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Who Gets The Money? ii. K. V. HKYANT, in Country Gentleman. War ton hn--n vride demand iVr every bit of liMl r uo -ftVet on. i the r-i-uooU mid-Jane. !l-a ' if ;u 1 the mit:n- it. The South Las beeu t.iu'ai to, ,',' v .!,erv.uioi -f '.-.ive tu:Uit:s of ihoa-ai-H t-f !-! v-:i to have had Urs worth, uf stuff a?i. ully by ihv: . i.f ihe eitv ; i;tv i:i..iket vi!itjs i.econ!.ri2 to t ad tiie. the! of WasMnu.'ii vie paj its irJin tea . to thiit-ne ct-nts a t.vx for straw-! berrlrs. from a- dollar auJ a halt to, Jive dollars a bJ!ul for pas. ana a dollar a peck for Irish potaioe. pro duces in some localities !th;n fifty miles of the National Capital refused to harvest their crops through fear that they v.ould lo.-e money disposing f them. Herbert C. Hoover, National Food Administrator, when told of this con dition of the markets, explained how fcis office hopes to help both producer .and consumer by the elimination of speculation and waste in aisinouiion, so that prices may be stabilized and profits reguiatea. locality. If the crop i produced j coar t-nough to l.iaiktt to be sold from wagon or au'omobile the firni-i t r may tare vtry well; hut if he has to depend upon somebody else a middleman to soil it for him on crmiuislon the result is often un- air,Atmv ftnit ilU.'mirilM!). 'Washington buys aooui ienij flve per cent of her farm food sup-; plies from people who bring their i...,, t.iwn kr nrivate roll-1 veyance. Ten per cent of them come, " tv-flve ner cent of our food Humor Says: "The savings of the American consumer should be made by the tae exclusion of speculative profits from the handling of iool-tufts, aud net by a sacrifice oa ii' part of the producer." "This iJ no tiiue for the il- lrEitiwa'.e food maaipulator. Hoarding and speculation are rife." Tho.e producers who fail to sell tcir reps at a reasonable price should use them at home." Tbere is no occasion for food panic in this country. There Is no justification for outrageous prices." What we hope to do under the food survey and administra tion legislation is to stabilize prices by various devices, and to regulate the profits and specula tion out of handling comuioui- lllL OF SECRECY TO SlKi;oiM MOVEMENTS press of the country has subjected it ,seii. tional stnard Is made ready for the ; front, it wou.a d unwise to can tne -li. . 1 1 VJ .1 1 , I , v n m ...". - Assurance? bive been tivoa both attention of the Uernian authorities .i liiMuity Will Be Given to the by navy and army officials that the to what is going cn. Transfer of Trp to Eune. I disasters will rot hidden uaderj . V ashiagton. July 29. The nove-lthJ veil of this censhorship. and pre-. FM'tiifcster General Burleson has .... ,-. 0f American troops to France jsuuiably under the re regulations ordered aa investigation of Senator . - l. tarrietl on absolutely without 'al.o. !he Au:eric pcoIe will be cx- McCu inker's charges that the post ul . :tv, if th present pdicv of the!pe:ttd to understand that no aews is master at Boiuaa, N. D.. waa guilty ,- oepartnient letaains unaltered. ' good news in this resect. ;cf disloyal utlnanees. In a speech v .MHarv Iiaker and some of his; No official explanation has been la the senate McCunib charged that n.M irv advisers believe that no word made of the reason underlying the the postmaster and his w ife had cn ulibe published cf the arrival of! decision to withhold- fror.i pul.!ica-; tertsind a speaker guilty of dislnyal (1 ...ps abroad and it U probable that;tion annrtuncenient of the arrival of . utterances and had advertised his will be made clear to all nws- Iroops. It Is understood, however, meeting in the postofflce. . i ' . . t i i. . .. , - ih.l ' rrs ana press associations iii.inai fecreiary naner u-i5et-a uuii ithcoming regulations unier the t with large troop movements in pro- No man ever got a pain in his back voluntary censorship to which thelpect as the new army or the na-. from carrying his neighbor's burdens. from various sections of the country. Hampton. Virginia, who, in a letter ... , a in facui exnert. refers to the de- i in me mvesiijcaiiou i iuuhu uiaii" , the man at a distance from our mar-J maud on the lamer to increase . his v" ,:.7;rintn conditions in the'ket distrusted the stranger upon proaucuon, ana i i r..