The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-16
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS - OTHER HAPPENINGS
Wet and Dry Fiuht.

In accord with the spirit Of the
times, Ohio vets and drys are prepar-
ing for war.
The drys have filed their petitions
asking that a proposal to amend the
state constitution to prohibit the man.
ufacture and sale of intoxicants be
submitted to the electorate in Novem-
Der. The petitions bear 175,000 sigma.
lures. Piled up in the Office of the sec
retary of state when Gen. ]. A. White
OF the Ohio dry forces took them
there, they formed stack almost as
high as the leader himself
Just to indicate that they were not
in ignorance of what was forward, and
that the showing Of enemy ammuni-
ton in the head of petitions bothered
them not whit, the vets at once
aimed a field piece at the drys and
Gen. L. H. Gibson of the liberal forces,
manager Of the Ohio Home Rule asso-
| citation, gave the order to fire.
"In view of the way the Anti-Saloon
league has forced it's propaganda at
Washington" said Gibson, "to the ex-
tent of holding up the food conserra-
tion bill and the relief it would bring
to the people, it is not surprising that
the same organization would precip-
itate bitter contest in Ohio that is
bound to cause strife at a time when
unity of action of all the people is
most desired"
The initial statement in behalf of
the liberals indicated two things. One
is that the nti-prohibitionists intend
to link the name of President Wilson
with their opposition to the drys.
president Wilson," said the type
written, document given out for publi-
cation in Gibson's name, realized that
such condition created among the
people would seriously hamper him in
successful prosecution of the war
and frankly said so. Nor was the pres
| ident unmindful of the effect war
time prohibition would have upon the
revenue Of the government"
The other point indicated in the
liberal declaration is that the vets will
try to make the question Of revenues
leading issue in their fight.
! War Aids Home Study Courses.
! Over 1900 sets of answers to cor
respondence courses in agriculture
and home economics have been sent
in to the College of Agriculture dur
ing the past year by students of these
courses. Although there is usually a
slackening in the correspondence
work during the summer months, the
widespread interest in vegetable gar
dening and other crops has been re-
sponsible for large increase in the
number of written answers received
to the questions of each lesson.
State Fights High Prices.
Ohio will act at once to smash down
high prices of food if it takes spe-
cial session Of the general assembly
and emergency legislation to do it.
The legislature will be called into ex-
traordinary war time session unless it
is found the power of price control
rests now in the governors hands.
Stirred by the upward trend of Ohio
food prices and by charges of extortion
that are pouring into the state house,
Gov. James M. Cox squared away for
drastic measures.
Wheat Crop Record Breaker.
The biggest production of wheat
per acre in the history of the state is
promised in the crop now being
! threshed, according to the report Of
the state department of agriculture.
The condition is 100 per cent COM
pared with an average, an increase of
II points during July. Only IA coun-
ties report less than 100 per cent pros
poets. The estimated yield is 20
bushels an acre or 31,412,860 bushels.
The acreage this year is smaller
than that in 1915, when Ohio pro-
duced her greatest crop-35, 900, 900
bushels-but the 10-year average will
be exceeded by 100000 bushels this
! year.
Reports are as optimistic of the oat
crop and of the potato crop, but dis
couraging as to fruits. Oats cutting
has started with an abundant yield per
acre, prospects indicating 119 per cent
compared to the average, with gain
of II points during July. The esti-
mated area is 1,584,459 acres, from
which 55,040,452 bushels will be har-
vested. This is 100000 bushels
greater than the 1O-year average for
Chic.
Potato prospects are 10 per cent
compared to the average, with an acre
age of 97O15, which should produce,
the department estimates, 9,216,425
bushels. or near 1D-year average.
Corn has been damaged II per cent
by water, but two weeks of hot wealth
er leaves prospects at 90 per cent nor
NAL.
Apples are not doing well, continu-
ing to fall, and the crop will be less
than half an average crop. The state
production is estimated at 100000
bushels.
Washington Trip for Boys.
Four trips to Washington will be
offered in stock judging contest at
the state fair for any boy of Ohio un-
der 20 years of age. Tk- contest will
be in charge of w. H. Palmer, College
of Agriculture, Columbus. The boys
will be required to judge a ring each
of draft horses, beef cattle, dairy cat
tie, mutton sheep and bacon and lard
hogs. The boy making the highest
score in each of the four exhibit dis