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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-31
n EVERYWOMAN IN THE WAR;
l5y CLARENCE NJ BOSE

him fuod--that man is a proffteer in
the blood OF your sons''
After that speech a woman sought
Mr.. Ousley. In her voice there was
a quiet determination. IN her face a
supreme. sublime courage, n s:btle
something Of tho soai--the same
spirit shown SO Scri ,uslv nv the wo-
men Of Francc--hy the women Of all
the I'M Prussiauized and never to be
Pruss!ani2ed world. If the Hun h
The imagination as well as the cruelty
81 the savage, II ne could lift his sor-
did ewes beyond q rigid mental hsri-
ION OF rules and formulate. he would
see here something he could not un-
dersfand aud therefore something h.
would fear. He would gee the adj
a71artine answer to hts hope OF world
tibiugation that look f. he eyes Of
the women of this lana. For mev
Of such mothers viii never be dc
feated; they cannot hut he Victorious
II am glad you said that" bog "a
this woman in whose eyes was ia
light that has always famed when war
is waged for freedom. II have son
who is now in France. And / have n
neighbor who has not been following
the governments requests either in
food production or in food conserva-
ton This family lives on a fine
farm and neither the women in her
Kitchen noE the husband in his fields
has changed the accustomed way of
living. The man he's been planning
to put most of his land in cotton.
Their table has had rs much food as
il ever did, and upon all days, be-
cause they seem 20 think that since
they produced the food they need not
conserve.
Finally l could stand It no longer.
Not long ago T went to this woman.
for I knew IL / could make her un-
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Parents should that their children are prepared
to take up the work they best suited for and that
they fully equipped to enter the battle of life.
Every man, woman and child who reads this paper
should act at once and reap the benefits of this un-
usual educational offer
The Best Dictionary in the World For the Money.
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| IL is the government. because r.
makes the government" said Mr..
Ousley.
''You have created public senti-
ment. Tf in every community In this
country there is created a sentiment
of scorn and contempt for those who
do not now sustain our country, there
will he very few offenders, FIR to
be despised by ones peighbors void
make life unbearable. When we have
everywhere a public sentiment sn~h
as you have helped make here, SO the
food Stacker, either II produ ton or
conservation, will be loathed and
looked down down upon, the thought
less and the selfish will perform
their full duty"
Have you a neighbor who Is fall
ing to sustain the governments food
program? Have you a son, re a.
tive, a friend fighting in France?
That neighbor. then. may cause the
death of your son, your relative. your
friend. VIII you tolerate that?
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This is the story Of woman who
converted a food Stacker into an ar
dent missionary of food productior
and conservation: H. is the 81 DRY OF u
woman no would uot allow neigh
Dor hy Indifference or iaZ!ness or
greed TO hamper the food program
OF the nation and thus further M
peril tho life Of her son Who is fix NJ
ing in France II is an example thar
can he followed .bv every womau-
everywhere
The experience was told to a.
slstlut Secretary ~ Agriculture CDay-
ence Ousley not long ago when ne
was touring the South 10 present ;Ne
governments urgent message 10 the
COTTON country request. Of vital iui
purtance--thei the Soun feed itsrlf
This year and 100 not jured ty hI-h-
priced cotton into such increases of
cotton acroage az will mean dir u 1-
tiou 0f food crop acreage. Mr.. Gus
ley explained that the government is
not asking the south TO reduce It's
cotton acreage, is not attemptins TO
suggest the amount of acreage to be
planted. hut is outy urging, with the
earuostnesS inspired by a couvic' loT
tina. this means much In winning the
war that the South insure it's own
food ana feed supply first, and ;hen
plant SICb cotton acreage a. II
chooses. without food from RS he
said our allies must fail. If the fail
all tho vast burden OF the war falls
upon us--and what that might mean
no man dares predict
"Aud So added Mr. Ouslev. the
farmer who knows that. knows his
failure 70 produce food ieopa~dizes
our cause, and vet for greed and
soifshpcss md in order to Clttcn hts
own pockctbook, plants I'll cotton and
expects the rest OF the nation to send
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MAN WHO DID NOT PREACH.