-; Pistrict of Columbia. Maryland. Vlr-lwhom he had to depend I for the dis- ence , hampers a hamper contains five pecksof green peas this season," Mr Itnrdirk wrote. Our seed cost $31.00 Hampers cost 3-:' Picking cost 27.6c IMSiriCl Ol V.01UUluia, .uawia-1. - - . sin'a and other states near Wash- posal or his crops. He had been blt- : .v. ...... .. UminJin. i.v hu f.wut smTulator or unscru- tnn m:nia t the time tne Admin istration's food bill was being fought over in congress, revealed that while thousands of people in the large cities vere hunghv for fresh vegetables and fruits the "farmers of the Southern and Middle-Atlantic States were let ting crops go to waste in their fields btcause of discouraging marketing conditions. Food's Effect on Law. There are great possibilities in the food supply of the District of Colum bia. well-fed congressman wiu pass hotter laws than one poorly pro vided for and suffering from indiges tion or disordered stomach. Food prices in Washington go from the highest to the lowest in a single .lay; there is no regularity about values. A crate of tomatoes that cells for three dollars at five o'clock in the morning may not bring more than twentv-flve cents at nine. The local demand for perishable foodstuffs is for immediate use on the consum ers' tables. Experts of the Department of Agri culture and the district of Columbia government claim that the absence of canning plants to take care of sur plus food crops on rush market days influuces prices in Washington, and therebv makes Baltimore. Philadel phia and other large cities better markets. Recently a select committee com posed of trained business men and investigators, was appointed by the .,.mkinnpr. of the District of Co- lumbia to look into the food condi tions in Washington ana tne sur rounding country. C. K. Nesbit, Su perintendent of Insurance for the District, was a member of the com mittee and. becoming thoroughly in K.rwtvA in tho subiect of getting food crops from the producer to the con sumer with an increased prom iu the farmer and a reduced cost to the ed his inauiries af ter a report had been made to the commissioners. Mr vishlt was broucht up on a farm in the Middle West, and is versed in the possibilities of the soil, while his later life has acquainted him with city demands. In his efforts to get at the reasons for the high cost of living Mr. Nesbit went back to the farm and began to study conditions there ten by the food speculator or unscru pulous commission man in a number of cities. I met one man who had such a disastrous experience with a crop of potatoes raised on a 200-acre farm that he had sold his place and had quit farming in disgust. He charged that his potatoes cost him more than they came to, although the price in the cities was high and his product was fine. "I came upon many like instances covering peas, tomatoes, eggs, chick ens, and a great namber of other foodstuffs. In fact, that is the corn- farmers mnn pA!iml:lint nmong the vhn hai-P trid to shin their products to market and trust to a middleman y ...ill tholll flt t rift til The sharper operates on every, perishable crops. nrii nmt hi activities have done "While we are Total $71.9!' 'Tlease note that no labor of planting or cultivation and no In terest on land investment is included in the above. Received on net account sales. $40.4 . "We are curious to know liow any farmer can continue farming on that basis. This instance, while It Is ex treme, is not a lone case, nor is it unwarranted as an item of consider- i ation of the farmer's experience wit" noultrynien pri- much to put farmers out of the food.marily we are in the midst of truck business, ing section and every farmer has the "We got evidence showing that in- same taie to leu ut is " nocent farmers who shipped' their or the commission mau. me jmuuu. food crops to Washington paid double cited above brought a gross avera commissions and other extras to have of about sixty-five cent3 a hamper, their stuff sold. It was discovered or thirteen cents a peck; in all pro that some commission merchants bability it sold to the consumer at sold to other commission merchants, not less tnan tony ceuis a y. each getting a commission, and the farmer s product kept passing aiong until it had gone through six hands between the field and the table. The usual course Is: From farmer to commission merchant; from com mission merchant to wholesaler; from wholesaler to retailer or huck ster. We found that it was the rarest ihinv tnr 9 rnnsumer to ret the farm product at a cost less than fifty per cent In advance or wnai ine iarmer received Tor it. More often the ad vance over the farm price was sixty- five per cent. A Hough Howl to Market, in nthr words. Farmer Smith re- wlvsi lupnir dollars for a lot of pro- . .. .I ii.., ) ... I duce, and tne same sun, amueu miu .. . . . in,ii "in Rhinninz eees we find it al most impossible to reach a market with whole goods. In May we were compelled to discontinue shipments to New York because over fifty per cent of our shipments were either lost or so damaged in transit by ex press that the consignee refused them, and since March we have nt been able to get a claim settled or a tracer reported on a single ship ment. At the same time we could not ship by freight because an em bargo by both rail and boat existed north of Washington on perlshaUe freight. "Yet the consumer was payine from nlnetv to one hundred ner cmi more than normal prices for nig e ii . -. , HMnc.ii.nM at luael . K..abiidii tt Inn eiarrnt nf T AO P 1 : 1 thirty dollars and often thirty-three J and less than normal storage was in dollars. In some Instances the price progress, which means high eggs ru st Is doubled. The farmer get 'his' less fall and winter, frieght and drayage, and the com- "We think we are patriotic--we mission men and the merchants get would give away our produce to help tne dlnerence oeiweeu me uiu ie- u we cuuiu uui ucius me .limn celved bv the farmer and the sum existing conditions It Is going to be mlelitv hard to do our bit." Mr. Nesbit made these suggi 'Hons nulrl hv tho rnnaiimpra. mi'. l.i1 f.inlln9 haft HE IUUUU lull m uen irniua " j .'l I . iivovtw "' .