Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-22
SIXTY DAY FOOD
FAMINE PROBABLE T.
CONiINUFp TNUM TNUF ONE

CONTINUED FROM rNpF oNE
plies 20 tho tlirr During rh" hsi
'ihr', months Ne hnt, fallen nrhlud
Va movement of fuoistuffs from the
farms tp the consuming and ~toraE"
centers. ~ to the first uf Iohrla 5
less than 90 pcr cent u tho uotuul
|rauo ~ corn has been moved l'r,
/ than so per cont W the oats and lrs
than 80 per cent of tho put<fu'-
/ From November 10 January vo
were short IN he usual movement ut
grains ana graiu products into tho
terminals alone bN over l'0UUu ttr.
londs over 10000. 600 bushels and
this further aggravated hN -imilbr
shortage uutsid" the terminus
Corn May spoil
Furthermore this Ncpr Wc have
/ he largest percentage OF soft corn $40
imuny years, and Enough We have n
/ record crop of corn "A considerable
! portion OF the soft corn viii Doe lost
/ 10y spelling unless II can DE moved iu
/ sixty days 10 the DRYING terminals
+ The least amount al grain that must
| he luaded Tor the next sixty days ir
eight million bushels per day ana
: we have not Vet attained that Less
than this viii solve neither the allied
f lNI RNf NhNlNNilt hlhtiltn.
We had about 5000 cnrlutdu
Of potatoes on November which
. should have been moved rom tho
7 principal producing centcrv and uT
! ia the first of February We have
/ moved about * 200 carloads while
We should have moved nNcr nfN
/ thousand IN this period The result
IS that potatoes are piled up spohirr
I'm the producers hands and 'ho con
suming c9nters haAe only peuu Run
piled by virtue OF The summer gar
dens and other stores carried over
from last year There is great dohl
NJ live stock which has heon rohdy
for the market Tor sometime but is
stlll held In the farmers hands THU
inability 20 secure transportation
These cattle are eating their hcnds
or without increasing their meat
value and nrr only adding ~ tho
costs Of the farmer and consuming
the grain
Effect Many Fold
The effect OF this delayed move
ment has been many fold
First To ie0pardilc the slfeiv
" great deal ~ the soft corn aud
perishahlcs such Hs potatoes
Second The .tricture in flow NJ
the price conditions I'm the country
by practically suspcndinE- tho law
Of supply and demand Fhe margins
between the farmer and the con-
sumner In many commodities vcr"
never wider than they are today be-
cause the consuming trades sre Jp.
der supplied and the farmers com
pete Tor transportation g-lccg uf
coHrse grains have reached uuhr1rd
~ levels white the limited trans put-
tatlon has diminished the f1rmcrs
returns
Third The cost OF rrrJus for
feeding live stock has 4o Increased
TO the feeders ~ finished cattle That
they face serious losses Tho costs az
the dairylnr Industries have ucros.
sdrilv greatly increased
Fourth Thru che large rontuu-
ing RreaS we havo h"on lIt'ns oN
reserve thru the, period 0f s.tut sup.
plies Those rpscryea uro u many
sections urpros phlf& cNfDusunn
"Fifth We haN" hT"u unthla tH
transport 20 Folh0nri tho necessary
foodstuffs ror the allies THIS has NOT
hren Due sp much 10 ~" actual IH.
ability 0f tNc ru.lWl'+ giving rrIurlt,
70 fooda'uffs frr allied shippu ua
n has heou 20 hrlngiug PRODUCTS
from tho Grws tu the iosmiua' nrI.
kets where 80 can hs aggregated
prepared aud purchased hE ihf al.
lies
Progress Rcing Made
"Thc economic ttmiflraLuus u'
this Wh0lr i,my iu tho mao, mOu'
Of tho national harvest are 1Iu.u#f
countless and jhey prrs'u The most
critical ~ .IfutfIuIN tf a. N.Uh b. rn