Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-08-01
FOOD CONFERENCE
HELD At COLUMBIA
FOOD ADMINISTRATORS OF MID.
DIE TENNESSEE GATHER
FOR ALL-DAY SESSION.
]. |. FINNEY MAKES ADDRESS
A Feature Of the Meeting Was An In
spring Address BY Or. Everett COL.
bn q Member of v. s. Food Com.
mission Visiting England and France

Nashville, Tenn.-PYobably the best
food administration conference ever
held was that at Columbia, when near
ly tkirty OF the forty.one food admin.
istrators OF Middle Tennessee met for
an lll-day session, The conference
was presided over by J. l. Finney, as.
sistgnt to the federal food administra-
tor Of Tennessee, who delivered the
opening address. DR.. Morgan and the
following members OF his staff were in
attendance: Charles Clay Trabue, stats
legal representative; O'Bryan Wash.
ington, chief of enforcement; Albert
L. Love. executive secretary, and Miss.
es Lucille Meek and. Sara Paris, report.
ers.
The feature of the meeting was an
inspiring address by DR.. Everett Colby
Of the United States Food Administra.
tion. Washington. He was member
Of The food commission that visited
England and France last winter, and
ne drew : graphic picture of conditions
thee. appealing for still greater con.
sersAtion.
d. Morgan spoke briefly. appealing
especially for increased crop produc
ton The roll was called and the fol
loving county administrators re-
spoa ded:
T q. Cunningham, Bedford; p. H.
Dule. Cheatham; Doak Aydelotte, Cef'
fee ~ P. Burnet. Cumberland; e. l.
Din, Davidson; James Drake De
Kalb: Will e. Walker, Franklin; w. l.
Abernathy. Giles: A. H. Grigs5y. HEX
man; J. 7. Richardson, Houston; G.
W. Cowan. Humphreys; B. L. Quarles
Jackson; T.. J. Petway. Lewis; d. d
Clayton, Marshall; John P. Graham
Maury; l. r. Peterson, Montgomery
J.. A. Hargrove, Overton; Jas N. Cox
Putnam; ]. Moore King, Rutherford
T. W. Hunter, Sumner P. V. Burnley
Trousdale; H. +. Bailey. VanBuren
Edgard Pearson, White; Homer Han
cock, Wilson.
The following program was observ
ed in the afternoon:
Enforcement of Regulations-ChsS
c. Trabue.
Sugar-Alhert C. Love.
Wheat, Flour and Mill Feeds. l.
Finney.
It was decided to divide Middle Tel
nessee into five zones and to hold zone
meetings OF the food administrator
monthly. The zones announced are al
follows:
Columbia Zone Counties Of Maury
Hickman, Lewis, Giles Marshall. Lin
coin, Wayne, Lawrence
Nashville Zone-Counties of David
son Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, d.
Kalb, Trousdale, Humphreys, Dickson
Cannon, Williamson.
Cookeville Zone-Counties of Pick
EFT, Fentress, Clay, Overton. Putnam:
Smith, Cumberland Jackson.
Clarksville Zone-Counties OF Mont
gomery, Robertson, Cheatham, Hous
ton and Stewart.
| Tullahoma Zone-Counties OF Frank
lin. Grundy. White, Warren, Van Blu
rem, Coffee. Moore, Bedford.
| In opening the conference J. l. Fin
ney, who presided, spoke as follows:
Fellow Food Administrators:
st is gratifying in the extreme t
greet so many OF you here today. Tn
county food administrator Is the mos
important factor in the United State
food administration. Its success, it
proper solution of the many problem
constantly pressing upon 1t, Its re
Spouse to the needs OF the hour, d.
pend very largely upon the zeal, tn
efficiency, the energy and the loyalt
Of the county food administrators. Gu
organization in any county is Just wha
the local food administrator makes i
In those counties where we have activ
and jealous representatives we fin
our regulations observed and our rule
respected. The state food administers
ton sitting In its offices at Nashville
with Its force limited. cannot, In tn
very nature of things, know what
going on down in the counties. 1t mus
depend upon you gentlemen. In colr
ties where our orga nization liz veal
lacking in energy, in loyalty and !
whole-hearted conservation to the M
ton, we find little conservation
food; our regulations are treated wit
contempt and the whole food admins
; tration is looked upon as a sort OF II
: tangible something TO- be reSnn--a