Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-09-20
:. ltu DAYS WHEAT
SUPPLY II JULY, 1918
LOOKING BACKWARD AND FoR.
WARD.

LOOKING BACKWARD AND For.
WARD.
Mr.. Hoover states that our total pro-
duction Of food values for the year end.
Ing July l, 1918, " as between and 9 per
cent. below the average for the three
previous years, and that had it fallen
to IS Dor cent. below, nothing could
AVE 1aved the Allies from famine.
"..:a war : s4ld be oyer-ws Would pc
sesren."
'f's disaster averted, 1t is Per
to tell how narrowly we
JULY. 1915, WE WERE
TEN DAYS OF BEING
IT WHEAT. There were less
tn ~ p MN bushels in the United
= storage-in transst-any.
sksf4 4
~ -ye carry sixty million
% Tor seed alone, and never
\ the worst Of crop years,
cs--i5sl less than one hundred
ushais over into the new har
-s3uced 70 figures. here Is what the
yoiu~' Try sacrlhce OF United States
y lie made possible; In 1851 we
surplus OF something like two
rsN'ion bushels of wheat and
-h we -ED0rted lS6,oo0,ooO
at snd 800 600 bushels
..1 a4aat belag the prime
1s1J-ts cut OF short
sac rvs aud when the
iIaest .Aghted, We sent
-s1sls Of wheat and 49,
Ct rye-an increase OF
lp9s exported to the Al
bus Aels-every Dushel
7Gr people out of =
agDay-more spared from
OF t1'e year than from our
e year before. And fur.
nv IN million busheIs 70
rs facing starvation uA-
he1.
lad alone. We have
-l-Y.-z of bacon and ham
a7-7a5. In 1878, we in
..e- by sss 100000 pounds our Pre-
Gus years shipments to the Allies
sorts OF meat products, canned
s1- powdered Fix. butter cheese, veg
Ia oils. lafj. etc. sending alto
sGtaer more thaa three billion pounds.
eth do is Increase come from
Increased production; it, too, repre-
what Eog III. not eat-your meat
1aTs. EoIr aaco7isss breakfasts-
I-e steaks sou id not order, the pats
o. butter you ca not touch; potatoes
c-eaIaed instead Of fried, and all the
rect Of f. observation program faith
fully carried out BY patriotic people
De-Jre the war, we used to send
enough teod to France, Great Britain
and Italy each yesr to ration about six
I.-...7p -nen. During the year ending
~ Ii. fslS wa sent enough to com
..to7 1wsu-g oas million men.
80 clrlsr has nov been turned in
aa-,sr o. food. THIS does not
- howe e. th&t the need for sac
.-f~eg and care aad thritt has passed
CO. lat the crops are better, and
t SITUATION is IN hand because all
tae world is now assured and you are
c sGnt Of what Mr. Hoover believed
E-o-1 the beginning: that the people Of
tee United States can be depended
-ron to 90 what Is needful, SO long as
e ar lasts. ana Whenever occasion
5z~,anfs
here has never BEEN ANYTHING like
Il - history" I'VE asked the
A. a-icsn neopie TO do more yoluntar-
heen asked to submit to under compuI.
s.o, And the American people made
*.,-
our s.sociztes in ths war did
-. believe Is could be done. and Ger.
NAN scofYea but Mr. Hoover. belisy.
tne not more than 8 per cent OF the
o,e lacked the spirit of Democracy.
said. go do itl- The pnr cant.
sa;s. at can't be done" but the IS
per cont ansvsred: "Of oour,s Il can. ~
and did 1t.
Which Ia vorr tam the Can'tx a
tre Cana,
T., al nroh. NIFTY thsrs wifi MT h
40 r..A tht. v~ar for much .harn aa,f.
cHEisl. but tnere VIII % ene continuns
rrs for fore sight and care and the
f., ding OF habits Of thrift In prepare
tic'l for whatsoever the exigencies Of
and disaster may demand o. u.
must accumulate surplus OF
Pre- oreaastuns' ana we must sQuaf'