and lisht and some creature comforts.
We are now bui6iue ON the edge
Of the city one Of TIE largest double
huts. which VIII accommodate more
than ~ thousand urr az rfDs
Bcys Are s. TtRe shape For Ficbt-
oar bows hare are ~ uaSnifice NJ
ccu4iflo1 sud with q littie specialized
training wil be- ready TO % America
proud when thcy 50 over the top ~
VIII lac no b~icf ordeal into which
they go. however. and we must 81
steel cu-ssiyes for r long, Erilltrg
~ort,sj. ka,srrao01 's % long way from.
defeat and tl~ urarrg wc set TO the
front. che more Fse realize tho price
We shalt save r. lay that We m ay
hrlns thi# matter ~ a fr Auphant cor
ciuston."
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BURGLAR
TOUCHED BY HER PLEA

Pittsburg, Pa. March 3o.--It was
good-hearted burglar who entered
the home of Mrs. Mary Jane Painter.
seventy. rec1use. II have no money
in the house and you are too much OF
man to kill or harm n poor old
crippled woman" she replied to his
threats. "Ail right. I'll take yonr
word for 1t - he answered rs he
jumped through the open window In
to the darkness.
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HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATA3RH OR 4 COLD
Says Cream Applied In Ncstrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant reliei-uo waiting Your
eiogged nostrils open right up; the mir
p&ssagss 81 Jour head clear and Jon CO..
breathe freely. No more hawking, snilf
Eng. blowing, headache, dryness- NJ,
struggling Tor breath at night; YOU
cold or cataxrh disappears.
Get . stall bottle o. Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
: little OF this fragrant, antiseptie
Aealinw cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
elxAkss Through every air passage of ths
1oax, soothes the indamed or swollei
nnu0us membrane and relief comes IN
s11ontay.
HI inst Ere. Dcn't stay stufeduy
.epl6 er Nasty sAskfsA-
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WOMAN SEEKS WORK AS
GOVERNMENT SHIPBUHDFR

St Louis. Mo, March s0.--Mrs.
Minnette Slayback. of this city, an exs
pert with carpenters tools who can
build almost anything from toys 70
ships, has volunteered her services ia
Uncle Sam as q shiphuilder.
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Depends Largely Crop

More people unnecessarily make
their living out of wheat distribution
than was suspected Thousands and
thousands Of little spectators have
had to turn elsewhere for a livelihood.
A number Of commission men have
had to close shop. There are places
where elevators should be built and
other places where there are too many
elevators. The Government, dop,inat-
ing the wheat market, carries its own
marine insurance Wheat handlers ut
terminals have had their activities re-
stricted.
But most of all 1t Is interesting to
see how the price Of flour per barrel
tumbled from the time Uncle Sam took
positive hand In the matter. The
Food Administration has recently COM
pleted an interesting chart on the
prices Of wheat and bulk flour at Min
neapolis. In statement Of NOvem-
her &C. the Food Administration says:
The farmer received for the 1915 har-
vest between $1.45 and s1.50 per bushel
for the harvest, taking the country by
large and =. Last year he received
unCef ~ per cent OF the price OF the loaf.
Today he is receiving over 40 per cent OF
the money paid for the cash loaf. this
being the result Of the sterilization Of
prices and the total elimination of hoard
ing and speculation in this industry.
The statement reports that farmers
on November &c were receiving with
freight charges included from the ter
ritory represented to Minneapolis, ap-
proximately $3.50 for Az bushels Of
wheat. The price Of bulk -four at the
Minneapolis mill IS about STOPS per
barrel, showing that the miller is now
receiving about IS cents per barrel,
which must include both his operating
expenses and profit.
