HOW AMERICA CAN |
FEED ITS ALLIES
Important Message to People
From Herbert C. Hoover,
Administrator.
WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED
Increased Production, Elimination of
Waste and Careful Control of Food
Exports Form the Solution
of This War Problem.
Washington. Aug. L'O. ? What the peo
ple of the United States not only can
but must do In the matter of food pro
duction and use In order to help win
the war Is set forth In detail In a
statement Issued today by Food Ad
ministrator Herbert C. Hoover. If we
fall to do our part In this respect, he
Bays, the people of the allies cannot be
maintained at war, for their soldiers
cannot fight without food.
The normal imports of wheat and
other cereals by France, Italy, the
United Kingdom and Belgium, and the
estimates of the 1017 crop in those
countries compared to the normal pro
duction are given by Mr. Hoover in
tabulated form, and the conclusion is
drawn that in order to provide normal
consumption It will be necessary
for them to import in the next 12
months 577,000,000 bushels of wheat
and 674,000,000 bushels of other cere
als. If the crops of the United States
and Canada all mature safely, North
America will have an apparent sur
plus of 208,000,000 bushels of wheat
and 950, 000, (XX) bushels of other cere
als. The allies, therefore, must use
other cereals than wheat for mixing
in their war bread, and the people of
America must reduce their consump
tion of wheat flour from live to four
pounds per week per person.
Decrease in Food Animals.
A careful estimate of the world's
food animal position shows a total net
decrease of 115,005,000, and this will
be greater as the war goes on. As
the increase of herds and flocks takes
years, we must reduce the consump
tion, eliminate waste and carefully con
trol meat exports.
Our home dairy products supplies
are decreasing, while our population Is
increasing, and we must ship in
creasing amounts of such products to
our allies. Consequently this indus
try must be stimulated, and home
users must save the wastes in milk and
butter. Much the same may be said in
the case of sugar.
Mr. Hoover urges a greater con
sumption of fish and sea foods, in
which our coasts and lakes are enor
mously rich. The products of the land,
he reminds us, are conserved by the
eati|K of those of the sea.
Our Duty.
In conclusion the food administrator
says :
I have endeavored to show in previ
ous articles that the world is short of
food ; that Europe is confronted with
the griin specter of starvation unless
from our abundance and our waste we
keep the wolf from the door. Not only
must we have a proper use of our food
supply in order that we may furnish
our allies with the sinews with which
they may fight our battles, but it Is
an act of humanity towards fellow
men, women and children.
By Ihe diversion of millions of men
t from production to war, by the occu
pation of land by armies, by the iso
lation of markets, by belligerent lines,
and by the destruction of shipping by
submarines, not only has the home pro
duction of our allies fallen by over
500,000,000 bushels of grain, but they
are thrown upon us for a much larger
proportion of their normal imports for
merly obtained from other markets.
They have reduced consumption at
every point, but men in the trenches,
men in the shops, and the millions of
women placed at physical labor re
quire more~food than during peace
times, and the incidence of their saving
and any shortage which they may suf
fer. falls first upon women and chil
dren. If thif* privation becomes too
great, their peoples cannot be main
tained constant in the war. and we will
be left alone to fisrht the battle of i
democracy with Germany.
The problem of food conservation is
one of many complexions. We cannot,
and we ?lo not wish, with our free In
stitutions nnd our large resources of
food, to imitate Europe In its policed
rationing, hut we must voluntarily nnd
intelligently assume the responsibility
before us as one in which everyone
has a direct and inescapable interest.
We must increase our export of foods
to the allies, and in the circumstances
of our Shipping situation, these exports
must be of the most concentrated
foods. These are wheat, flour, beef,
pork anil dairy products. We have oth
er foods in great abundance which we
can use instead of these commodities!,
and we can prevent wastes In a thou
sand directions. We must guard the
drainage of exports from the United
States, that we retain a proper supply
for our own country, and we must
adopt such measures ns will amelio
rate. so far as may be, the price condi
itions of our less fortunate. We might
x bo drain the supplies from the country
to Europe as by the high prices that
would follow to fore? our people to
shorten their consumption. This oper
ation of "normal economic forces'*
would starve that element of the com
munity to whom we owe the most pro
tection. We must try to impose the
[burden equally upcm ulL
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There is bo royal md to food con
servation. We eun only accomplish !
this by the voluntary action of our
whole people, each element lu propor
tlon to its means. It is a matter of
equality of burden ; a matter of min
ute saving and substitution at every
point in the 111 ?.tXtO.11*> kitchens, on the
20,000,000 dinner tables and In . the
2,000,000 manufacturing, wholesale and
retail establishments of the country.
