Silas Vale asked for one public commitment: Vale Granary participates pro rata in any standing grain reserve, and bread policy will not be buried under press clippings. Done — in writing, in public. Mina Granary feeds 69 percent of this republic's grain trade and I will not let that security become a bargaining chip in anyone's campaign theater. Satoshi banks foreign tribute and calls it statesmanship; I would rather bank a full granary.