The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-06

and wounded vino on $h'pbnard require
twice as mUcl room 90 Il veil soldier
does amt three lines as much care. J ne
general said H.. would lik" ~ pack OUT
such and such m";hers' boys :"r return
iug :" America. bat thH; they were All
somebody's mothers boys AMI each would
have To- wait their turns. We hay" not
Yet established the British system OF
sending tn" pivot men and II - no. ilh"-
~ "" shall DO go because 81 thu great
distance from III" homo towns ana thc
delays IN taking proof Of IN" heed ~
ono soldier more thnn another at factory
anil or office.
Less Crowd1ng.
Tho general asked me 10 assure the
home folks tina; Their" would hc less
cruwdiur On the western trip thHn IN
coming OVER. rnc interesting indication
;hai ~. are now down - bedrock IS
hat food inr the army Is arriving at the
rate Of lsnnhn tons monthly. In Nov
rn.b"r last a00,n00 tons arrived, which
represented the high peak and incluncu
clothing and food for eight divisions ana
large quantities or building material.
Within the last few days the war depart
mrnt hn. released $4,000 tons Of cargo
space back 10 the shipping board when
has turned soc. 00h tons OF il over 10 MT.
! Hoover as cast bound food carriers.
Six hundred thousand tons Of German
and Austrian shipping in Adriauc waters
! already has been divided between two OF
the allies. Italy taking twu-thirda and
Franco uur-thi-d. While there was moth
;uE in the uriE,pal arinistice providing
FOR tho use Of the central powers ships
found III home water. when the arms
tiCe vas amended. q clause was inScTlEu
! turning them over upon certain c"nd'-
! tons which cover our honorable use OF
these vessels as troop ships and freight
carriers in exchange for food. Our plans
tor food distribution iuclwd" The selling
Of supplies to neutral countries aS we'll
as 10 the allies and the Central powers.
Hoover's Great Task.
PLANNING to feed l1S 900 .nn0 people o.
another continent being such ire
ncndous undertaking. | went 10 Mr..
Hoover for explicit information. frst
as to whom wa seotnE to pay for tho
provisions s"nt from America: second.
where he Vas going to get the ncces-
sary motor trausportaElons for d!stTiou-
ton.
Behind his desk az the Hotel Cri!lon
he certainly looked calm and unrutficd
and without fear either that tho United
! States would 30 food dry or that Eu-
rope would starvc. He said:
A larSe pItl OF wiz phs -"
its food with normal commercial OK
change arising out Of their co!nmodi-
ties There Is residue which VIII
comprise loss than onc-half OF our food
which will be sold upon credit. II must
be gold this way II VIZ are going 10 DIS
pose OF our. surplus on the one hand ana
If people are to bc fed upon the other.
4 largo part OF those credits Will be
good in time. but some of them viii
l,uI 1 II
difficult TO realize on and they amount
| almost 10 charity
Guinness and Chnnty.
lis this feeding OF Europe charity or
h,StncsS"~ ! asked. People al home
| will want to know that
Both. Famine is the mother OF an
Rrchy and there must be no anarchy
where it can be arrested in time. Every
| body will BE- required 10 pay who can
possibly pay. Those who cannot pay
/ cannot be starved ny the American pcc-
pic. especially when these latter COM
| prise only small minority"
Mr.. Hoover in speaking Of the motor
transportation problem. was exceedingly
definite, dashing TO tho ground tho
hopes OF those manufacturers who fam
cied large orders for trucks. lie said:
las fast as the armies OF the allies
arc demobilzcd, there will arise a
great surplus Of motor trucks here in
Europe. No difficulty should be anti
cipated in the matter or local distribu-
ton. We can get all the trucks Nc
want without further purchase OF trans
| portation.
Certainly Il 10 an allurtnG prospect
| that upon every American ham or bag
of hour there will rest the invisible
dove Of peace
Mir Hoover was unnhlc TO give me
an estimate OF the amount Of pork
| guaranteed at $3.50 n hundred weight
or OF the quantity OF wheat Suaran-
! tecd at {246 bushel. Washington has
| been cabled for figures. He assured me
however. that there was a greater de-
lnand than the supply and small llkcl-
hood Of a sudden break in prices in tho
| United States.
am convinced from conversations
| with members of INC p"nc" commission
| from different European countries that
;ehrc is going 70 b" a biz gap III what
| is paid for American fondStuffs, and
! that this loss will vccniually fall upon
! the taxpayers of the United states. Yes
! to-day n Hoover expedition left for
: Austria Hungary with power from the
| American commission 10 study IN"
political, social and economic conditions.
| The party IS headed by l'ro!. A. g.
| Coolidge. II Harvard University. This
/ is & form of penetration among those
! liberated peoples who look u the
| United states for their inspiration in
! organizing and operating their new TO-
! publics. notably Poland and Bohemia.
! Travellers from tho ,,z""ho-SlovAk ooun-
! tries say that "vcrywh"r" thor" IS som"
! valuable knowlriE" Of rhr lritrl States
and Of President Wilson. who's" pic
! turc one man haH promised somehow 20
got back Ia several villages.
/ Mr.. HoOVcr'H Gam" has gone into
these isolated. unmaG" countries. not as
| tho name ri n man. but nt Some hardly
! ind. rSta ndHhlc brand NJ food that
comes from the Tinted States IN hangs
! "f which ;h"y lr"n%lat" !ntp dcmo-
crazy.