The task is thus lu Its essence the daily
individual service of all the people.
Every group can substitute and even
the great majority of thrifty people
can save a little ? and the more luxuri
ous elements of the population'can by
reduction to simple living save much.
The final result of substituting other
products and saving one pound of
wheat tlour, two ounces of fats, seven
ounces of sugar and seven ounces of
meat weekly, by each person, will,
when we have multiplied this by one
hundred million, have Increased our
exports to the amounts absolutely re
quired by our allies. This means no
more than that we should eat plenty,
but eat wisely and without waste.
Food conservation has other aspects
of utmost imjtortance. Wars must be
paid for by saving. We must save
In the consumption In commodities and
the consumption of unproductive la
bor In order that we may divert our
manhood to the army and to the shops.
If by the reduction in consumption of
labor and the commodities that It pro
duces and the diversion of this saving
to that labor and those commodities
demanded by the war, we shall be able
*o fight to eternity. We can mortgage
our future savings for a little while,
but a piling up of mortgages is but a
short step toward bankruptcy. Every
atom that we save is available for sub
scription to Liberty bonds.
The whole of Europe lias been en
gaged ever since the war began in the
elimination of waste, the simplification
of life, and the increase of its indus
trial capacity. When the war is over
the consuming power of the world will
be reduced by the loss of prosperity
and man power, and we shall enter a
period of competition without parallel
in ferocity. After the war, we must
maintain our foreign markets if our
working people are to be employed.
We shall be in no position to compete
if we continue to live on the same
basis of waste and extravagance on
which we have lived hitherto. Simple,
temperate living Is a moral issue of the
first order at any time, and any other
basis of conduct during the war be
comes a wrong against the interest of
the country and the Interest of
democracy.
The impact of the food shortage of
Europe has knocked at every door of
the United States during the past three
years. The prices of foodstuffs have
nearly doubled, and the reverberations
of Europe's increasing shortage woidd
have thundered twice as loudly dur
ing the coming year even had we not
entered the war, and it can now only
be mitigated if we can exert a strong
control and this in many directions.
We are today in an era of high
prices. We must maintain prices at
such a level as will stimulate produc
tion, for we are faced by a starving
world and the value of a commodity to
the hungry is greater than its price.
As a result of the world shortage of
supplies, our consumers have suffered
from speculation and extortion. While
wages for some kinds of labor have
increased with the rise in food prices,
in others, it has been difficult to main
tain our high standard of nutrition.
By the elimination of waste in all
classes, by (he reduction In the con
sumption of foodstuffs by the more for
tunate, we shall increase our supplies
not only for export but for home, and
by increased supplies we can Relp in
the amelioration of prices.
For Better Distribution.
Beyond this the duty has been laid
upon the food administration to co-op
erate with the patriotic men In trades
and commerce, that we may eliminate
the evils which have grown Into our
system of distribution, that the bur
den may fall equitably upon all by res
toration. so far as may be, of the nor
mal course of trade. It is the purpose
of the food administration to use its
utmost power and the utmost ability
that patriotism can assemble to ameli
orate this situation to such a degree as
may be possible.
The food administration Is assem
bling the best expert advice In the
country on home economics, on food
utilization, on trade practices and
trade wastes, and on the conduct of
public eating places, and we shall out
line from time to time detailed sugges
tions, which if honestly carried out by
such Individuals in the country, we be
lieve will effect the result which we
must attain. We are asking every
home, every public eating place and
many trades, to sign a pledge card
to accept these directions, so far as
their circumstances permit, and we are
organizing various instrumentalities to
ameliorate speculation. We are ask
ing the men of the' country who are
not actually engaged in the handling
of food to sign similar pledges that
they shall see to it, so far as they are
able, that these directions are followed,
and this Is the essence of democracy
itself.
