Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-26
Scraps and fats.

the week ending March II. up 10 III"
d.y.IOIfu'Ut ri the HIg bnttl": OilI''!5
killed or died Of wounds, -. i"'h
KILLED or d!cd Of wounds. 6l:; Uih'"I7
wGun,l"G Dr missing. 2lG: men w"GnH-
rd OF missing. 2G37. Total ".'''.
--- After about i've days debate" the
Tinted States senate has agreed bS "a
vote Of - to Is 10 r:t!sc tn" piice OF
wheat to 81. ~ Il buSh"l. senators Ia
yurIup IN. increase gave sll Il barrel
AZ th,. present price Of Hour WIN
wheat At about <..2U. and argued tha'
tho S.JH priC" Oi wheat would not put
IN. price Of HOUR beyond 81" on
$i3j so
- Secretary Houston Of tn" depart
iu.nt az agriculture. III Il recent Stat'-
in-nt declared the food production oi
the coun,ryS farms and gardens must
bs. increased. In spite Of III" large
urnductlon in many directions in
1871" secretary Houston said, The
situation IL n1. satisfactory. IN" SUP
plv al wheat IN this nation ana III th"
world Is inadequate Owing 10 snort
crOus in preceding years. The reserves
OF a number Of important c0inhn"Hitics
have been greatly reduced. Whether
,n. war continues or not. the demands
of Tins country. because of tn" in
creased population. ami Of the needs
of E.uIoI,c, viii be great; and they
will continue 10 l." great Tor Il CON
siderable period, even after i"hc" re-
turns
Thr Germans hHV" - cannon that
viii throw q trii.Inrh Sh'll 80 miles
That ~ one 0f In" startling develop
in"HiS Oi Tia" past i"w odiS. pn Sh'
urd:tV hI. shells began 10 iaIl IN IarlS
nt intervals Ot every iil""H nlin'l'S
They burst with raIthqHak" -lIk" pow
or, and created Consideration. 'lult" It
nurri"r "i p""pl" w'r" Killed. Ih"
source, ui III" .sh''llS WAS ~ first a
mystery. Dn" theory had u that "a
rIIn .rnI,liir. in"nt had been Surr"pii-
otiSlI secured SDIu''W h"ir within III"
French lines. \ $ioTI "ui int" cir'u-
IatIon that IN" French lines had h""n
broken. Som" p"orl" thought lh"
shells were b'ing iiIcd from Il big air-
Ilnn,. and others thnUght II Was an
aerial iuIIr,io. Dispatches a. SUNDAY
from Paris say that tn" inNSt"rIonS
hi. .:IIn has b"'n luC:,i''i IN til" front
nf -. G"iniu. west al Loan AMI "N-
:IctlI l.. hIIunr'i"T~. or approximately
-; miicS from lIrIs. The "Nart natuf'
al thu :rIn. huw,N'r. has not Vet been
asc'ItaIncd.
Secret figures of III" British ad
nlr;tlty ON submarine LOSSES ana
world Shipbuilding wCr" made public
III Washington 10y the British embassy.
They show that from both enemy ac-
tiun aud marine risk OH January !,
lglA, allied AMI n,uirin shipping had
lost sine" III" wLr began ll.N2I."'2
gross tons. while ship yards outside Oi
the central powers were turning out
6.GU6.21i toms. Th"S" figures, long
withheld. are now made public. an
admiralty memorandum says. because
today they will not Stimulat" the
enemy, and b"CaiISc they VIII impress
upon Tia" p"orl" III" necessity OF unIi-
cd action in making good losses 10y
submarines In spite oi th" treucn-
dOuS total Of losses, they do not ar-
preach the claim of the Germans. and
with @.jN?.OOu tons of enemy ships
added to the WIiput al IN" war i"riud.
the net lass To world shipping. cNClu-
Sivc Of that of Germany and her al
lies. is only 1852. 297.
Further reduction in the consump-
tiOn of wheat was asked Of the public
by the food administration saturday
night. that the scant supplies avail
able before the next harvest may he
stretched To meet the needs of the
army. domestic consumers and the al
lies Every American Is urged TO cut
his average ration of wheat by 90
per cent. which would reduce the to-
tai normal consumption OF I2.0O0,0OO
bushels month TO 2l.000.000. That
gives a ration % not more than one
and one-half pounds OF wheat pro-
ducts weekly for each person. Flour
sales will he cut To one-cighth of Il
barrel for Il town customer and To
one-uuartcr of a barrel for country
customer. that retailers stocks may be
distributed Ia as great Il number as
possible. The wheat content Of
bakers bread will be reduced TO -
per cent on April IA, which increases
10y i've per cent the amount Of SubSti-
tutcS that must he used. Sacrifice in
the wheat ration viii entail no hard
ship in the opinion OF food admins
tratiun officials because the supply of
potatoes. corn. oats and milk is ample
tn maintain health.
go The aid of 736 daily newspapers
have been asked by Secretary of Labor
Wilson IN mobiliZinC farm labor. They
will be branches of federal employ
mrni service and a member OF the
staff on each paper will bc made Il
federal agent. The newspapers asked
are those in towns of over 10000
population. There is no more worthy
demand than the farmers for help To
produce the nations food, Secretary
Wilson says In his letter 10 the news
papers which follows: There IL no
more worthy demand than the farm
crS for help tO produce the nations
food The postmaster general has au-
thoriZCd rural carriers and postnast-
crS i'm rural communities and smaller
towns To aid the employment service
as labor agents But over 100 of the
3l6 American cities ahovS 10000
t1..tt hlN M ~
ment officer and in many such offices
there is no special farm service given.
There is hardly time to open and train
the needed officers. In this Cmcr-
grnry | am asking the patriotic help
of the 136 daily newspapers of the
cities, tu establish cooperative farm
labor agencies The plan Of orcaniza-
tiun is outlined III the attached memo
randum. II your publication feels that
il can give its very great influence To
this campaign. may ask that YOU ad-
wise me-. naming your active labor
agent"
- Railroad labor disputes i'll the tu-
turc will be settled by a system OF ad-
justmcnt committees, one for the four
leading hrothcrhoods. one for shop
men, and possibly another later for
clerks and other classes of "nipl"ycS.
acting IN conjunction with the railroad
administration. Director General Nc
Adoo has approved the general plan.
drafted 10y W. =. Carter. Iirrctor ot
the railroad administration division
Of labor. The committees. or boards,
will pass on disputed questions of
wages or other employment conditions.
and their decisions will hr final They
will include representatives Of b"th
labor and railway executives. and the
..s.NI
commission. The board having juriS- |
diction over tlss hrothCrloodS of en-
gincerS. tircmcn. conductors and train
men. probably will consist If eight
members. with one appointed by the
chief uf each brotherhood and one
railway executive appointrd hy caI h
Of the three regional directors Of the
railroad administration. representing
the manasement. The method OF
selecting the eighth mcmhr: will he
Determined later. Th" railroad wage
prnba bly Will nIt Yapprt