Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
ijalTE0 STATES FOOD aDaalN!!l
lSTRATIOh FIRST YEARS.
RESULTS.

tha desperate situation says: tag
g. @ ading of the country, Of u
i the Allied armies tremblel
5elance. Now hat the dan -
It can be stated thai in the
st cf us year the count
esd with the most acute foe
cf TIE wear Compulsory ration
as assorted to, but in spite OF
vas an opsn question whethe r
a,e Wonl3 be enough meat and
2 TO eive every one his limited
capita lowance. The wheat CON-
ssi0n odered compulsory milling
to the c4le enc limit, and took
Y poss BE measure to exc out our
G1lly dwI1lHng cereal supply. These
O. easures would hsve BEEN inadequate
- save the situation had the United
,atas A. i-,4tration not instituted
lies a~8 -rhea. ess days" 81
g net who came over
Ike charge Of the
Commission in New
D England: Amer
war. and it is Won
.r1erican seems to
this particular
4rkable to see a
- -le Itself all wheat
pc u--s no lscause it Is short,
OF becaEse It wa7-s TO assist"
Sh;uniHe vas scarce, The long run
-~~~ AUST tskes three times. Ar
-''0H twice the lme required for
oar rr1n Er. Hoover called
lc s- p-'r7n people to supply
e A lies from their nor
tv making personal sacri-
Allies ware discoura ged,
.: they did not think their
re ret by an appeal to
zee people. Ger
~ But wheatiess
lays became faQi-
n household mo
followed, as the 1917
red the bottom OF tbs
-ulv there were only two
left of the old crop.
ten days of having no
er1try when the new
svailable. But 141,-
~ wheat had been
e+s0 tes in the war.
.- t'.an our surplus, rep
clad and free Sacrifices
Of self government By
0ortation of breadstuff5
America was brought up
ru-u requisite for Allied
4 50 easy to do. Com
w. eae ANes we had so over
5zcea Of food that Il
nsr - feel sscriice was being
L-5 some there were who, In
Ga their white bread, their
regular diet o. meats and fats. and
thr- al .1.17-ce o. sugar, who can
a-T feel III thrill Of patriotism. Pity
IT, h7- hen get the vision of
r-~rica let>do not blame them. They
go o~ -eal Americans, and in this
& tAaf IS punishment enough.
For the year ending July /, 1918.
70 increased our meat shipment
over tce previous year by sf% 500, 600
:" ilds, slipping altogether s;0f1, 100.-
oC' po~a,s. The total shipment OF
ce.=- s. nc . wheat, amounted to
% uc0 032 ~ Increase of 1900 900
bushels x asst year. The total value
Of tiese s-lyinents purchased mainly
sh-otgh o~.n collaboration with the
Food A6Ia1E stTation, amounted to,
rounsay. s. 10000. 900 during the Ascal
year.
OF these sacrifices Of the people,
NJ Hoover says IN his report to the
ssiaslt Of the years work OF the
Ecc3 Administration:
These figures do not fully convey
tho v0lun4e Of the effort and sacrifice
-ts lulirg the past year by the
S-cle American people. am sure
shat 81 the millions of. our people,
Agricultural IS well rs urban, who
hsve contributed to those results
Should fseI very definite satisfaction
that in yeer of universal food short
ages IL the Northern Hemisphere, all
c. those people Joined together against
c rmeny came through 10 the. New
hGrvest, not only with health and
81 ~sngth fully maintained, but with
o1'v temporary periods Of hardshfpe.
1T Is difficult to distinguish BE-
tween various sections of eur people
{! homes. public eating places, food
trrGse, urban or agricultural popula-
tons, IN assessing credit for these re.
e-fsr -. r. enc will deny the domi-
nGI. 10 ii fhe American woman"
q sae = he shorter supplies OF
ta Of four was reduced
om 8 s E harral ; $3.50 barrel.
aat tie tanners margin Of difference
between the price received from this
wheat and the -four made from 1t was
reduced from s5.69 to "a cents. In
general TO the farmer going to the
harfset, 2791 mere thsn last summer;
to the housewife buying in market,
1895 less than last summer
And the Allies have been sustained
They are no longer on ration Fer
a long time there we're ccnstan tly IN
line. waiting for their limited food
Pattons, long queues of people agere-
eating constantly $500 900 in all the
Allied countries: they have now o.
tirely disappeared, the morale Of the
people Is restored, their courage h
strong. their hopes run high and their
affection flows strong for the Amefi-
can Lad In khaki who has already
come to their relief two million strong.
In . recent speech on Americas spirit
IN the war DR.. Ray Lyman Wiibxf
quoted France and England as saying
to Germany: THE nation that has
sent the type Of men that America has
eent to France will never go back -
them or on the soldiers and people
fighting with those men" and Dr. VII
bur comments: That Ii the splfst
We have put into this war. That Is
the spirit in these noble men WHO
have gone to France. the men Of ~
Army and Navy. Faith in those mea
has given the people over there faith
in US. 50 that they are willing - -
on" sasE
The Lcndon Daily Chronicle sail q
the time Of Foch's big offensive: The
Americans have gone singing into ~
tie line like our own splendid fellows.
Hour after hour, when The great ruDh
q Yaaks aeross the channA bSUoa
far into the night, Thousands uDen
Thousands Of Americana matdhel 70
smbask Il the darknsss. They wat
Ike CJusAders. And what Do yCu
think their bands played, - near the
tattIeAeadf They played Onward
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