The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-01-07
State -Focd Administrator
Oglebay Tells What is
Being Done.
REGULAR PRIGELIST soon
Every One of the Fifty Five
Counties VIII Have a
Food Board

WHEELING, Jan. 7.-E. W. osle-
bay. Federal Food ECminlstTator Tor
West Virginia. today discussed at
large the matter OF our own state or
ganizatioa.
when we ask our people TO do bis
things we get unanimous responses
When we ask them TO do little things
we are ape to find some slackers. This
is not because thoy are siacSers IN
spirit-tksy mean Jus; as vel! as does
the soldier who goes % the front. they
cannot realize that these little things
are important-vitaly important. Yet
on such realization depends America S
success just as muCr as 1t depends
on the loyalty OF our men in the hela'
The organization in West Virginia
is not yet all that we desire but 1t Is
progressing. This work on the part
OF the newspapers will be a step IN
advance-that is, another field OF ac,
tivity which is reccmtnG organized
for the cause. The hotels throughout
the state are we'll org4nized. Mr.. r. L.
O'NeaI. Of Fairmont. has been dong
excellent work among the hotei men
and they have shown their co-opeFa-
ton in every way possible
"A movement Is "a foot TO organize
the retail grocers of the state Inc
grocers in the northern end OF the
stare are already ~eI organized. l
cannot speak autf"ritatiTeiy OF the
rest of them but from what hear
they will soon be IN position TO rem
der US valuable all md they are al
ready doing so indVldually- "A COM
mittee of grocers has already been
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canization and We expect this to be
one of the first :c'portant moves OIL
the New Year.
The bakers are in about the same
position as the gr0cers. although
probably with a lit . better oTGanlZa-
ton throughout TIE territory we COW
err. We are constaI lly kept IN close
touch with the d;::cr ent representa-
tives of this industry at all points.
Better organiza1Gn and better CO.
operation between t:l2m and TINS Office
must be our effort LOW with the plIli-
crs aud distributors ot grain. We 40
not feel that we ave yet working as
closely with them as we should De.
The fault is entirety with this Office
we have had no hi=i chat they are NOT
willing to do ali We ask. we nave SIM
ply not come to then.
Our county organizations will soon
be ready to be given % the public COM
plete. Everyone u; he fifty-five coun-
ties will have local board whose du-
ties will, to an extrct, be similar to
those of our state beard except tor the
difference in territorial jurisdiction
They will be expected to look after,
first OF all, the educational work in
their respective territories and. sec
oud, to handle wharaver questions may
from time TO time arise In other
words, they will &C: as buffers for this
office Just as this Office acts as a
buffer for Washington. When tToU-
bIesome points arise and we are I'M
able to settle them we refer them to
washington but IL We can settle them
ourselves we do so. The county or
carnations wiH be expected to take
care Of minor diff rcultieS without re
ferring them to us, out they will refer
them to US whenever they deem it nee
essary.
Another important matter for the
New Year is the definite establishment
of committees on publication OF prices.
The only committee which has up to
the present worked along this line IS
our Wheeling committee. The New
Year will find committees active IN
BiuefeId, Charleston, Clarksourg.
Huntington, MartiuSourg and PaTkers-
burg. in addition to our Wheeling COM
mi+tee. These committees will inter
pret the market conditions and from
time to time publish prices at which