The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-24
The AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY
CALLS FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION
year Kansas produced one-sixth of all
'ne wheat OF the United States
The War pamaoe.


'ne wheat of the United States
The War Damage.
ALREADY the food products OF our
people nave been advanced very con-
sioeraoiy "a result OF the anticipated
increased demands I'm the great worlds
war zone. All the indications seem
70 De tnat this war will be much pro-
Ionseo ana even more disastrous than
many nsw think In any event. taking
me most hopeful view OF Il. the
harvesting and maturing OF food crops
IN tnat region has already been euor.
nousiy neglected and damaged and
lor the coming year we may rest as.
sureo mat the production of foods
VIII De greatly diminished. and. so far
as we know. this may be true of the
succeeding year. Therefore. IL de-
'ones upon that part OF the world
Whicn IL not directly involved In these
wars 10 make strenuous efforts To sun
ply this greatlyincreased demand
but recently we have read over and
over OF the expectation of gold from
tnis country In great quantities. which
mas called for extraordinary lerisia.
tion and Intervention by our Govern
ment to MAINTAIN the stability Of
finances in the United States. IL seems
10 me that here Is an opportunitv 20
impress upon the landowners ana
farmers of the United States the duty
which will fall upon them TO suppIy
toods for the markets of the world
and 70 direct their attention to the
great opportunity which they have.
nrst. TO supply these markets and 10
secure the great reward, and second.
10 demonstrate to ourselves our ability
10 produce more food than we have
ever done.
Flea For Increased Production.
IL goes without saying that an in
crease OF 10 or is per cent. of every
sort OF food which we produce can be
made without going beyond what Is
reasonable and practicable. The az
gregate OF this increase would amount
TO almost or quite 81 900 900. 900. and.
should still higher prices prevail even
more than that. II this is done IL
VIII greatly Increase the balance Of
trade Tor the United States. bringing
oack 10 this country many millions of
soio, the oenencial influence of which
can hardly be foretold. In addition to
THIS, II our people are melted TO great
er production II will have a strong
tendency to hold down exaggerated
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necessities, which will IN no way work
an injury to the farmer, since the
speculative increases usually do not
reach him.
Taking the States trayersed nv
the Baltimore G. Ohio Railroad avs
tenn, we find that they produce one
third of all the corn in the Union:
one-third Of the oats: one-seyenth OF
the wheat; one-half OF the buckwheat.
one-qusrter OF the hay; about one
tnird of the meats and about so per
cent OF the apples for the whole coun-
try IL this matter Is pressed lpon
ire attention OF all the forces and or
Sanizations and upon the press, much
can be done In the way OF preparing
10 meet the great demand for foods
throughout the world which have
mentioned.
The Great Opportunity.
Ihere Is yet time to SOW a large
increase OF wheat and winter oat acre
age Additional corn land can be sown
IN wheat in the corn belt TO bring
about Is per cent. increase without
materially interfering with other crops
ana II fall blowing and winter plow-
ing are set about actively and abund-
ant good seed corn and seed potatoes
are laid by for the coming spring. II
VIII be easy for the States traversed
by the baltimore & Ohio system to in.
crease the actual wealth of the coun-
try at least one-third of a billion dol
lars IN the way suggested. /.
We learn from the papers that Il
has already been proposed by the
Canadian Government that 1000 900
acres more OF the food grains be sown
this year. and from this press IL ap-
pears that active steps are being taken
Ia cooperation between the Govern.
ment and its people TO bring about
this great result. but even II this Is
Gone. the Increased production will be
bagatelle to the increased demand.
And what is true OF the soil crops Ia
true OF the fisheries of our country,
which will find an unusual demand for
all their products. There should be
an enormous increase OF canned pro-
ducts. sweet potatoes. beans. corn,
tomatoes. and fruits. for which there
viii be a great demand