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rect supervision. The corporation
charges each miller per cent Of the
value of the wheat he grinds to cover
the costs of administering the COR
poraton; for the S5OO00,OOO capital Is
to be returned to the United States
Treasury, unimpaired.
The agreement has It's compensa-
ton, however, for the policy Of Uncle
Sam is to provide each mill with all
wheat possible. TO do so, every mill
signing up was required to furnish an
estimate Of it's possible milling capaci-
ty for the season. This nationwide
survey of milling capacities. when bal
anced against the available supply Of
wheat, enables the Grain Corporation
to equalize supplies in way never
done before. In fact, the schedule Of
prices arranged for the primary mar
kets had for an object this equaliza-
ton. For instance. if the proprietor
of an elevator at Maryville. Mo-, 46
miles northeast of St. Joseph, and 458
miles from Chicago, desires to market
wheat he has available these markets:
st. Joseph, Mo-; Kansas City, Mo-;
st. Louis, Mo-: Chicago. ILL.,, and New
York City, N. Y To ascertain the
most advantageous price for him, he
would work it out on the basis of the
following table:
From this table you can see what
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shipment did not pass through any
terminal market 1t moved straight
to Atlanta, where 1t went between the
rollers Of the MILL
Controlling the Jobber by License.
Now, the -four which came from our
second bushel Of wheat was rolling
serenely along in another direction,
but the car was diverted by special or
| der Of the U. S. Food Administrator
and received by a large wholesale job
Der In New York City. This jobber
| also does business under q Food Adj
minstration license, but administered
by the distribution division. Under IL
cense terms the jobbers must sell at
fair profit only, although the exact
amount of this profit is not determin-
ed, the Food Administration reserving
the right in each case to call halt
when a liccnsee has gone "the limit"
The New York jobber took for his
own, in this case, profit Of 80 cents
per barrel. He sold part of this ship.
ment to a retail merchant.
This merchant did small business
and was not licensed, but even here
was another social check. For the
retail merchants Of the large cities
and those Of many small cities and
towns find each morning and after
noon in the daily papers price list
, for flour and other commodities which
, are considered fair by the Federal
Food Administrator for their State.
I These prices are usually arrived at
through the machinery of the whole
salerS and the retailers organizations.
| The retailer also discovered that the
jobbcr who sold him this -four was
keenly interested in the prices paid by
the consumer. For the Food Admins
,tration has discovered an Indirect
means of control of the retailer by
making the iobbcr voluntary police
! man to his customer. The jobber is
licensed to sell only to traders who
deal fairly, and If it should turn out
that a jobber persists in doing BUSH
ness with retailers guilty Of profiteer-
Ing In staples under control the Food
Administration has and may exercise
the right to revoke the license of the
jObber.
The other part Of this shipment con.
tanned our second bushel Of wheat and
| went over to the East Side into small
bakery, which quickly made 1t into
creamy loaves. These loaves were
placed In groceries and delicatessens
and the next day were eaten by hun
CRY little boys and girls with dark
| eyes and big noses and quaint ways.
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the Grain Corporation was making a
large purchase for the Allies and was
utilizing its knowledge of available
stocks by having on the job a trans
portatiOn strategist--Edward Cham
bers, vice president Of the Santa Fe.
Mr.. Chambers was assisting the Food
Administration and has a remarkable
''way with him." Even before he was
called to assist Mr.. McAdoo, the Dlrec-
tor General, his suggestions to the rail-
roads had wonderful effect In dis
couraging their hesitancy as to finding
available cars and in clearing up con-
gestions that looked as though they
never could be uncongested.
How Uncle Sam Keeps the Whip
Ease in getting the needed cars was
one Of the advantages enjoyed by this
particular elevator after signing the
voluntary agreement which coded to
the Grain Corporation the right to con-
troll storage and direct shipments and
sales of all wheat bought by the pro-
prietor.
