New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-10
New Commission Will Pur-
chase Fifty Plough Trac-
tors to Aid Farmers
Their Services Free
Aim Is to Have N. Y. Produce
100000 Bushels Of
Grain Next Year

! IN
,cek fftv big plough tractors, owned
nv the state. will be at work preparing
so- che 1915 drive in the production OF
foo8 The purchase Of these machines
,ss decided upon at the meeting of the
s,a,e Food Control Commission, which
o-gar-ed here this afternoon.
The commission is confident that the
,rsctors VIII be effective weapons IN
Che attack on the high price eitadels'
With ro-c than fifty days to work be-
foro winter sets in. it is expected that
enough land can he ploughed for next
,esr'. crops TO raise 100000 bushels
81 grain. The only cost TO the farmers
will be the wages Of the operators and
The cost Of the gasolene.
The use Of the tractors is TO encour-
sre production and TO help solve the
fs-m labor shortage Il is hoped by
.t.s means 70 influence the farmers 10
sec The advantages Of labor saving ma
eb.,ery. even though they have to pool
together 90 buy Il.
To Obtain Farm Labor
Tic attention of the commission was
called 20 q plan for the drafting OF
farm labor. il was said that many for
.;gners who had always been farmers
=, their own country would be glad to
49,. ~ New York City for farm
wo-. - they knew the government was
behind the plan. No definite action was
taken on the proposition.
The manipulations Of food SHARKS
~,-o discussed with q view Of curling
.so,, and It was announced that for
... nurpose Of lowering the high cost
-, foodstufs d careful study would be
made OF the cost Of production storage
transportation and Distribution.
~ the commission, SAID Ch@lI" "a"
1obn Mitchell. finds that artihcla, oe-
,ices are interpOsed 20 hoard prouueI -
and control prices we Will exercise az
he powers vested IN the COMMISSION
% correct the evils, ..,...s.
"rhe commission has decided 70 COOP
crate with the food admin Ira.loH %
go Federal government and with. any
other agency that has been or may De
.--ested for the purpose OF conserving
food sunplv Of the state and the
,e+;or and 10 that end II 10 expected
.s.+ s.. an early date conference VIII
,c rad with the representatives OF the
s.,5 administration Of the Federal gov
eminent.
Headquarters at Albany
Charles II. Betts. newspaper puo-
-. of Tvons. y. Y. was chosen sec
ro,arv Of the commission. Headquar-
~ will be established in Albany, with
D. hrsnch Office in New York City. Inc
commission will meet with the state
civil Service Commission to-morro"
Tor the purpose Of arranging plan ior
the selection Of staff officers ana helu
Women Of the state are we'll quail,
led 10 help food conservation ana
trough their aid the campaign can De
made a success, and through thelr
re-lect perhaps a failure Governor
Whitman to-day told members OF tne
..,ren's division OF the state Defence
Council.
40 more vital or pressing question
involved in the conduct Of the war
.,aD the question Of an adequate and
c,rs4an+ SUNNY Of food" said the Gov
,rror America to-day is the granary
m the world. Not only must we feed
our armies and our people AT home, out
we must bring the bread Of lie 10 tne
..sr,iur ones in Belgium and on the
supplies which we bring them depends
me very life blood Of our allies.
~
m our dealings with the nations allied
With us. We must not forget that for
vellnigh three years they carried on
alone our war for US We, IN TINS
country. have not yet begun 20 sacri-
fee; we have not felt the pinch OF
hunger: we have not yet read the long
casualty lists from the battle field. In
our --rength and freshness let us not
be careless with our supplies, ror be
100 generous with ourselves
The womon's division, the Governor
SAID. was not designed 10 supplsnt any
OF the various local organizations for
war relief, but was rather 70 supple
mCt chem and make the work Of those
organ atoms more effective.
JOY for Rainbow Division
Next Thursday nine carloads of
cigarette. chocolates, sweaters, mulners
and socks will briag Joy 20 the boys Of
the Rainbow Division, encamped at
Mineoia. Long IslanG. It Was announced
a. the session. Mrs. William Grant
Brown, chairman, tod OF the big con-
sgnmeut after one of the members re-
ported that the soldiers we're not suf-
Ncert.y provided with warm garments
and sweaters.
State Industrial Commissioner John
Mitchell who ifs chairman OF the newly
organized State Food Control Commls-
sion, '.li the members OF the council
he had been informed that many babies
10 New York were undernourlshed, and
that many had died whose lives might
nave been saved il milk could have been
obtained az a reasonable price.
Tie said that the commission would
lake up this matter but that he did not
intend 20 locate the responsibility at
TINS time, saying that during the war II
could be expected that The prices Of
commodities will he higher than before
orafter.
Mr. Mitchell was loudly applaudod
"hen be said that 1c was absolutely OPP
posed 20 women doing mems work for