The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-17
FARMERS URGED
TO HELP RELIEVE,
FOOD8S|TUAT|0N
w. Al. MILNE p OHIO NAMES
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS SHRSH
TT MEETING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


w. al. Milne of Cleveland, 1hios
representative Of the United Statt'ees
food administration, made the rritllr.
cipal address at d meeting 0f lT-ar-
ter County farmers held IA Convent
tion Hall yesterday afternouns Ihere
we're several other speakers and tlle
meeting was fairly NAH attended. F
O. X. Dafden Of Lone Grove, wlio
had called the4 tneeting, told iIthe
farmers present that q rufiior had
become widespread that the govern
ment had fixed the price OF cotton
this wear at 40 cents a pound and
that the object of this meeting was
to get the farmers together and tell
them that the rumor was false. lie
told them, however, that il the
whole country is planted to cotton
and they have all the money they
could desire, it would be OF no value
to them ii there is no foodstutf to
buy with their money.
Mr.. Darden introduced Col. z. J..
Gregory, |. X. Mason and Paul b
Smith, and each spoke briefly on the
burden of feeding the people and
how this rests upon the farmer
Each reviewed briefly the events oI
the war from the food standpoint
and discussed what is probably best
for the farmer to do in the way oil
diversifying his crops.
Milne Is introduced.
| Russell Brown, food administra-
tor for Carter County, then intro
duced Mr.. Milne as one OF the sal
aried men now working for the gov
emment and said Mr.. Mines salary
is 81 per year.
Mr.. Milne told his hearers tina
they were there talking OF and con
sidering what they must do, wha
they had been told to do, but he de
sired to tell them the why OF it. HI
presented figures to show tn
amount of wheat in the Unitc'
States and Canada, which is avail
able for consumption as 6OOOOO,OO
to 650000,000 bushels in the Unite,
States and l70,000000 bushels il
Canada. He then showed that Grea
Britain purchased 30O,0O0,0OO bush
els of wheat in Australia at 81 pc
bushel and last summer paid as hig
as $3.25 per bushel for wheat in thi
country because there were no ship
available to carry the Australia
wheat to England and France. II
told Of the short crop of wheat i
Argentina and the placing OF an eN
port embargo on wheat in tina
country. He said all knew why tn
great wheat crop Of Russia is nc
r. available. He said the only whea
= available today is about 2O0,OOO,OC
4 bushels in this country and Canadj
4 Needs of the Allies.
= Needs of the allies, figured t
2 the minimum, is 557000,000 bushel
c and Canada has guaranteed 100000
S 600 bushels, leaving the allies dc
pendent upon the United State
Y alone for the remainder. He tol
t of the small percentage OF whe;
c flour entering into the bread used i
T. England and France and OF the e2
r cuse for bread in Poland and otht
countries. He said the submarir
t menace is being reduced and tn;
r shipping facilities are increasin
. and that he believed that within II
q next six months it will be possib
. for England to secure 100000
- bushels from Australia; but, eve
" with this, the demand upon tn
country would be such that it
q necessary to save, to economic
% wheat, to be patriotic, and that
- =, the people of this country will tai
, from the store they have laid up al
: what they deem positively nece
! sary, just one-fourth for the ALI
! the trick will be done and the pro
Is lem for the armies fighting Il
y kaiser will be solved. He said
l. had two sons over there who W
never return. He said it was hu
st ger and not cowardice that ma
- the Russian soldiers walk away a,
he refuse to fight. He said those vi
10 thoughtlessly, or deliberately, we
wasteful, or refused to conser
food to the detriment of the soldit
in the field are cowardly murdere
A Russell Reads Resolution.
IF At the conclusion of Mr.. Min
e. speech a large number of those
o. attendance. understanding that I