-n.-. grown up between the producer and to improve conditions on the farm, . 1 . Tl. . I .hni.U nnl k. ..... Ka ... at, maw anit d i m 1 11 -1 ! O the iiu ucisu w , me consumer. iiiai buvuiu uui i. enve w luuoumc. He followed. the case, for both are robbed by the middleman: i,nm ihn fiplil tn the ta-1 av-of,.i Tiiov innid nriol their In- i That the Federal Government I mm tiujfa iivi - - - . . " ' " w . . - - ble making note of the round-about terests, and profit thereby." purchase and store sufficient food to way they traveled, and the number! Mr. Nesbit thinks that the condi- protect the nation at all times against of rake-offs between the farmer and , (0ns that prevail In and around want and to stabilize the market, the ultimate consumer. Here are Washington are general throughout Such an act would be justified as a some of the things he discovered: the nation, Influenced somewhat in military precaution. individual ties. cases by local peculiari- "The first Important step to remedy ( stuffs 2 Maintain a widespread propa ganda for the conservation of food- 1. That the farm warehouse nas practically disappeared. . tha mun whn iropg between 'tho hiifh rnt of livlne In this coun-i 3. A food survey of the nation him and the consumer of his product, j try," said he, " is to get a careful 4. The establishment of Govern- d a renort on the facts. I'ment wholesale markets, so that .' ii..t 1, u inmnssiihle for the farm-'have found that the task of securing , farmers living remote from market in .nsirket his produce at a profit 1 reliable information, even In a limit-can send their products with the as unless he niaKeS a IlUUSf-iu-uuuoc ea territory, IB u mav umioo euiuuic ui.i iiicj tii uf o.u ..v canvass ltne efrort is nation-wide and support-.prevailing prices,' tho purpose of this . . 1- - JnmcinJ fur a u.. .Via lTolorol P.nvorn Mipni It ran- hulnn in snnnnra tri nrodnrtion and wholesale houses under government 'not be carried out satisfactorily. shipment of food crops. fliiDervision to see that the farmer I "I doubt if Washington or any oth- "After all the causes which may eets a square dec in order to en- er American city could do more than reasonably tend to lncreas prices are oncae production. guess or approximately estimate the considered," said Mr. Nesbit, "there 5 That one of the principal causes amount of food normally on hand at appears no Just ground for such high for the high cost of living to the city la certain time of the year, or the prices or many products as are de rprident is the expensive system of 1 amount of food required for the com- mantled of the consumer at this delivery which is maintained by the munity. In making an Inquiry into time." 6 That something must be done ing In the District of Columbia we trator, and Dr. B. L. Wilbur, chief to brine the producer and the con- found the first drawback was a lack of his conservation staff, are ready to .m,pr together in a fair and honest of facts for a working basis. I meet the very situation that Mr. Nes- traoMne relationship "The food situation In the District bit describes. They will have the an- - most serious problem has arisen of Columbia today is merely a part swer for the farmer In the food acts, in recent vears " said Mr. Nesbit. of the food problem of the world. In and meantime they are getting the 'because of 'the 'elimination of the0ur investigation we were unable to women and chlldnen of the nation to . I i( ha micatlnn of Vomers.' but urnrlr Ravlnir food. farm wareuouse. i" ... .V i- 1.-' .... .r 'iV what that means." The Speculator tunes. the fact that food Is always to be( "First," said Doctor ilbur, "Mr. h.H ir n .nfflr-innt nrlop U offered, llnnvpr will uree the neoole to use 1 1 . ' I 11 1. , , 1 1 M . I " ' " " ....i- - . ox-orv farmer atwrant the ex stpnee 01 tnem. - local nroaucts. tnereoy savina tue ft confluence had his smokehouse; "The journey of the crude food strain on transportation and utilizing lor meats his storage bins for wheat, 1 crop from the farm to the table or food materials that will perish If kept eata and rye his cribs ror corn, and, the consumer Is a rough one. There long. Milllans of dollars can be sav his cellars for dried rruits and vege-, are few roses on the way for the pro- ed that way. labels On most farm, especially In ducer. especially If he has to market ( "Under the Food-Survey Bill the the South before the Civil War, the by train and through middlemen. Department of Agriculture will bo farmer killed and stored enough hog Very little of the food marketed In gin at ence to gather facts as to- sup ineat for a year, hilled his potatoes, j Washington by the producer goes di-'piies of food, their quantities and tI,j m, rahhaeps and dried his rect to the consumer. I whereabouts. Then we can tell how fruits. He had food supplies in great abundance tv, a M.rvlinH Vlrflnla. North nmrh lhrp la tn he savpil and can 1 IT i.,nuu, . . -' - - ..... r t ; r.