The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-06-01
LEGISLATURE AOJOURMS
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OONMlSS OSER STEWART OF AG-
RlCULTURAL DEPARTMENT MUCH
-..SSSCE ON ACCOUNT OF
NECESSITY FOR FOOD.
There 10 perhaps no man in the whole
seate administration, Who 10 90 impera-
lively called upon 70 enter into the work
Of preparing West Virginia quota Of her
contribution To the present war. A. Hon
Jas. H. stewart, the Commissioner OF
Agriculture. AT first blu-h. this does not
strike you - being hardly fair stat,.-
ment OF the facts, but ss q rnattex Of in
t-iosic knowledge concerning the fact.
lets pen it under the glass of q war-hs-i-
snsiysis and se~ # the disclosures justify
the assertion. Nsposeon ssic NO army
10 stronger than its stoma ch - Nspo
leon WAS right about this. a. he VA
about many other things concerning
armies. Hi-t)ry repeats itself in this in
oil aees and all times. The first great
u
VAR been considered, and that will al
wsys be considered IN any war is the
FOOD PROBLEM. West Virginia can
contribute t. this struggle As brave a So,
OF men. With ~ much courage and valor.
and who will come of the held, IL they
come at all, with as distinctive merits for
loyalty - any state in the Union. The
Federal Government ha- selected our
state ~ the state and our city ss the SITE.
where tie munitions of war (constrain-
ing Messenger of pesce) are to be manu.
fsctured and will he ably equipped T.
meet the proposition half way. All oi
these things can We do but to what ayi
II the ONE, the ESSENTIAL. thing n
lacking. We may marshal armies. man
ufacsure munitions, train men, assembly.
important units, train aviation corps. bu
II We have nothing upon which they ar,
70 subeist that whole project 10 q failur,
before II has begun. The production @
food products, the raising of cattle ar.
sheep and hogs to furnish meat In orde
That these men, these soldiers NAV lie f.,
tne prime. the first, the ll-importsn
issue before this state-before every sta.
and before the armies Of all the world
commissioner Stewards propaganda .
import sheep into this state ami sci! Z
the farmer At cost, his plan TO raise NOR
hoD. Lis urgent and not only persisten
but insistent, slmost frantic efforts .
conserve the food supply, to epcourae
tne increased attention TO orchards. Z
raise more beans, potatoes, buckwhea,
corn and every other staple product spea
ior themselves. Months and month. AZ
he seemed 20 have OWNED this emerrrr
q Tor he began this agitation then. n
was the man who put bis creed of prs.
ocai agriculture IN his platform eve
when he WAS running in the primar,
lie has followed il up uneil be il no
seeing the bud slowly but surely burstir
into full bloom. He is man of f.
words. lsconic, concise, comprehensive
70 The point. In an interview regsrdir
the regulation Of food prices he has a
following 70 say:
The question is very often put No
WHISTLER or not the government shou
undertake 70 regulate prices on food. {
course, there 10 . great deal of unnecr
saFy hvseeris on this subject. Our Peep
sssm perfectly conseut to pay ten prio
Tor medical subscription. two or mo
Pnces for pair OF shoes but becou
really frantic when the prices Of som
thing 70 eat goes up.
Food prices have been lacked d
doubtless, in some instances, by deale
because 1t seems possible under the ci
cumssances, but, when we measure thin.