Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Title
Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty
Creator
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Identifier
WWP19193
Date
1917 September 18
Description
Herbert Hoover writes to Joseph Tumulty about wheat grown in the northwestern United States.
Source
Hoover-Wilson Correspondence, Hoover Institution, Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford, California
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Food production and natural resources
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence
Language
English
Text
Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty
Secretary to the President
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Tumulty
With regard to your note of the 17th on the subject of the Pacific Northwestern protest as to the differentials affecting the Government purchase of the Northwestern wheat, I inclose a memorandum which I sent on the 8th to several of the senators and congressmen of the Northwest and which seems to me to cover the situation. I understand they are coming to see the President, and this will inform you of the matter as far as we are concerned.
I would add that the average yield in the Pafcific Northwest was some twenty-four bushels to the acre as against only fourteen or fifteen bushels in the Mississippi Valley points, so it is quite evident that the farmers in the Pacific Northwest will make more money than those in the Mississippi Valley, even with a freight differential against them.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER.
Secretary to the President
Washington, DC
Dear Mr. Tumulty
With regard to your note of the 17th on the subject of the Pacific Northwestern protest as to the differentials affecting the Government purchase of the Northwestern wheat, I inclose a memorandum which I sent on the 8th to several of the senators and congressmen of the Northwest and which seems to me to cover the situation. I understand they are coming to see the President, and this will inform you of the matter as far as we are concerned.
I would add that the average yield in the Pafcific Northwest was some twenty-four bushels to the acre as against only fourteen or fifteen bushels in the Mississippi Valley points, so it is quite evident that the farmers in the Pacific Northwest will make more money than those in the Mississippi Valley, even with a freight differential against them.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER.
Original Format
Letter
To
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Files
Citation
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964, “Herbert Hoover to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1917 September 18, WWP19193, Hoover Institute at Stanford University Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.