Autocracy finds its strength in its
ability to Impose organization by
force from the top. The essence of
democracy consists in the application
of the initiative in Its own people. If
individualism cannot be so organized
an to defend itself, then democracy is
a faith which cannot stand. We are
peeking to impose no organization from
the top. We are asking the American
people to organize from the bottom np.
The call of patriotism, of humanity
and of duty rings clear and Insistent.
We must heed it if we are to defend
our Ideals, maintain our form of gov
ernment, and safeguard our future wei
fare.
How Government Will Control
The Supply and Price of Wheat
Food Administration Explains
the Difficulties That Have
Arisen and Makes Known Its
Plans to Overcome Them.
Food Control Bill Does Not Fix
MLimum Price For 1917 Crop,
and This Must Be Kept Within
Reason, to Curb Speculators.
THE food administration lias an
nounced its plans as to the con
trol of wheat, flour and bread.
The disturbance to the world's com
merce aud short supplies bus caused a
greater disruption of the normal mar
kets for wheat than any ot^?r cereal.
First. ? As a result of the Isolation of
certain of the world's wheat produc
ing countries by either belligerent lines
or short shipping the normal determina
tion of the price of wheat by the ebb
and flow of commerce is totally de
stroyed
Second.? In order to control specula
tion and to secure more equitable dis
tribution of the available wheat and
flour between their countries the allied
governments have placed the whole
purchase of their supplies In the hands
of one buyer. Also the European neu
trals are now buying their wheat
through single government agents in
stead of in the normal course of com
merce. Therefore the export price of
wheat and flour? and this is the real
price? If not controlled will be subject
to almost a single will of the foreign
purchaser.
Third.? In normal times American
wheat moves largely to Europe in the
fall months. This year the shortage
of shipping necessitates its distribution
over the entire year. Therefore there
Is danger of a glut in otir warehouse
system over n considerable period.
Fourth.? There are large stocks of
wheat which cannot be drawn upon
by the allies during the war, but in the
event of peace or defeat of the subma
rines these would be available and
might seriously demoralize the demand
for American wheat.
Fifth.? It must be clearly understood
that the guaranteed minimum price of
$2 per bushel for wheat, set out in the
food bill, does not apply to the 1917
harvest, but only to the 1018 harvest,
and then under conditions which must
be elaborated. There is therefore no
determined prjce for the 1017 harvest.
Must Regulate the Price.
The result of this situation is that
the normal price making machinery is
entirely broken down unless some efll
cient government action is brought
into play. Either (a) the American pro
ducer may face u slump iu wheat, pos
sibly below liis production cost, aud (b)
the export price of wheat, which ulti
mately determines the real price, is at
the will of a single agency, (c) Some
one must buy the surplus wheat at any
given moment, and if the surplus
passes into speculative hands It will
be held for higher prices later in tlx'
year, (d) With stabilized prices, extra
hazards are introduced Into all dis
tribution links, which must be paid
for by the consumer. It must be evi
dent that the United States govern
ment can more justly deal with the
situation than any of the agencies
mentioned.
Therefore the food administration
lias determined to take the following
course :
First, in order to eliminate specula
tion in wheat and flour, all elevators
and nulls of over 1<)0 barrels daily ca
pacity will be required to take out a
government license, the conditions of
this license to be that only reason
able and customary charges shall be
made for warehouse service, that 110
wheat shall be stored for more than
thirty days without the approval of
the food administration and that cer
tain information as to receipts and
shipments shall be supplied regularly.
The grain exchanges are being asked
to suspend all dealings and quotations
in future wheat. These regulations
will come into force Sept. 1.
While farmers' co-operative elevators
are excepted by the food bill, this, how
ever, applies only to mutual concerns
and not to stock companies, and, in any
event, under the advantages of joining
the plan none are likely to stand out.
To Open Agencies at Terminals.
