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TUZSDAY MOWSTJO, AUGUST 15, 1S19. T1IE f JEWS AND 025UIVER. i NORTH CAROLINA HAS ' BIG TASK IN AIDING v o TO FEED THE WORLD ,With Population Increases of Several Millions Each Year America and Europe Must Have More Food, and the Supply Must Come Chiefly From America; for Much of the Globe Lacks Rainfall to Make Crops. , BIQN K. BUTltK, . -, I clothing aaa1 providing .hoot for at liatt Da ou know on .whit thl world d I another kuadrtd million ora thu bow. pendl for Iti livelihood! Balnfall. I That it a startling fact, for H meaBi Arouaa thit tarts art difftrtnt amount! I taking tara of at kilt another country if rainfall, lid when tko rain retchet I eaual to thi Dretent Vnlted Btatrt. i twisty taekn ir atari of rala a mi I Aid tki rainfall it limited to tko U whor wo iro, obliged to look for oor I tame area, Biberla ii broad. fertile, food. Twinty Inchon ii a email amount, and aot deptndable, but avlargi part of 'thi larth doet apt bam w mueh ai thit lor that retiea a largi proportioa of ' tbi fartb can aot feed many people. Bilf of tbo United Btatet it aot dtpend- ablo oa tbat aetoant, for west of a Uui waning north and tooth through about thl center of Kanut it it impossible to unsettled realoa. but it ia devoid of rain sufficient to depend on. South America hat countleoa million! of aerti tbat da aot have toough dependable raia to five it the ilifhtoit va ue la protloW lor that Inaumorablo BOBulatioa that ii eomiaa. Awentinn. oertieai at Canada and thi Eastern United Btateo mart take on themselves tbo principal part of the make eropi with any certainty. MilUeni blf Job of feeding the coming iacreaac. Wi thought tbat In North Carolina I wa had doni nmaaingly will wbia we brought our agricultural production p to nearly two-thirdt of a billion, dollars last year. We bare got to dim thnt record, and make it look little in tbo next few yean. North Carolina baa the rainfall to mnko big crops. Do yon know why the record for big acreage yields of corn are held In tltf Bout! of aerea of the western part of the t'aited BCatct cannot be relied. on to raise any considerable amount of stuff to eat or feed farm stock. The Central American states are not very reliable, and a great proportion of South America ii Inching in rain. 80 is tin hulk of tela and Africa and a large proportion of Eaateru Europe. . : IN resuu 11 mat we coniuries wu I yields pi corn are held In Ml Boutm thi rainfall must be the countriea that Mcraum the South haa the rainfall. To ralm the food, and Hie countriea wlUi I niake fifty bushels of corn requires the , out rainfall must hare a scant popula I evaporation- of a certain Bomber of tlcn or get tlieir food from the eoun- toB, 0f moUture that the moisture trap. tiUs that have the rainfall. Thi rcnliy 1 or,tcd by the corn leavea may tarry up satisfactory rainfall In tha United ruhas of tha earn nlant the mineral States ia in the region from Detroit, ioiutioa that brings the nourishment Michigan, southwest by way of St. Louis from th, ground, and which carries the to the eastern atrip of Texas. Ji" carbon accumulations that the plant do. Of that the rain Is less aad leas the riTff from tha s)r y0 cannot make a farther westward you progress until in big for, rrop without liberal auppliei of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma and water ( pgBt, The North haa a thi Dakotni it is uncertain, and beyond u,t 0 .Ma ... uBd. but the South that Insufficient., It is that territory I Ma pU1, iu eorn lands boeausi It baa .... . . i. 1 .La I . . . . . mil must icsu inn eouniry vn am Pacific ooait Is a little area that is de pendablc, but not a great deal in eom- narison with the wnoio rouatry. i;anaaa has some dependable territory, but not a great deal. More People Rrery Year. , The continent of North America Is in erensii'B iu pnpulctioa at the rate of acarly two million people a 'year now, or sayf the equivalent of the State of North CirolTnii. Hmh year wo must find food for that many moro people, It h i'liiiof'llilc to produce a great deal of Jt outside nf an niea that in already uvll d'-liiod ut fairly well cultivated. Y enn'.. 3 m.iaido of the rainbclt and lo K::f''. We might get a crop then once ur t- to or threo timet, and then haei a drouzlit that would mean a famine in that dry licit, 11 s haa been the ease times ?nouclt already to show how helpless tha region of scant rainfall ia. Wo are ovarialcing tho limit of our rainfall- Henceforth we must pry out of the Mcr sections food for the increasing numbers in some way, and do it with tho rainfall we ha..