Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-12
MUST FEED THEM ALL
Tremendous Responsibility Falls Upon
The South.

Tremendous Responsibility Falls Upon
The South.
Manufacturers Record.
Upon the south rests the burden OF
saving this country and our allies from
starvation.
The task is one which will call forth
the utmost energy Of the people OF
this section. The warnings which have
been given to the south to feed itself
show how little comprehension the Of
ficials who have issued these state
ments have of the task before this
country and how little they understand
that instead Of the south being bur-
den upon the rest Of the country for
a supply of food, the south alone by its
production OF food can save the rest
Of the country and our allies.
Other sections are a burden upon
the south in this particular. Other
sections are using and must cdntlnue
to use tens OF, thousands oAak2. to
ti.s transport % RI fuuistd dffs ifon tES .ol9k
to the north and to the west.
Without the foodstuffs furnished by
the south this year there would be
starvation in the north and west and
starvation in Europe.
We have repeatedly warned the
government that the statements put
forth in regard to the great corn crop
Of last year were absolutely mislead-
ing and fictitious. We tried to con-
vince Mr.. Hoover and President Will
son last fall that the country was be-
ing dangerously misled by reported
record crops when the facts did not
support the statement.
The Corn Situation.
The corn yield was only little
larger than the crop of 1912, and the
quality of much Of that produced in
the west Is so inferior that its feeding
value is much less than the crop OF
five years ago, and the whole west
now faces the danger OF q famine OF
corn suitable for feeding.
A very large proportion OF the west
ern corn crop was damaged by early
frosts and could be utilized only II
consumed at once. This very condi-
tion made q tremendous shortage In
the supply OF seed corn. II will be
difficult, If not an impossible task
under these conditions for the west
to produce as large q corn crop as
1t did last year, though the country
needs to produce at least 100000, 900
bushels more.
The south alone can save the sit
uation. The west cannot. Not only
can the south increase its corn acre
age to a great extent IL given the CO.
operation of the government and OF
the bankers, but 1t can get this corn
into market a month or two earlier
than western corn will be available.
and this month or two may mean
difference between success or failure
in the war, between the feeding or the
OF our country and the al
lies at a most critical period next fall.
1t Is impossible to exaggerate the Sc
riousness of the situation.
What North And West Should Do.
It is incumbent upon the govern
ment to urge upon the north and west
that they should no longer be as de-
pendent as at present upon food sup
plies from other sections. There are
many abandoned farms in New Eng
land which should be put into culti-
walton. There are many In New York
state which could be made to produce
large supplies OF food. though at the
present time New York uses trans
portation sufficient to haul into that
state more than 100000 bushels OF
wheat or its equivalent In -four to feed
its people. California, Illinois and In
diana and other western states should
be urged by the national government
to cease to he burden upon other
states In the matter Of foodstuffs.
The south Is saving the situation.
1t Is annually shipping more than
5000, 100000 worth of vegetables. such
as potatoes and cabbage and onions
and fruits and other things which are
absolutely essential into the north and
west, requiring the use OF more than
200. 900 cars to haul the stuff II also
supplies $3.50. 100000 worth Of food and
faa6efufyo from coffop seed Tha ao,fh
Is also producing on Its farms the
cotton which runs all the mills Of the
entire country. 1t is supplying $780,
100000 worth Of peanuts. which are
becoming OF enormous food and oil
value. and It supplies all Of the cane
sugar raised in the United Statks.
The Soutk's TasI.
These things are largely shipped to
other sections. when, according ID the
doctrines proclaimed from Washing-