In substitution of the broken down
marketing machinery the food admin
istration proposes to open agencies for
the purchase of all wheat at the prin
cipal terminals, carrying 011 its trans
actions with the usual dealers, and it is
prepared to take the whole harvest if
necessary in order to maintain a fair
price and will resell wheat for export
in such quantities as we can afford to
part with in protection of our own peo
ple, on one hand, and to sell, on the
other, to the millers for domestic con
sumption. The administration will
make no charge except a nominal per
centage to cover costs of the opera
tion, and arrangements will l?e made
which will assure the government
against loss.
In order that nothing shall be left to
mischarge we are setting up a properly
constituted and independent auditing
committee, which will check all trans
actions at every i*>int.
The food administration, under thesf
arrangements, would have a large in
fluence in fixing the price of wheat.
With a view to determining a fair
price, the president has approved the
appointment of a committee to be se
leeted from representatives of the pro
ducing sections and consuming ele
ments of the nation. This committee
will be assembled under the chairman
ship of President Garfield of Williams
college, and it will be the duty of this
committee to determine a fair price for
the 1917 harvest. I 'poll the determina
tion of this fair basis it is the inten
tion of the food administration to use
every authority given it under the hill
and the control of exitorts to effect the
universality of this fair basis through
out the whole of the 1S>17 harvest year
without change or fluctuation. It
should thus be clear that it will not be
to the advantage of any producer to
hold bark his grain in anticipation of
further advance, for he will do so only
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at his own cost of storage and interest,
and if it is necessary for the govern
ment to buv the entire wheat harvest.
In order to maintain this fair price in
protection of the producer, the food ad
ministrators intend to do so.
A Blow at Speculators,
Furthermore, the holding of wheat or
flour contracts by persons not engaged
in tiie trade, and even when in trade,
in larger quantities than are necessary
for the ordinary course of their busi
ness is unlawful under the act. and
such cases will be prosecuted with vis
or. And such holders would be advised
to liquidate their contracts at once.
"By the above arrangement we be
lieve that we shall stabilize the price of
wheat throughout the year, that the
hazards of operation due to fluctuating
prices which are Imposed upon our
milling and distributing community
will be eliminated, and therefore their
business can return to the normal lines
and the normal margins of profit, and
that we shall not only have stabilized
the price of wheat, but stabilized the
price of Hour, and that it should enable
us to arrive at a stabilized price of
bread," says the board.
Tito food administration has lind the
patriotic co-op-ration of the leading
millers of the country, and these mill
ers have organized at the request of
the food administration a committee to I
represent the entire trade. Detailed!
proposals for an agreed differential of J
protit and exjtenses per barrel of llour
and per ton of feed are under discus
sion. Under this arrangement the pub
lic will he assured an equitable and
stabilize price of Hour based upon tho
cost of raw material, and we confident
ly expect the volunteer arrangement
with the mills which will give satisfac
tion to the public.
The universal endeavor over the
country to reduce consumption of wheat
breadstuffs, in order that we may have
the requisite exports with which to
carry the allies over the forthcoming
winter, will result in a largely increas
ed amount of wheat available for ex
port. If it were exported as wheat it
would result in diminution of employ
ment in our mills and, of equal impor
tance, curtailment of supply of mill
feed for our dairy cattle. Therefore
the food administration will stipulate
for a large proj?ortion of export of
flour instead of wheat, and as the ex
port orders for flour will be given
subject to the approval of the food ad
ministration those which co-operate
with the food administration will l?e
given the benefit of the exports em
ployment. By thus encouraging the
home production of flour the nianu
facturing cost will be reduced, and
therefore the American public will re
ceive indirect benefit in lowered mar
gins of cost in distribution.
In accordance with the policy of the
administration to co-operate with all
trades, it is also discussing detail?
of voluntary arrangements with the
flour distributors by which apreed
differentials may be effected in the?
win ( sale t rad*.
Investigate Cost of Baking.
An exhaustive investigation is being
made into the cost of baking and
bread distribution, and active discus
sions are being carried on with the
bakers' war emergency committee as
to plans for the elimination of waste
hi the Industry and the production of
a standard loaf.
