed at $2.20. If my memory serves me right, France fixed the price of wheat to her farmers at $4 or more per bushel. England did not fix the price quite so high. It will be admitted that fixing the price at $2.20 had a tendency to keep the price down all over the world. And the only conclusion that can be drawn from these facts is, the farmers lost around $1 per bushel for two years of the war. Granting then that the farmers lost $1 per bushel on all the wheat he sold for two years by reason of the price being fixed, would it not be just and right for our government to reimburse him by fixing a price of $1.25 or more for eight years. In 1918 we raised 921,438,000 bushels of wheat from 69,181,000 acres. In order to arrive at the amount the farmer lost, we must deduct what he consumed for bread and used for seed. According to statistics there were engaged in agriculture in 1920, 10,951,000. This seems very low. So we are going to presume that there were 12,000,000 engaged in raising wheat during the war. We consume, generally speaking, about six bushels per capita. But, during the war we are probably four bushels, supplemented by substitute. This would  amount to 48,000,000 bushels. Add this to 60,000,000 bushels for seed and we have 108,000,000 same in the two years of $1,600,000,000. To reimburse the farmer in eight years a bushel. 