Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-08
35,741 FAMILIES
IN STATE HELPED
$1,494,732 Spent for Food
Clothing, Home Furn-
ishings In Year

and household furnishings aggregat-
ing the large sum of $1,494, 1928 were
supplied free to approximately 166, 294
persons, or 5.25 per cent of the States
population in North Carolina, during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1887,
according to report made public
Wednesday by A. E. Langston, direc-
tor of commlodity tNistribution for
the State Board of Charities and Pub
lie Welfare. A total of 1874 families
was served
The distribution of necessities was
made at a cost of $3.50, 628.53, or 1858
per cent of the value of the commodi-
ties, the report discloses. The admin
istrative outlay was divided as fol-
! lows: Labor, $108, 1880; equipment,
$1S,451.01; materials and supplies, S.
| 952 ,08; other costs freight and ex-
| press, travel and subsistence, tele-
phone, telegraph and postage space
occupancy and miscellaneous) $685.
84724.
Food Distribution.
Food distribution amounted to T.
826.174 pounds, valued at 1922 ,525.5O,
and consisted of dried beans, celery,
mill feed, flour, grapefruit, grapefruit
| oniOns dried peas, soup stock and
other commodities.
The clothing allotments, which in
cluded dresses, shirts, overalls, under
wear, coats, pants, caps, hats and
other articles of apparel, totalled L.
35O,477 articles, with a valuation of
$749,514.73.
Quilts, blankets, mattresses, sheets,
towels, pillow cases and other items
| of household furnishings amounted
to 389,500 articles, costing 1922, 692.50.
No Need in Burke.
Burke county, the report shows, did
| not require any assistance from the
! Surplus Commodities Division, while
, Dare, with 1898 per cent of it's popula-
ton receiving aid in the form of food
clothing, household furnishings and
other necessities, was recipient of the
greatest amount. Pennsylvania fol-
lowed with OPS per cent, while Jones
was third with 15.45 per cent. John
StOn and Union tied for second low
place in commodities distribution with
| 81 per cent.
''WhiIe the Commodity Distribution
Division lays no claim to having done
perfect or near perfect piece of
work during the year." Langston
points out in the report which covers
% closely written pages, cit is felt
| that in having carried on such dis
tribution it has been in a manner in
strumental in assisting the nations
farmers to obtain a better price for
their produce, and at the same time
has enabled some $4,000 families in
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thereby reducing hunger and probably
assisting in keeping down crime in
the state, and certainly helping to
improve health conditions.
"It would not have been possible
to carry on this program had it not
been for the assistance rendered by
the Federal Surplus Commodities Cor
poration, the Works Progress Admin
istration, the Governor and State Leg
islature for North Carolina, executive
and other departments of the State
Board of Charities and Public Wei
fare, the Welfare Departments in
North Cardinals 100 counties, the 100
Boards of County Commissioners, and
the city governing bodies in the vari-
Gus cities and towns throughout the
state.'
Irish Potatoes Bought.
The report shows that during the
year 1881 carloads, or 100000 pounds
of surplus Irish potatoes were pur-
chased from North Carolina growers
at a cost of 1891 40, or soc per 100
pounds.
"While the total paid for these po-
tatoes represents but little if any more
than the cost of production to the far
mers involved" the report says, 1T
has been estimated that if the Fed
eral Surplus Commodities Corpora
ton had not entered the North Caro-
lima potato market when it did, po-
tatoes would have probably declined
in price to SOC per 100 pounds, or
less"
In carrying on distribution of sur
plus commodities during the past tis-
cal year. the report says, eight dis
trict. twelve sub-district warehouses
were used The number of these ware
houses has been reduced to one IN
each of the following cities:
Windsor, Winston-Salem, Charlotte,
Asheville, New Bern, Raleigh, Fay
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