- Tialoiuara nntalnpR. npaa irn ahnnt it In a avRtPnmtip v. ,v it was the rule to and tomatoes that come to the Wash- "The great thing at this time Is to lav by for the winter and spring lngton consumer pass through three, get the people to use local products months great quantities of foodstuffs, ' four or five different hands, and be- Instead of stuffs that have to be such as honey, dried and canned ap-jfore the man who grew them is transported from one section to an les ieaches, cherries and peppers, through he may find himself in debt other. idekied cucumbers, and other pro-; for the freight without having any-, "We are now preparing to organiie iucts of the farm. In some Instances thing to show for his labor In the the women to have them conserve dried beef bacon and corned beef fialds nnd the shipping of his produce, food. A little later we shall bring were stored away. Ice was cut tn j "The Journey of the potato from the children, and then the men, to the winter and kept throughout the the plant on the farm to the table our aid. It Is our purpose to study vear Every good housewife had her in tho home of the city consumer the food situation, and then get the Jellies preserves and Jams. would make a readable romance, best results locally, nationally and ln- "The rapid transportation system , First, the farmer tugs it. crates ternaiioaany. brought In by steam railroads has and hauls it to the train at consider-) "Tae rood law will give author.-j carried the products of the farm to able expense In money and time, ty to cut out the man who speculates; the great centers. But tipre they . Second, the railroad takes It to the or hoards. Their passage will en- are uiaer the control of neither pro- dppot in the city, the rainier paying Pb!e th food administrator to anki lucer tor consumer, but of specula- the freight. Third, the commission all agwiwes to extract no profits from torg (mrichunt t whom it is-consigned focd by speculation. Mr. Hoover can "in some comiaunitiis abwit! takes it -to lis office, chaigisg the then, take war speculation cat of. u.s m.si m I found great stores oi;r,nmer with tne drytge. reurtn. a rood transactions thine. l,ut few smokehouses. Kransries ar.d potato hills. . Our peo ple loek to Chicago, or other packing cir storing centers, for th-ir out-of-nwison supplier. "The quantities of canned goods in rrWatp homes is n tribute to the ,-amriitn made by tho Department .if Aenei!!ure to - t the vomtt and children i" toueie food by canning purchaser Is round, and the1 potato "We kelieve Ir.at the food adiuia's-' is cnrfp to his place of business at tratlan has the support of the "peo the expon."e of th farmer. 'j1p of tfce ration. Our mails are fill-1 "That cl ws the deal so far as the cd with offers to help. There Is a farmer Is eoncrned, but when the ready repnne from -eTf section of srttl'Miient i mad" his ire Is very the country. All classes- seom will-1 small eomrred with the pronti' e-g-o rujport the movement to pro tveen the farm sn'd tHe tNc" duc more; re -more aud wato less; A p'.-at r .- 01 iii.--rniirr.Kr'?i f ')- . . ducrr is tlift of I I.. I?urd".ck,- of (Continued te page three.) n 4 Don't Risk a Blow Out! ATTEND TO YOUR TIRES. It is poor economy to continue to run weak tires that may blow out at any time. Half the pleasure and profit of motoring is lost by fear of accidents. Keep good tires and feel safe. THE MONROE STEAM VULCANIZING CO. has the biggest and best vulcanizing plant in this section. It is our sole business, hence our superiority. Our field is Union and adjoining counties because we are best equip ped to handle business. We vulcanize everything from a hot water bottle to the biggest tire. Sell your worn out casings to us and get new ones. We pay 0Y2 for old casings and 7Y2 for old tubes. We sell the famous Good Year and Fisk tires and ac cessories. Nuff sed. MONROE STEAM VULCANIZING CO. "On the Square." E. B. Stack, Manager. k i When You Need" Money where do you go for it? Do you draw your check on the bank, or do you borrow from a friend? PEOPLE WITH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS seldom have to borrow. They have money of their own. It is always growing, accumulating, earning interest, pil ing up, and PUSHING YOU ALONG THE ROAD TO AFFLUENCE. ; ,i$JW Now Is the Time to Save We invite you to become a depositor at this bank. One dollar or upward will open an account. The Savings, Loan and Trust Co. R. B. REDW1NB, Prwidtat. 1L B. CLARK, Cathicr.
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