The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-04-18
On5 WY 10 Ward Off Hard Times Sof Fam.
Inc Later On is to Grow Food Crops.
Pdc 81 Aicles Indicate Tas iiyinc fh;. r
ner Wm He HIGHER Than Ever Before-People Usioo
leee2Asgsly Of Cpapsr Food Rseducts-"Crow Food or
20 Adsagy Must BE Realized by Sumter County PEOPLE

~ comnittes - no mere myth. but
- : pesitivs fact that h staring citi-
qpoo = ths face. b coming to be rsal-
>cGo neEs and more each day. and
tpeppls who are paying now the
C4ss& prices they have ever paid for
He<oeu1s are becoming alarmed and
Atrpnsd. a. they long ago should have
DePs %yer The situation. y
4qQs - the citissns Of sumter were
- ~ disposed to ,pooh-ocoh at tho
qoo1n Whioh were bsing taken by the
oprru1ttss ~ Public Safety of the
Cnouher OF Commerce to arouse cit
se.soerts N appreciation Of their, per-
A9e1 NV ere now beginning. to see
= Heaby yliGsht Thsy are coming . 20
tpdhse MAJ they may be among those
>e,oe Aungry, u they do not raise food
eeorA apA they are acting according
m \ - che recent soaring of prices
- ~ hAnds Of foodstuffs which has
1ooo' Hsoss 20 arouse them than oil
- treechsnB o. the Chamber Of
neree could. although the plans
'c111lneA ~ tho Committee Of Public
'QDo11ytand the steps being takon by
o. C1sAnbsr Of Commerce arc help
'1o0' them 't~plaes their efforts along
the right channels.
>rll1tnev1sws with brokers and
',wheeouAlsrs OF Sumter win show one
~ 3uod prices are higher than
011 tAvU been sx'any time since the
49, Dttween the States and the top
1ottA lsas not besn reached. Indica-.
ND4D NE that prices win have soar
- tosH much nieftisr heishth before
- whasat and corn crops are gather
eo'Ssos sAal rs not o rosy outlook,
- II - true. ~ ~,.1,
" Tns nigh prices are being felt now,
~ tA<y win bs felt q great deal
41<se when prices of staples go
my ana hundred per cent. higher
thau tNsy'ars now. ss every indication
toenes to >eome articles have more
Nm aNubssd their price within the
pa& 'ysGf. or since the war I'm Eu-
tops sotnhnenced. and they are apt to
ftpS&s thls perforMance before the
wsf ends s&y those who are most
closely In touch with the situation.
m only remedy for this state or at
Ssivsris the 'sasins OF more food
StafFs sEvefSbody VINO can In urged
TO plant vegetables now. that they
may NAVE FOOD In the near future.
fAsy are urged TO plant grains. vese-
'sansss ana other 'foodstufrs. no they will
havet semething to eat later on. with
out having to pay what are practically
fuh'ins prices for things to eat
ffIh order that poor Mr. Ultimate
Consumer may gain real idea of the
susk'of staples. tho prices of the chief
seesss articles Of food as they are to-
day snst-as they normally are will he
Goae ossr ,a. ,.t-- -
Al corn and wheat are probably the
n1ost used foodstuffs In this section n.
a'Ctaft win be made with them ard
the other articles will be taken up ms
thsy' are come TO. e
the fsormai price for corn Is 7Sc 10
ei.os q busheL The price being
ptrid now Ia si.76 to s3.o0. In whots-
ale lots n may be purchased at
about ti.7o to sf.7s. This 10 an ad-
vance of about 76 per cent. fifty per
cent OF which has been added within
NE past forty days. Meal and grits
have advanced proportionateiy. or
more. Meal has advanced from 81
una Si.2s a sack to ais and 3.a5.
0rks kAs increased from $1.2S to
e5.JB d sack. And when the whole.
sastss are out OF their present supply
shsy VIII have to pay more for these
st6ples than they are now getting for
thssn.-N r'' n ''-,, .-.- 10,
>FWheat has advanced from 90 cents
abushUi 70 s2.25, more than doubled.
Foar. selling for s111B q barrel las.
weok, could not be replaced at S11. 20.
fheraverAks price OF tins same -four
eerofe the war was $500 to $3.50 a
barrel. Again the price has more
thhAedoSb,ed.t 'v<'t .< <t.n
~ eats have also gone up. so to SIS
cents Are what they are selling Tor
nov psr bushel. against SO TO Sc cents
normally. At that more oats have
been sold recently. as their advonce
has not been 30 much as other grains
Rice is'an everyday diet for South.
srn people. Inst year the biggest
acreage and the biggest crop the
~orfd had ever seen was produced
Rice started going up about two
rsontfyt Axo 0hnd ~ steadily elm bins