The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-03

It was then that the agricultural
authorities decided to use some of
the eggs in the making of tankage
as a livestock feed and did use
quite a few cars where the eggs
had become of doubtful value as
human food. 1t was then that the
professors saw that they would not
get the eggs for nothing and began
buying. Within a short while the
great surplus was removed and
eggs started back into the regular
channels of trade.
Almost the same thing happened
with the Irish potato crop last fall.
Some mistakes are made in the
handling of these products, of
course, but I have found out that
the men and women up here try
ing to handle these problems are
just like you and 1. They are
human and they have all kinds of
conflicting forces playing upon
them. Some are well trained;
some are not, because the armed
forces have taken a lot of the ag-
gressive, progressive and deter
mined men and women who for
merly were able to push thing.
along.
This question of fedstuffs is one
of the perplexing questions that be-
sets Washington. That hard, yell
low Argentine corn might be al
lowed to come in and could be
Used to good advantage in solving
our feed problem, but then there
is the question as to whether we
should play ball with the Argen.
tine, buy her corn at a profit when
she refugees to cooperate with us
in winning this war against Hitler
and his gang. The corn is down
there and much of it is available
for export at a price. Perhaps a
better way would be to have less
meat, or grow more corn here and
let the Argentine sweat in It's owr
surplus.
But this Washington is a hust
ling place. Everywhere there are
uniforms. Many of thoce in uni
form are women and girls who
have enlisted to help in the wal
program. Everyone stands in line,
The cafes are crowded with peo
pie trying to get simple food. The
walters have a habit of telling you
that you can come in and sit down
but they will not be able to wait
On you for some minutes. Lines
form at the picture shows, at hote,
desks, and Washington seems tc
take it in its stride.
Since being here 1 have found
Judge Marvin Jones, War Fooo
administrator, an able person try.
ing to handle a difficult Job. He
is interested in learning about how
the farmers are getting along ir
every section and how the whole
food production program is NOV
ing.
took quite bit of pleasure ir
telling him about our great ha,
crop of the spring and how oul
people were working, despite the
recent dry spell, to continue the
high level of food production gel
in 1913. told him about meetins
with the home demonstration club
women at their recent district
meetings and how l h ad beer
thrilled at hearing their stories OF
accomplishment in conserving food
and in working in all other ways
with the wartime program.
1--WE owe the farm people of this
country great debt of gratitude, -
he said when he had heard me
through. II myself do not know
how they did it, but I know they
will do the same thing again this
year"
I told him that 1 thought they
would, and I also knew that, de-
spite the conflicts and misunder-
standings and the jockeying for po-
sition by pressure groups, the
farmer would come through.
think also that those in charge of
the agricultural program here in
Washington will, in the final out
come, do the very best that they
can to serve the best interests of
all the farmers and the national
war effort.
The sun always shines on North