The Washington herald., 1917-06-02
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r Copyright. 1917
hut ai,S the resources at his command
infernnti no real authority excepting that
position az given TO him through his
FOOD S,,, sS chairman OF Mayor Mitchers
EiOS supply committee. George w Per-
service wbiIPp iPpiea DAY in and day out with
ne 30 Whlch seeks to bring 10 the peo-
food next fall 'SrS srs a suficient supply Of
& Hins would be better fortified In This
chatSMere we're the committee of which he Is
connn1ittn.n not merely citizens voluntary
exercised control and supervisior NsItheT
ie State OF New York nor. so FAR. Con-
sueS si,a AZ Washington has seemed TO re-
Should % ma. =. II Is Imperative that production
projected and adequate distribution Of
1000 supplies provided for. In this work,
IN ohe committee Of which Mr.. Perkins is
S,,na,i nan. apparently is compelled TO rely
upon moral influence and a campaign OF
eouoauon and presumably is 10 finance
certain propositions now well under way.
1r; Feklns Is well informed concern
WS Wor,, lns tooo-snpply conditions in New
l,9 noIk state. He does not seem 70 be
nighly encouraged at present as he looks
Into the future, especially at conditions
IISsiX to prevail during the winter
Os. nron ne Goes, however, hope that tn
Iorsshizetion will soon be so perfected as
70 oe able to secure results which will
greatly reduce, even n they DO not en-
urSy eIlminate food distress next winter
nc "OIh OF tnlS organization in Some
aspects is already nation-wide in its
scope Mr. Perkins has caused to be
purchased on one or two Of the great
8 shespI EEL raising sections OF the Far West
N,Uo mead OF sheep, which with the CO.
operation OF the railroads are either
now or soon will he on their way to
Alpany. At Albany the sheep will be dis
embarked ana driven into convenient en-
closures There the farmers Of the State
may 90 and buy as many sheen as tbey
deem wise 70 do. being assured that they
WIN be asked to pay no more for each
1ne nan tne purchase cost. plus the
Not long ago New York State had
IlIIIIoh sneep' nut the number has so
sreatly Diminished that there are to-
and there is grave danger that this nun
Der VIII De much reduced within a year
unless the focks are increased L4FisIa-
i've protection has been secured through
the enactment OF laws which will reduce
the danger Of slaughter by dogs
II IL; OF course an experiment. but
there reasonable ground for hoping
that y VIII be succe sSful. nothwithEtsnd-
inG the experience which the State Of
Colorado has recently met with In an
attempt to increase upon a larEe scale
nocks OF sheep About a year ago.
Prinate bnaS capital s purchased some 4o,Oor
colorado in the belief that in the upIands
the nocks would rapidly increase SO that
in due time Colorado would become one
Oi Ile Cniet sneep-raislng States. But
the experiment has been a total failure
4 letter received this morning from
Colorado. which was written hv one ~
those who shared in this expertn1ent,
reported that every one Of these sheeI,
was dead. Especial pains will be taken
in New York State thoroughly 70 protect
the sheep
Mr.. Perkins agents discovered one
condition which seemed to him an
palling. They learned that in some
parts OF the State cows were being
butchered and at the very time when