It is impossible to anticipate the
price to lie enunciated by the "fair
price committee," under I?r. Oarfield.
and it will probably require two or
three weeks in its determination.
The basis of determination will l>e to
arrive at a price which represents a
fair return to the producer for his pa
triotic endeavor to increase the supply
and a proper reduction of the cost of
flour to the consumer.
It must l?e evident to all thinking
persons that unless the price of wheat,
flour and bread can be materially re
duced we cannot expect to maintain
the present wage scale of the country
and that we must in this social read
justment lose efficiency at a time when
we cun afford no such sacrifice.
Cheaper to Travel.
Now that Detroit banks are again
charging a discount on Canadian cur
rency it is cheaper for the possessor of
Canadian money in any large amounts
to pay his fare on the ferryboats, lose
several hours en route to Windsor and
exchange his money at a Canadian
bank.
Put on Seventy-five Tone.
In one month 10,000 sailors at Great
Lakes training station have gained
leventy-flve tops in aggregate weight.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Government control of the coal in
dustry moved a step nearer Monday
when President Wilcon formally
named Robert S. Lovett, of the War
Industries Board, director of priority
of transportation and approved an
order issued by Judge Lovett direct
inn that rail ami steamship lines give
bituminous coal shipments to the
Northwest preference over all other
freight movements.
Plans for the largest troop move
ment ever scheduled in the history of
this country are now being perfected
by the American Railway association
at the request of the United States
government. Altogether 687,000 men
will have to be transferred to the va
rious cantonments that the govern
ment is building to house the new
national army. The movement will
start September 5. Between that date
and September !) the railroads will
complete the entrainment of 200,000
men or approximately .'50 per cent of
the total number scheduled to be
moved to the training camps.
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SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES.
I. C. G. Moore, Town Tax Collector,
ilo hereby offer for sale the following
Lots for delinquent taxes for 1915 and
1916, to he sold at 10 o'clock A. M.,
in front of the Mayor's Office, in Ken
ly, N. C., on the 20th day of Septem
ber, 1917:
TAX FOR 1916.
A. B. Holland, 1 town lot,
Tax $2.29 r.nd costs $1.20
Naoma Alford, one town lot,
Tax $2.25 and costs $1.20
Barnes & Hooks, 1 town let,
Tax $6.34 and costs $1.20
Wiley R. Barnes, 1 town lot,
Tax $2.00 and costs $1.20
James Cuddin^ton, 1 town lot,
Tax 2.rk\ and costs $1.^)
J. H. Davis, 3 town lots,
Tax $14.90 and costs $1.20
Mrs. J. H. Davis, 2 town lots,
Tax $2.50 and costs $1.20
M. T. Davis, 2 town lots,
Tax $2.00 and costs $1.20
S. S. Earl, 4 town lots,
Tax $15.25 and costs $1.20
Mrs. Annie V. Ferrell, 3 town lots,
Tax $14.50 and costs $1.20
G. IL Garner, 6 town lots,
Tax $414.50 and costs $1.20
Z. A. Holland, 1 town lot,
Tax 50c. and costs $1.20
J. R. Hare, 3 town lots,
Tax $4.50 and costs $1.20
W. F. Jones, 1 town lot,
Tax $2.50 and costs $1.20
Arthur Pike, 1 town lot,
Tax $2.50 and costs $1.20
Needham Weaver, 1 town lot,
Tax 38c. and costs $1.20
Zanzo Burton, 1 town lot,
Tax 13c. and costs $1.20
Arthur A Thompson, 1 town lot,
Tax 25c. and costs $1.20
TAX FOR 1915.
G. H. Garner, 6 town lots,
Tax $414.75 r.nd costs $1.20
C. G. MOORE,
Tax Collector,
Kenly, N. C.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court,
September Term, 1917.
Mrs. Hattie Shaw Narron, Admrx.
of Jno. A. Narron, Deceased.
vs.
Turner Boykin and Lizzie Boykin
Ingram.