While voluntary, this agreement is
almost compulsory since railroads give
priority recognition to Grain Corpora
ton requests for cars and elevators
or mills outside the official fold must
rustic for themselves. In return the
Government guarantees the elevator
proprietor against losses and protects
him In every way as to price and pays
him rentals for all storage space requi-
sitioned by it
All elevators, local and terminal.
must take out licenses or face shut
down. What is the power Of the IL
cense2 It requires the operator to lay
all cards on the table as to his bust
ness dealings. For the time of the
war the elevator becomes public util-
ity and it's proprietor must furnish In
forma ton as to his business at any
time when required by the Grain Cor
p0ration Each week he must make
and mail reports showing the amount
Of wheat, rye, or their derivatives, pur-
chased, stored, and shipped
Under present license terms, the H.
censee can keep on hand for only 80
days, unless he obtains special per-
NIT, any stocks Of these grains or
their derivatives. He Is also forbid
den to contract for the sale OF any
product which can not be delivered
within 80 days after the contract Is
made.
How the Wheat Was MilIed.
Away went our bushel of wheat On
ito journey to the terminal, where 1t
met other bushels of wheat FROM all
parts Of the territory that fed this
market. There It was regarded FOR
special requirements, marked for I'M
mediate milling and rolled on to a
large mill in Illinois. The miller
bought the wheat from the Grain Cor
poration, for each miller in the Unit
ed States Is under license also. ana
most of them have filled out another
voluntary agreement which binds them
either to purchase all supplies from
~ Grain Corporation or under Ito q
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Ben Elzenhoefer, our old soldier
friend, has returned from the east
where he spent the winter. He visited
Boston, New York City, Washington
and other points and is looking fine,
despite his IS years. Ben says he was
at Newport, KY, about two weeks ago
when large shipment Of horses was
received for the government. The
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About the same time our cooperative
elevator mana. er had listed q shipment
with his terminal representatives.
highly reputable commission firm, also
under Grain Corporation license. This
firm caught wind Of the Georgia order
and secured permission to sell the Mis-
souri, wheat. The second bushel was
among those poured into car and
hustled along to Its destination. This
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horses evidently had been without food
and water for 48 hours and when
turned out they were given all the
water and feed they needed and short
ly after 400 of them died. They were
valued at $500 each. 1t was feared
that. they had been poisoned, but an
investigation proved that this was not
the case
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Milling Canadian Wheat.

aNAN1lM being milled a cnrlOt OF
EyN%LxxG wheat reached this mill
wv. S0E from Canada. lmpOrta-
IVA N\M ton Of Canadian wheat
. "a ENAS without special consent
being forbidden the mill
operatives became curious and made
inquiries. This wheat was part of a
large supply which the Grain Corpora
ton had brought into the United States
to aid in keeping the American mills
running.
There was another reason. DOmes-
tic wheat was not moving from the
farms as freely as the millers needed
it, and shortage forced the mills to
operate at a great disadvantage and,
according to them. at higher costs.
The last journey stage of our first
bushel, although considerably changed
in its form, was to go as -four to port
under rush orders It now had right
Of way over all other classes Of freight
except other munitions of war. Con-
sent of the War Trade Board being
obtained, 1t was loaded on ship and
passed safely through the submarine
field to France, where It succOred the
hungry
We started out to follow the travels
of two bushels Of wheat from the farm
to their points Of consumption under
war condition with the u s. Food Ad-
ministration in control Of the market
ing. I have previously discussed the
Journeys of these two bushels from
the farm to the elevator at the country
point. Here they parted and one of
them passed on to terminal. and
from the terminal to q mill and from
the mill to seaboard. There It went to
France for consumption.
The Other Bushel of Wheat Starts
travelling.
