The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-10-23
ONLY TEN DAYS. WHEAT
SUPPLY IN JULY, 1918
Information and Rulings From
The Federal Food Admlnlstra-
tlon For Virginia.
LOOKING BACKWARD AND FOR.
WARD.

Mr.. Hoover states that our total pro-
cuction OF food value. for the year end
Ina July l. 1918. was betweon I and per
cent. below the average for the three
prcv!oua years. and that had II fallen
to IL per cent below. nothing could
have saved tho Allies from famine
The war would be over-we would be
beaten
With this disaster avorted, 1t is per
miucd now TO toll how narrowly We
escaped. IN JULY, 1915. WE WE'RE
WITHIN TEN DAYS OF BEING
WITHOUT WHEAT, Thcrc were less
than two million bushels in tho United
States-in storage-in transi,-any-
whore!
Normally, We carry sixty million
bushels over for seeL alone. and mover
before, even in the worst OF crop years,
have We carried less than ono hundred
million bushels over into tho new har-
vest
Reduced to ntures. here Ia what the
voluntary sacrifice OF United States
people made possible; In 1867 We
had surplus OF somethinE like two
hundred million bushels Of wheat and
rye. OF which We exported 1876 900, 600
bushels OF wheat and 1900 coo Sushel.
OF rye-rye and wheat being the prime
brcadstufts In l9l7-lS, out OF short
crop OF wheat and rye. aud whom the
corn crop was almost blightsd we sent
l4l.0000O0 bushels OF wheat and 49,.
100000 bushels OF rye--an increase Of
prime breRdstuns exported 90 the Al.
lies OF 400 900 bushels bushel
Of !, saved by our people out OF
eubnormal supply-morc spared from
our saving, OF this year than from our
surplus Of the year before And fur
Their, We sent ten million bushels to
neutral nations facing starvation un-
Ices We helped them
And it isn't bread alone We have
built up surplus OF bacon and ham
Tor use abroad In lsI7.1S. VIC in
creased by s44,60o.00O pounds our pre-
vious years shipments to the Allies
Of all sorts OF meat products. canned
md powdered milk. butter, cheese. veg.
etaOlc oils. lard. etc. sending alto
sethcr more than three billion pounds
Nalther did this increase come from
Increased production: IT, too, repre-
SCENTS what YOU did not eat--your meat.
less days. your baconlcss breakfasts
| the steaks YOU did not order, the pats
Of butter YOU did not touch; potatoes
creamed Instead OF fried. and all the
rest OF the conservation program faith
fully carried out by patriotic people
Before the war. we used to send
enough food TO France, Great Britain
and Italy each year to ration about alr
million men. During the year ending
April. 1918, we sent enough TO com,
pletely ration twenty-one million men
The corner has now been turned in
this matter OF food This does not
mean. however. that the need FOR sac.
riflce and care and thrift has passed
only that the crops are better and
The situation is In hand because all
the world IS now assured and YOU are
confident OF what Mr Hoover believed
ironi the beginning that the people Of
these United States can be depended
anon TO do what is neciful. so long a.
the war lasts. and whenever occasion
demands,
There has never been anything like
Il in history" - I'VE asked the
American people TO do mere yolun;ar-
lily than any other people has ever
been asked 10 submit to under compul-
,icn, And the American people made
good"
Even our associates in the war did
cot believe II could be done, and Cor
many scoffcd, but Mr.. Hoover. bellev.
Ing not more than 5 per cent OF the
peopl. lacked tho spirit OF Democracy.
said: Go do III" Tho per cent.
said 1T can't be done but the e5
per cent answered: "Of course it can. .
and did II.
Which Is your team. the Cants or
the Can's7
In all probability there will not be
the need this year for such sharp self
denial. but there will be the continuing
need for foresight and care and the
forming OF habits OF thrift in prepare
ton for whatsoever tha exiHencies oil
war and disaster may demand OF us
We must accumulate a aurplus oil
prime breadstuffs. and we must square
ly face the fact that we cannot hope
] 20 have another great harvest Ike thl,