To the defendant Turner Boykin:
The defendant Turner Boykin
above named will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been in
stituted in the Superior Court of
Johnston County, North Carolina, to
ask foreclosure of certain mortgage
deeds executed by said Turner Boykin
and his then wife, Lizzie Boykin, to
John A. Narron, Atty., as set out in
complaint in this action filed in the
office of the Clerk of said Court; and
the said defendant Turner Boykin
will further take notice that he is re
quired to appear at the term of the
Superior Court for the County of
Johnston to be held on the third Mon
day after the first Monday in Septem
ber, being the 24th day of September,
1917, at the Court House in Smithfield,
N. C., and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action filed, or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
This 20th day of August, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk Superior Court of Johnston Co.
FREDERICK II. BROOKS.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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October 14th and 15th, final limit re
turning October 31st.
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SALE OF VALUABLE LAND.
By virtue of a decree of the Supe
rior Court of Johnston County in a
Special Proceeding before the Clerk
entitled "W. 1). Boon, Admr. of John
N. Gregory, deceased, vs. Mary Ann
Gregory, Lela Gregory, et als," the
undersigned commissioner named by
the Court in said decree, will offer
for sale at Public Auction for cash to
the highest bidder before the Court
House door in Smithfield, N. C., at
12:00 M., on the 10th day of Septem
ber, 15)17, the following described
land, towit:
FIRST TRACT: That tract of land
conveyed to John N. Gregory by J. E.
Stewart ami recorded in the Registry
of Johnston County, Book "X" No.
7, page 384, and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the edge of a
branch in J. E. Byrd's line, and runs
as his line N. 81 W. 25 chains to a
stake ar.d pointers, Byrd's corner
in Dixon's line of the Troy Stewart
lands; thcnce as that line S. 4 1-2 W.
24 1-2 to a stake where formerly
stood a hickory, C. D. Stewart's cor
ner; thence S. 85 E. 12 chains to a
stake; thence N. 41 E. 18 chains to
a stake; thence N. 27 1-2 E. to the
beginning, containing 50 1-2 acres,
more or less.
SECOND TRACT: That tract of
land conveyed to John N. Gregory oy
J. W. Neighbors and recorded in Book
'"N" No. 10, page 499 Registry John
ston County, N. C., and described as
follows: Beginning at a post oak in
Alvestcr Norris' line and runs S. 18
W. 8 15-4 chains to a stake; thence
N. 81 W. 23 chains to a take in John
N. Gregeiy's line; thence as his line
N. 4 E. to Alvester Norris' line;
thence as his line to the beginning,
containing 21 1-4 acres, more or less.
Terms of sale cash. Time, Septem
ber 10th, 1917, at 12:00 M? at the
Court Houpe door in Smithfield, N. C.
This 8th day of August, 1017.
J. R. BARBOUR,
Commissioner.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain mort
gage executed by Renza Hocutt and
wife, Millie Hocutt, on the 24th day
of March, 1916, and recorded in the
Register of Deeds' office for Johnston
County, North Carolina, in Book No.
18, at page No. 149, default having
been made in the payment of the in
debtedness therein secured, the un
dersigned will offer for sale, at public
outcry for cash, in front of the Court
House dcor in Smithfield, Johnston
County, on Tuesday, September 11,
1917, between the hours of twelve and
one o'clock, p. m., the following real
estate, lying and being in Johnston
County, Oneals township, North Car
olina, and described as follows:
Boiinded on the north by the lands
of Jas. E. Hocutt, (colored) on the
west by the lands of Jas. E. Hocutt,
(colored), on the south by the lands
of L. G. Bailey, on the south by
Moccasin Creek, containing thirty
acres, more or less.
Placc of sale, Smithfield.
Time of sale, September 11, 1917. ,
Terms of sale, CASH. " *
This August 7, 1917.
J. H. SMITH, '
Mortgagee.
Y. Z. PARKER,
Attorney.
Fur ha*c the "NEW HOME" and you will have
a life asset at the price you pay. The elimination of
repair expense by superior workmanship and best
quality of material insures life- lone sen ?ce at mini
mum cost. Insist on having the "NEW HOME"*
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
Kuown the world over for superior sewing Qualities*
Not sold under any other name.
1HE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE C0.,0RAN6E,MAS&
J. M. BEATY
Smith lie Id, N. C.
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