The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1918-10-30

We increased our meat shipment
| cyer tho previous year by $4,000. 900
pounds. shipping altogether SOL. 100.
900 pounds. The total shipment OF
cereSls. including wheat. amounted TO
| Ra0, 900 900, an increase of $4,000. 900
bushels over last year. The total value
| OF those shipments purchased mainly
through or ~ collaboration with the
Food Administration. amounted to,
roundly. 100000, 900 during the fiscal
| year.
or these sacrifices OF the people,
Mr. Hoover says in his report to the
President of the years work OF the
Food Administration:
These figures do not fully convey
the volume OF tho effort and sacrifice
made during the past year by tho
whole American people. am sure
that all tho millions OF our people,
agricultural as we'll as urban, who
have contributed 10 these results
should feel very definite satisfaction
that in a year OF universal food short.
ages In the Northern Hemisphere. all
OF those people Joined together against
Germany came through TO the New
Harvest. not only with health and
strength fully maintained. but with
M.
I'll is difficult TO distinguish be
tween various sections OF our people
the homes. public eating places. food
trades. urban or agricultured popula,
tons. IN assessing credit for these re.
cults. but no one will deny tho domi.
nant part OF the American woman"
In spite OF the shorter supplies OF
food the price OF flour was reduced
from sl6T5 4 barrcl 10 $3.50 a barrel,
and the farmers margin OF difference
between the price received from thls
whcRt and the -four made from I, was
reduced from 1865 10 81 cents. In
Tcnersl to tho farmer going to Tho
inarhet, 27et moro than last summer:
TO the housewife buying In market
49, less than last bummer
And the Allies have been sustained.
They are no longer on ration Fo,
long time there were constantly In
limo. waiting for their limited food
rations long queues OF people pKgre
eating constantly $500. GOO in all the
Allied countries. they have now en-.
tirely disappeared. the morale OF tho
people is restored. their courage 10
strons their hopes run high Dnd thor
affection flows strong for the Ameri
can lad In khaki who has already
come to their relief two million strong.
In recent speech on Americas spirit
In the war DR. Ray Lyman Wilbur
quoted France and England a. saying
10 Germany The nation that hn.
sent the type OF men that America has
sont 10 France will never 10 back on
them or on the soldiers and people
GshtlnE with those mon" and Or. VII
bur comments That Ia the spirit
We have put into lhir war That is
the spirit in these noble men who
have gone to France. the mon OF the
Army and Navy Faith In those men
has siven the people over there faith
In US 80 that they are willing to I'd
on"
The London DAILY Chreulcle said a,
tho time OF Foch'r bis ofIcnsive, The
Am orleans have gone siIgins into bet.
Ito line like our own spiendid follow
Hour after hour. when the great rush
OF iankt across the channel boanr
fur into the night thousands upon
thousands Of Americana marched 10
embark In tho daraness They went
like CrufhdeTS And what do you
think their bands played. 60 near the
battlefield They play cd Onward
Christian SoidieyS. aad o come, All
Yc Faithful This moa who SANG thoeo
hymns are in the prese1t hshtiRg"
Du, neither the Allies nor che
armies. theirs or ours. oan so or with.
eut food