The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-04-27

last week sent out a bulletin to It,
correspondents in the various state.
in which it was designed to impres.
upon the people of the country tn,
necessity of bending every elnrC,
to produce foodstuffs this year. The
following extracts have been takar
from the bulletin:
I'm our monthly bulletin we have
repeatedly pressed upon public at
tention the gravity of the situation
which now confronts the world in
the scarcity of food supplies, but
we would not feel that we had done
our duty if we did not utter a finaI
word of warning and of appeal upon
the subject The situation grows
more serious as spring advances and
the disaster to the winter wheat crop
OF this country understood.
"All of Europe-neutral as we'll as
warning countries-has been placed
upon food rations to exc out suppl V
until the new crop is harvested. T q
country entered the present crop year
last July with 164 100000 bushels of
wheat carried over from the crop of
1915, and in 1916 produced 4S2,OOO,-
coo bushels of winter wheat and
1873, 100000 of spring wheat; total
supply, 100000. This year there
will be practically no wheat carried
over and the governments estimate
upon the winter crop forecasts a
yield of only 30,00O,OOO. On the
basis that the spring wheat crop
must be 100000 bushels larger
than last year in order to give us a
wheat supply equal to what we will
export and consume in the crop year
now closing. This is an alarming out
lcok. The spring wheat crop is notori-
ously subject to weather conditions.
More spring wheat should be sown,
but it is doubtful if the wheat short
age can be made up. Other food
crops must be grown to meet the
deficiency.
This country is now at war, and
our allies, Belgium, Great Britain,
France and Italy are dependent up
on us for food They will have no
reserves and must have more fr,m us
in the coming year than in the past,
or they will not be able to feed all
their people. Added to the appeals
of staving humanity will be military
reasons making it impossible for us
to put an embargo upon the expor-
tation of food. We must divide what
we grow this year with these coun-
tries, and with the neutral countries
Holland, Denmark, Norway Swed-
en-, Switzerland and Spain which
are not self-sustaining in grain sup
plies. And not only must we supply
to keep these peoples from
starving, but enough to cover the
ieavy losses at sea which result from
he submarine warfare II we grow
40 more food than we did last year.
md so far the outlook is for
ess-there is danger of a food
situation such as the world in mod
ern Zines has never dreamed of. No
'ther country has the resources in
and and population to meet this
emeI gency but the United States.
There is no business upon which all
'ther business depends as upon this
If growing a big crop in America this
ear. And the work must be started
There is no time to wait
IN organization from outside. Tile
mergency can be met only by spon- /
aneuus action in every state, county
md school district, forming local Or
picture in your mind what condi- |
ions will be in your own cities next
winter, if food supplies are scarcer
md dearer than they are nowt It
must be impressed upon everybody
hat no wage advances or regula-
ion of prices can add one bushel OF
Wheat or potatoes to the supply af-
er the growing season is over.
"The country is aroused, but mere !
larm will not accomplish results.
here must me organized personal
work. headed in every locality by
nen of force and influence
THE governor of Iowa mas callei |
or the enlistment of boys from IS to
s to work either in town gardens or
pom farms. President Wilson says
hat these boys will be'Soldiers of