-, for that cannot bi Increased. Europe has Or nine problem. In fact, Eurcpe has (inna-il lia margin of, safety, and famine is the .occasional fate over thtre, Aita has had soma tuck mere famlnea that the memory la pittrui Kiiroov has a populatioa about four times as great aa we have in this eoun more water. Thi North can push to the limit of its watir, but it eaanot go farther More Cora Mast Bo Made. 80 we will be compelled with our more liberal supply of rainfall to ulti mately maai our corn crape compare with our moisture supply. With fifty inches of rain wi will havi to get our land In shane that we can raise the corn erop that fifty inches of water will cure for. It is not whether corn Is our most popular crop. But because wo have more rain we must make the erop that rain can make. We must make all the erops that rain eaa make, aad that means aearly all of them,, for we can turn on energy In nil tho other forma. We hiTi thi climate and we eaa raise live stock and leguminous plants and all that sort of thing to make fertility, for we bavo-the one essential, toe rainfall. North Carolina will have to make a orop worth a billion dollars ia a year before a great many yean oeeanso we et.n do it. aad thi world will have to tiave it. All these big ships tbat are buildlna to carry cargo to Europe an no. huildiae- for fun. They an going to do business, and they are going to do business with North Carolina, wnien is easy to reneh wkoa it nukes Its lie surplus eropa of cotton and cotton oil, aad soja Veaa oil, and peanut 011, ana neanut meal, and pork, and earn, nnd will sank 10 baihsls at corn to thi, aen. Every basket of corn has to stand for aa intenst charge if at least tight cents, aad it kai to stand for a Us if perhaps half as muck mere oa tbo mad, for thi corn must pay tin Interest ana taxes- Uery jwn of such land mat pay tweaty-ive or thirty dollar la ia teres! aad Uxts before it eaa pay any thing to the farmer and kis kalporo, and tko buyer of Ue corn baa to pay. Fifty years ago teats would have paid what it takes dollara to pay aow ia Interest and taxes oa that weatora lead, aid it ia earning ta be thi ease that Ui w getting ia many parts of North Caro Una whir intenst and taxes an go ing to eonnt fa tho prlee thi bnyer has to oar for what m acta of farm prod nee. Then an places now when fan lands cannot be bonght for less tha a four or fire huadnd dollan an aen ta mis stste, and those places an going t be on aumiroui raeb year because pco- lo are willing to give that much for productive lands and tbi laadn will bring a profltablo return on that amenat of money. Noeooait Mala Coaaidorattoa. , Do yon on what is ahead of this statif Praeticaily wa hare passed thl lino that wi call opportunity and4omt to the point that wo must accept as necessity. Tbo compelling aeean or we world are going to force North Caro lina to Increase nil agricultural proauc Hon, and to Improve methods and acre ate yield, and the number of aires tilled, aad thi return for each mule and each worker, nnd each nnit ia every way. Wa wW be compelled to adopt new agricultural methods, whether wi want to or not, for we will have to do our aban in caring for the increasing Deputation. Wo an througn iino or me mosn singular experiences the world baa ever j noon, the development of a new un pin. When CoHmbus' found America he found the pick of all creation. Slow ly at Irat men commenced to utilise hit new discovery. Then rapidly they expanded 'the new nation thnt was formed. Fifty yean ago the expansion was in Its most enthusiastic growth. Then it began to press against the limits of opportunity. Now it has pntty well reached thi bouadaries and it baa be gun to work back aad over tho old trails. Wo have robbed the new world. From now on wo have to work it, and ns tho stimulus of that new Held has oneounged a great growth in popula tion nil over Chriateadom we have a world to can for that ia many times bigger. We csn't repeat the discovery of a world. We have found nil of them. We hnvo just the one flour barrel now. No undiscovered ones nn nround thl corner. If ever then is to be a time for a man to buy himself n piece of land that will be hia owa now ia that time. North Carolina has ao more cheap land in the sense that land haa been cheap in the nasi, but