South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-29

Despite the late frost and cold
weather. and the ensuing wet sea
son. which injured peaches affect
ed strawberries, cherries. and other
small fruits. the 1919 fruit crop
viii probably be large Drought
killed many peach and apple trees
in Oklahoma and portions of the
southwest. last season reports the
committee on statistics of the
United States chamber of commerce,
while frost greatly impaired the
crop in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio, Tennessee, and elsewhere.
Yet there VIII he more peaches than
last year. especially in the west and
southwest. Apples, pears. and plums
came through we'll
European Needs.
Food enough will be enroute or
i'm storage abroad by July 1 to carry
European countries until harvest
the American relief administration
declares The exceptional govern
ment demand for agricultural prod
ucts has terminated. A special rep
rcsentative of the New York Mer-
chants association. however, reports
that European needs are by no
means fully met and Gat special
lied relief work must proceed in
various localities until the spring of
1920.
If this he true. the farm produce
market will not feel At once the ces-
sation of government relief Thir-
teen million tons of food We're ship
ped to Europe during the past five
months by the relief administra-
ton whose program, among other
items. involved the feeding of >.
GOO. 900 undernourished children.
Alarmed by Credit Plan.
Alarmed at the plan of banking
interests 10 extend European debtor
nations credit the National Farm
ers' council urges erection of an in
ternauonal investment board The
council feels that private operation
of finance viii provoke war and
ieopardize the interests of the work
ing people Loans made without
approval Of the nation where the
loan is operative cause misunder-
standing. believes the council. While
this may hold true of Mexico, and
possibly other countries. it does not
extend To the European powers des-
tined to receive credit, and need not
imply exploitation of Latin-Ameri
can countries anxious 10 obtain cap
tries under either native or Amer
lean control.
Put Land i'm Condition.
Travellers drought the devastated
regions of France comment on the
rapidly with which land has been
put back under cultivation. In the
fertile north where farming opera
tions were conducted on a large
scale. allied troops and German pris-
oners Of war removed the debris.
filled in the trenches, disentangled
the barbed wire. and leveled off the
shell holes. An acute shortage o.
farm implements exists and one
| large farm improviSed rude har-
rows out of cross arms and insula-
4
Out of the 3.5SO.0O0 acres cult
waited land overrun 10y the Germans
only a small proportion cannot be
reclaimed The sugar beet industry
suffered NOSE heavily Only 80 out
/ of $50 plants lay outside the strick-
en- area. More then three-ffths of
the 200 were destroyed. Production
dropped TO one-ffth normal Live
| stock losses Appropriated $4,000
cattle, $4,000 sheep, 425,OOO hogs.
and $4,000 horses.
L. =. To Sell Canned Meat.
The government Will offer for sale
$4,000, 600 pounds Of canned meat
This will tend further 10 depress
the price of beef. Receipts are
heavy, and supplies exceed domestic
needs. Packers deny the reported
flooding of European markets with
I beef. and the accumulation of ware
I house stocks The feeling exists that