McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-10-18

twelve months or 42,5O0,00O bushels Of
wheat. 100000 bushels of beans,
100000 bushels Of rice, 20, 900
pounds of corned beef, 277,200, 900
pounds OF pork products. $4,000, 900
pounds OF soap, 26,000,00O pounds OF
coffee. 100000 pounds of cocoa,
55,000,000 pounds OF condensed milk
and 40,OO0,00O pounds of sugar.
This amount of food, together with
the native produce, gives an average
ration of about 1000 calories-about
half the consumption Of the American
people.
This program Is estimated to cost
during the twelve months, for purchase
and transportation, approximately
| $3.50, 100000 The finance has been ar
ranged on the basis Of advances to be
made by loans from the United States
to the Belgian and French govern
ments In amounts sufficient to pay for
the material purchased in the United
States. The British and French gov
ernments are advancing in Europe the
sums necessary to meet the expendi-
lures made there for shipping and for
foodstuffs coming from other quarters
than the United States. :
In addition to the feet controlled by
the relief commission the United
States and allied governments are plac-
ing at It's disposal 100000 tons of ship
ping recently obtained from the Swed-
ish government for nonwar zone pur-
poses The commission announces
that besides the food which 1t intends
furnishing these stricken people there
will be needed for them about 10000
tons Of clothing and cloth. Through
the cooperation of the Red Cross
about 5000 tons of these supplies have
been collected and the work of collec-
ton still continues.
In It's fourth installment of its re
port the war council of the American
Red Cross announces that it's expendi-
lures In France for work among the
civilian population since the war be-
gan, coupled with appropriations for
the supply, transportation, women's
hospital service and other bureaus,
will total more than $70O00,000.
Expenditures in France to July Il
1918, totaled $36,613,682.73, of which
$21, 160, 632.68 was apportioned for re-
lief work among refugees. retaining
devastated areas, the fight against tu-
berculosis, operating expenses and
other expenses that have to do with
the civilian population" the report
states.
1.-THE demands for the next six
months for the same purposes are 1884,
| $50, s27.57."
The total of the expenditures for re.
lief work and the reconstruction OF
devastated villages and the care OF
refugees from the devastated areas
was $5,557, COSTS. The third largest
item was for campaign against tuber-
| culosis. This work absorbed $2,147, 1927
| For the care of children In France
up to July / the expenditure was
| lilac, 1870. The cost of relieving
| refugees will be financed from an ap'
| preparation of $6,212, 2S0.70, which has
been set aside for the purpose.
| Retail prices of food as reported to
| the United States bureau Of labor sta
tistics for August, 1918, and just pub.
| lished, show for the country as a
whole an increase of 2 per cent for all
articles combined. as compared with
July, 1918.
The increase in price Of all articles
of food combined in August this year
compared with the same month Of
1917, was Is per cent. In, this period
hens showed the greatest advance
38 per cent. Chuck roast increased &c
per cent, round steak 20 per cent, rit
roast % per cent, sirloln steak. plate
boiling beef and bacon 26 per cent
| each. Rice was 90 per cent higher thar
4 year ago. Beans. flour, sugar, bread
and coffee were cheaper than In Au
1 gust, 1917.
For the five year period august 10
1918, to August is, 1879 all food com
bined showed increase In price Of x
rer cent. All the IT articles for which
prices were obtained for five years
showed an increase of 50 per cent ant
| more. Four articles increased 100 PEI
cent. They We're meal, 127 per cent
4 lard and -four, 100 per cent each, ant
/ potatoes los per cent.
With nearly all the stars of tn,
game in the army and navy, football
will be one of the most popular sports
in the various training camps this au
tumn, II reports to the war and nav,
departments commission on training
camp activities are dependable. Man,
colleges and preparatory schools hay,
| announced that football will be aban
doned so far as academic and collegi
ate matches are concerned. Most o.
the college stars OF previous years
have entered the service, and the train
ing commissions athletic directors arr
making plans to employ them In tn.
formation of crack divisional, regimen
tai and company elevens
Although many former college STAR
who played last season In the uniforms
Of the various naval station elevens
have been transferred to active sef
service, athletic. directors are confident
that the teams will be even better
than a year ago.
| To assist in the campaign which the
United States department Of labor Il