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period in 1916 In September, October
and November, under the supervision
Of the Food Administration, -four pro.
duction was ia per cent of the same
period in 1916 What this means In the
great national situation, with depleted
domestic flour reserves and clamorin9
foreign buyers, can hardly be over
emphasized. when movement of wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
half that of a year ago or 10O000,OO0
bushels less. 1t was nothing short Of
master strategy
The total number Of bushels pur-
chased by the Grain Corporation from
the time 1t commenced activities to
February Is 1926, 1859. Arranged
by months, the purchases in bushels
were September, 1871, 2092O; Octo-
Der. 1889, Gf659: November, 30920,-
074.26, December. 21,45624906 and
January. 77,G9S 966OS
During July and August our -four
exports were about the same as In the
same two months Of 1916; but In Sep.
temher, October, and November, the
expectation was 80 per cent larger
than q year ago. SO the Grain Cor
poration has discharged our obliga-
tons to the allies, and restored our
-four reserves, which Is the larger A.
pect Of the question.
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HESE schedules arrang-I
ed for the various
markets are ..veritable
price dams to pre-
vent the overfOwing
Of the stream Of
wheat at any single
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wheat bushels was poured into a car
which miraculously had appeared on
the siding at q time when car shortage
was troubling the entire commercial
world. Inquiry might have shown that
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OW as to the other bushel
of wheat. A certain
Georgia miller, in need
Of supplies, notified the
Grain Corporation and
received permission to
buy on the omen market.
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Selling Wheat to Government.

BOUT 20 days after the
farmer brought in his
wheat there came a re-
quest to this elevator for
a carload to be purchas-
ed by the Grain Corpora
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RING last July and An.
gust. While Congress was
wrestling with itself to
produce a food admins
tratiOn, and there was
no Grain Corporation,
-four production in the
principal centers was ~
nnr cont I'm dor. thu Sn1a,n
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malice. They also tend to correct,
such as cutthroat methods adopted by.
mills to secure supplies and indiscrimi-
nate moving of wheat to terminals.
For all practical purposes the wheat
business of the country Is apportioned,
and whenever possible mills are sup
est them. This policy has for an OBJ
ject the saving Of waste in transport
tation. In another way saving Is
made: Formerly large quantities Of
undergrade wheats have been difficult
to dispose of on account Of unco-ordi-
mated purchase of the competing mills;
but under Uncle Sans domination
each bushel of wheat must now go
somewhere and the poorer wheat will
move just as freely as the more de-
sirable grades.
Limiting MiIIers' Profits.
The Illinois miller who received the
carlot containing our bushel OF wheat
milled 1t promptly and shipped it's flour
to port for expectation. The miller
was permitted by the Food Admins
tratiOn to make fair profit, not ex-
ceeding d maximum of 25 cents per
barrel on the -four and a maximum
profit Of SO cents per ton on the feed
stuffs left over All mills, however,
must furnish at regular intervals to
the Milling Division full statements OF
manufacturing costs, which are scru-
tinted carefully. The derivatives OF
this wheat the miller sold for domes'
tic consumption, as the policy of the
Government is to keep in the United
States all available feedstuffs In order
b encourage livestock production.
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sample on to the st. Louis zone agent
for test, which verified his judgment as
to grade. He then went about his usu-
al duties, cleaning the grain, filling his
bins, and shipping out as regularly as
he could In maximum carload quanti-
ties, In order to economic the use of
cars in time Of congestion. He was
careful to keep his records cry
straight as to dates and quantities of
wheot purchased, on hand, and shipped
out, for the Grain Corporation requires
weekly reports and full details of
transactions.
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Under these conditions the proprietor
would probably sell at st. Joseph Or
Chicago, according to his inclination.
The table further illustrates the
equalization Of prices and indicates to
what extent the miller is protected
when buying wheat in any territory.
Through this plan determinations
against the producer, the miller, and
the consumer are eliminated so far as
it seems humanity possible under
plan of such tremendous proportions.
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markets If shipped from Maryville,
Mo-:
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Az w UR delay in getting this
II w aA wheat started across
ia WE the world was occa-
TWWN@M stoned by the uncer-
SkNssW8 tain Judgment of the