it hss millions of seres of land cheap now as rated by the price that will prevail tweaty years irom bow. e oueht to have a atate and community movement to establish on tho land as owaen nnd operators ns many people as possible now before prices get when land will go into atrong big hands. Wo all ought to help in putting many peo nlo on laid of their owa that each com- munity might become a community of owaen who are interested ib tnetr ass aad their community instead of shifting tenants. In this neeemity of feeding m carina- for the world North Caroliaa is coming fare to face with the big problem of Its history, aad it is to be decided pretty toon whether wa are go- lac to do it as substantial roaiueat own. era nr as tenants and a population in different to anything but fat pork and sundown, 4h weekly rationa aad the Job. It Irs mighty difference to tho welfare of tbo ntato wn owns me laaa. and aow Is tbo time 1o decide that qnestioa. tuuea ns arcm as m iuh . uu- . . .... .. , . try, and on a territory about a. big as ftj ours. That population is increasing faster thaa ours is, not in population, but in total number. Europe must DC feu. and is already crowding on tho Quantity of food her rainfall will make, The world today is faced by au insuf ficiency of rainfall to feed Its people. Thu eufciy of thi hundreds of millions if people is largely a matter of that strip of land from Chicago to Galves ton, Texas, and every year tho press un Is bound to become more strenuous, aa there is the one part of the globe that has the rainfall aad the climate that will make crops grow, and thi toil that supply and divldod with tho world that ill be coming ben for something 10 eat and wear. It is apparent that tho farm ia to be an institution in North Caroliaa. It ia not likely to be long until land tn North Carolina will bo figured in value by Its productiveness. In tho past it has Keen flnured by iti ability to com mand a buyer. That gives it ao actum value at alL Laud tbat will yield six dollan ia aa aen after taxes aad oper ating oxpenaes an paid ia worth a hun dnd dollan aa aen, for it payi lis vcr int. Land that ia able to pay any !j. A " -u! i 1 .iiit. I dollan an ncn after everything ia paid win proviu. n i"i --;,r 4ttnn Tr - B. w vt m awy aaaa w "" - much lesa thaa tbat aunt bow, but whoa c-eentinl to their development, Among thi most favond of all thi atatea ia thit location it North Caro lina, with eloso to fifty inehoa of rain fall ia the most oauabli climate, living by the coast, and with a toll sufficiently fertile to produce to thi limit, North Carolina is a state in a bunch of states that must bo the salvation of the civ ilised portion of the globe and much of tho rest of it. , A ftnrtUng Fact. . We would be all right if it wen aot for that increase of millions of people each year who must be fed. At thi ; present time not lest thaa four or Ave millions mors come esen year 10 Amor lea aad Europe. Every year tbi in crease is greater than thi year before, and now wi have reached a point when thnt increase adda to America and Eu rope thi- equivalent of at least two states eons I to North Carolina. Thov must be fed, and clothed nnd shod. We must make food and clothes aad shoes. Twenty yeare from now If thit thlag keeps up at It is going, or In' lest' time if tho iirtrcaae keeps oa as It is la- ennsing, we must count on feeding and DON'T TRY TO (TOE THE LITTLE PIMPLES POSTMASTERS IN SESSION AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Their Naw Mail Order BnainiM .. Chief Topio Of Diiouuion AtConTcntion Wilmington, Aug. If The Nortk Carolina fortinatten' Aanoaiatioa mot at WrigMaville Beach tliia morning for a two-day session. Roe. Dr. Ml J. Hurt, of thl int Baptist church, spoki thi Invotatioa aad the mayors of thi it aad beach welcomed thi vitilora. A Waylaid Cooks, postrtrtiter at Greensboro, responded and Postmaster H. lfeU Croon, of thit ally, attended a welcome. Addressee wen givea by Dart at. Catling, of Baleigh, on what the post matters did during tbi war, aad by O. r. Crowson, of Burliagton, on tbi alleged atatui of thi post masts r aadir civil terviee. Tomorrow 0. D. Ella worth, superintendent of eirvlee, Waah Infton, D. C-, will tpetk, together with J. H. Weddiagton, if Cbarlotti, and U M. kliehaux, of OoMsboto. Thl at tendance It imall. Tha pectmttters an discussing their new mail order grocery business. $TILL UNDECIDED WHERK ' COL. WATTS WILL BAVK Wrritt Onenaboro. Aug. I8.