Wheat Price Guarantee Act

This was done to conserve the food supply and increase its production in order to aid the efforts in Europe during the war.

Despite strong opposition from the Republican Party, the 65th Congress approved this and it was signed into law by Woodrow Wilson.

The Wheat Price Guarantee Act was intended to give the agricultural industry time to adjust to the war being over.

Unlike the rest of the country, farmers felt the effects of the depression about 10–15 years before it would reach its peak.

Many state representatives opposed this, mostly from the Democratic Party (who had a majority in the Senate), choosing to back the farmers with a 100% guarantee on their profits.

The US Food Administration used advertisements like this during World War I to urge people to conserve food in order to have enough for the soldiers. Despite the wheat industry being as mobilized as it was, there was always a constant demand for more to aid the war effort.