The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-23
Food Administrator Tells Why
Farmers Should Buy Lib.
erty Bonds.
The GOVERNMENT GIVES AID
Thousands Sent Into Rural pistriets
by Free Employment Agencies
to Work on Farms.

Farmers prospects for 1918 are
exceedingly bright" II. {. Hoover. ma
tionsl food administrator. declared In
= recent interview, in which he told
why he believes the farmers Of Amer.
lea should subscribe TO the second
Liberty Loan OF 1917. when the call
for popular subscription goes out.
Every safeguard has been or will
be created to insure an adequate pro
duction OF foodstufis." he declared.
The government is looking TO the
farmers not only 10 supply large part
OF the world with food. but also TO
perform their patriotic duty In sub
scrib!ng to the Liberty Loan"
Records show that the farmers OF
America played a very small part in
floating the first Liberty Loan. In
all sections Of the country. the sub
scribers in the rural districts were
few and far between. but at the time
the loan was floated the farmers were
straining every nerve TO increase
their crop acreage and no special ap-
peal was made TO them.
Farmers VIII Invest.
This does not indicate" Mr.. Hoo
yer said, that the farmers are unpar
triotic. When the campaign for sub
scriptions to the second loan is over.
those in charge OF the loans flota-
ton, will, / am sure, find the farmers
ready to invest. The seriousness Of
the war with Germany has been
brought home to them in a number Of
ways and they have come to realize
that all classes Of people must bear
their share of the burden.
Through the operation of the So
called food control act, the farmer can
now look ahead, decide on the mum.
Der of acres OF wheat he will SOW and
figure within few dollars the amount
he will be paid for his crop. He also
knows that he will be paid good prices
for other products.
Prices for this years crop Of
wheat were not definitely fixed by
Congress, but tina. body authorized the
food administration to fix a price and
il has done so. The basic price is
S2.20 and the crop can be converted
into money as fast as elevators. rail-
ways and mills can absorb the supply.
This clause is contained in the
food control act: The guaranteed
price for the several standard grades
of wheat for the crop of 1918 has been
based on No. /. Northern Spring, or
its equivalent, at not less than $500
per bushel at the principal interior
primary markets. This guarantee is
hereby made absolute and shall be
binding until May l, 1919
7 with assurances of good prices for
his products and of an adequate sup
ply Of labor, there is every reason why
the farmer should subscribe literally
TO the second Liberty Loan"
Defense Council at Work.
Labor has been one Of the chief
sources of the farmers worries, but
he has every assurance in the world
that the government will not sit by
and see his products go to waste in
the field. Next year he will still have
the help of the many free employment
bureaus, established by the Council OF
National Defense, in securing farm
hands.
Another agency is at work, placing
men where they can best serve their
country in this war emergency. II Is
the United States Public Service Re
serve, an official national organiza
ton, conducted by the United States
Department Of Labor. IN all parts OF
the country men are being enrolled ir
its ranks. and the farmer will receive
his share of attention from those ir
charge. There is nothing compulsory
about the organization. but through II
thousands will be fitted into theil
proper places in the great war ma
chine which must be built in order tc
hasten the day Of peace.
The gain in profits to the farmers
Of America in a year. through the rise
in the price OF farm products ovel
normal pro war levels, is estimated a
nearly seven billion dollars OF suffi
cient to more than twice cover tn,
/. total bonds offered for sale.
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