-B0 far it seems undetermined aa to whether or not Col. D. Watte, supervisor of Internal nvenue for North Carolina, will move tbi office of thi chief of Income tax eollectioa from Greenaboro to Btatei- rilli. Those interested ia the revenue service hen an of tbi opinion that it baa never boea the purpose of Col. Watts to novo this departmiat if thi nvenue work. Col. Watti himself will ao doubt, continue to bavi hit facet ia Btatotvillo, spending one or two dayi week bin if thl incoma tax division left here. Col. T. H. Vanderford, who is to have charge of the enforce ment of the prohibition lows la the State, will move hit office to BaJisoury rin-ht away. That la Uoi. vanaerrora a home town, nnd for hia work ia prob bly the best location ia tho State. SPONSORS STAFF NAMED FOR CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION MANY CAROLINIANS ; JOINING PEACE ARMY Probable 8tte Will- Make Bid Fer first Place for Tint T Half of Input GreentborOr Aug. ItCo). Anderson, la charge of recruiting la North Carp llaa, btllene that, thi State will be able to mtki a bid for flrti place ia tha lumber of recrulti obtained for the new' peite army during thi first fifteen daya of August About 110 men wen accepted fr enlistment during thit period. Eight at the number wen negroes. Tbi air terviee and the motor transport eurpa teem to bt thi most popular bnaebei of tho terviee. Next to these enrol thl qnartermiater'l ' corps, aad thi coast artillery. These four branches of tbi army afford almost one kundnd different trades, and thia ae- couatt for thi majority of mm being attracted to them. Mors thaa one-third of tin mta who Joined bad beta in nr vie before, aad aearly all of these selected tho air service, motor tries port, and auarter mentor's eorpe, aid gave at their nasona for duing so that they desired to leara thi trade. Henry Burleigh, ei saieign, who aervra in tki field artillery for nearly two yean in Franco, aad wai In tho thick of tha Bgbting, Ira among those who kave re- onlisted. B. B. Gillea, who wne also ia eel vice in France, has n-ealUled. lie wi- twice wonhded, and wae accepted this 'time only for recruiting fwrpooen. Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. IS. Thi sponsors' staff for thi United Confederate Vet eran! Reunion bin October T to 10, appointed by General K. M. Vantandt, Fort Worth, eommander-in-enuei, were announced today at follort: Mrs. Cbarlet R. liyde, Chattanooga, matron; Mrs. Adolpk Boequet, New Orleans, chaperons; Miss Ellta Bener Young, Louisville, sponsor; and maids of honor, Misses Annio Bryan, Mem phis, nnd Amanda Dye, Searcy, Ark. FREE TO ASTHMA SUFFERERS A Nw Bmh Cm Thai kmrwmm Cm Use WHkMt Dfccaadcet at Use of Time. Wa km a ) HaM tnat ear) nl mm nil M ta tr H at ! Ma Butter waatbrr W aae Is at smut Uaa ma ae iwrat eveleeaseal, waetawr M Is rres tki ultimate aennibli comet for land ia tbe aeit twenty or thirty yean load that will maka fifty dollars above tares and ooeratint expenses will bring light puadred dollan aa aen, for it wui at a raft Inveatmeat, good for tit per cent. Now bin li ine or un tnings mat ia addiaa ta tha hhrh coat of llvlna. In Illinois, Iowa, Indiana aad that see- tloa when they mast much ma, una hat aune kick la value.. Three to an huadnd dollan la ant a high price for land out then no, Hay wi can a pirn of cora land worth MOO, aad that lead mw thfaaM Aatkaia. aaaM m4 tee a Iraa trial mt sar mathaa, Ne tiMt k wtat aliaMta n Hva. aa awitan wkat rear an ar oreewatlaa, tf ran en tn.bl. wtth Athase. ear aMthea abMld ra. Imrm vaa aroaiatlv. We eaasciaUr want to mm N ta thaw as anatljr hoptlM anas, whara all foma) al ia- "patrat tmakm,' ata, have (alM. t want ta ihaw aiausas at awr awa mm a. that thta mt m aeriaaMt to aa4 all lifnnalt raatMatu all whmlna. aae all thaM tfrribie aamamaa at anca aat tor all tuaa. This frat effar h too issaortant to aasWet a laala aa. Wrtto naw iirf thaa haeta tha at aaas, Heae aa nnnar. annpir atau Da It Tatar ft ., EUisberg's II EAST A R G E T T STREET ' Nor Corer Dark, Sallow, Muddy Compliaion With Facti Powder or ; ... , - .Rouga. ' Warn MaairtWtnAT II It lot U tut .U.nUa mnssaam a fmA. hatlfia. tlwh T 1FIM. ' Jmi on ltul tamp. ti kU eiiotfh-mjj kL 1 i. in ,ll m j.1 . .MH. MM. Iiwrm eaa auieklr rtrnove pimples sne sthre akla Memlaata hr taaihwii tht saat ar applrbta Blwk 4 Whlto Ointmmt to the earl aOartoi. 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