QUICK ACTION
WILL
l^Jg Economic Authority, I
Manufacturers J
Food St
Worldwide menace of food famine
and threatened disaster ineddeut to
exorbitant prUes is the gloomy but
no less authentic observation of
Richard H. Edmonds, editor and general
manager of The Manufacturers
Record, Baltimore. Mr. Edmonds
was for many years a grain statistician
and he baaes his conclusions not
oniy on paralysed agricultural productivity
in war ridden Europe but
on the greatly decreased crop yields
in neutral territory last year.
An abrupt termination of the war
would not materially affect the status
of the food question he thinks.
The warring countries are practically
on a "hunger strike" and upon cessation
of hostilities shipments of first
food will "Be greatly increased. "Their
act will be to fill up," he says. He
entertains little prospects of the
war's ending within the next 12
months. By that time, his opinion is.
present prices for foodstuffs will
eeem exceedingly low, in comparison.
He confidently expects wheat to
advance to $.2.50 a bushel and flour
to $15 a barrel. The stock of wheat
on the farm is now 700,000,000 of
bushels below that of one year ago,
the wheat crop in the United States
last year being reduced by approximately
4 5 per cent. A similar condition
prevails, he pointed out, in
every country which produces normally
a surplus food supply. The
calculated reduction last year in
grain and other food crops approximates
13 bushels per capita for every
man, woman and child in the United
8tates.
Cultivate Back Yards.
Meat shortage he says will be
equally distressing. The available
supply of live stock now is not in excess
of that of 10 years ago. In the
meantime the population of the
country has been increased by 20,000,000
and the consumption intensified
by the higher wages paid
workingmen and the enlarged volume
of skilled workers. Cultivating
back yards to increase the food supply
Is a patriotic duty. Mr. Edmonds
says, and "The country expects every
man to do his duty in providing foodstuffs."
Too much cotton for the
world's demand may be produced
this year, but it will be impossible to
produce enough food. It will be
criminal for any farmer not to raise
this year at least enough food for his
own consumption.
'Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds and their
sister, Miss Edmonds, have been
guests at th<e Jefferson two days.
They are returning to their home in
Baltimore, having spent the winter
in Florida. They are accompanied
by Mr. ^Edmonds' secretary, Howard
L. Clark, Mrs. Clark and their son,
Edwin L. Clark.
Food Famine Immediate.
In discussing the food shortage.
Mr. Edmonds said yesterday:
"The world is more nearly fucing
a food famine than any other time,
certainly within the last ICO years.
' Even had the neutral countries, including
the United States, produced
large crops last year, the world
would still be short of food supplies,
because 40,000,000 men are under
arms in Europe or engaged in some
phase of war activity. Rut regardless
of the war and this shortage ol
agricultural production in Europe by
reason of it, there was last year a
worldwide shortage in crops. It was
indeed the most disastrous crop year
in this country for the last 50 years.
The wheat crop of 1015 of considerably
over 1,000,000,000 bushels
dropped last year to about 550^000,000
bushols, or a decrease of about
4 5 per cent. The decrease in corn,
oats and barley was also very heavy;
while the potato crop was the shortest
for many years. The aggregate
decrease in grain and the other food
crops last year amounted to 1,375,000,000
of bushels or an aggregate of
13 bushels per capita for every man.
woman and child In the United
Rtntes. The full force of this can bo
better understood when It Is remembered
that the entire consumption
of wheut for food in this country
averages only about five bushels per
capita. The country is therefore entering
the new crop season more
nearly bnre of foodstufTs than for
'' many years. The stock of grain'on
the farms Is now 700,000,000 bushels
less than It was at this time last
year. We are, therefore, practically
facing famine conditions for food;
, certainly famine prices.
"Even If the European war should
end during * the present year?although
I have no anticipation of this
?food prices would keep on adL
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ONLY
AVERT FAMINE
Iditor Edmunds of The |
lecord, Analyzes
ituation.
vancinK. because many European
countries are even now so near starvation
basis that a cessation of war
would immpdiniulu ?" ?
VI ittio d LI 1
consented doinand for all foodstuffs.
It Is entirely possible to raise more
cotton than the world would need
during the next crop year, supposing
the war continues 12 months longer;
but it is not possible to raise too
much food. Indeed, It is not possible
to raise enough. I look for a continued
advance In grain, provisions
and other food supplies to such an
extent that a year hence we shall
look back and think of present prices
as being very low by comparison.
The outlook for the wheat crop Is
not at all satisfactory and we are in
danger of a very gmalf yield.
"The supply of live stock is
scarcely equal to what it was ten
years ago. In the meantime our
population has Increased by 20,000,000
and the great demand, at hign
wages, for mechanics and day laborers
has resulted in a larger consump
tion of meats than ever before.
"These facts are of vital interest
to the South. Unless this section
raises an abundant supply of food
for man and beast it will suffer disastrously.
It will be almost a crime
for any farmer in the South not to
raise at least enough food supplies
for his own family. Every banker,
merchant and manufacturer in the
South should co-operate with the farmer
in bringing about more atten
tion to the production of foodstuffs
this summer and fall. Every family
in town or village in the South, having
a back yard, should raise as many
vegetables as possible. Even if it
should cost them ad much to raise
them as to buy them. This would
leave a larger supply for those who
have no back yards to cultivate.
"In a material way no greater calamity
can come on a country than a
lack of foodstuffs and the consequent
exorbitant prices. Under such conditions
the drain on the individual
and the community lessens vitality.
v?rlltw o r?/1 ? "v"
vaaiavj UUU 1/UOlUCSa CUlCitJIlCy. 1 flP
rich man who does not feel the ooHt
of high priced food is therefore as directly
Interested because of his interest
in the community's prosperity
as the poor man because of the food
supply. These facts are of such supreme
importance that they should
he emphasized in every public gatherinR,
through every newspaper and
throuRh every governmental influence.
Indeed, they are so important
that the minister of the gospel would
not go amiss if he repeatedly emphasized
these truths and their bearing
upon the welfare of the country. The'
poorer people and the men of fixed
income will have to face a very men- \
acing condition in this food short- j
age.
"Ivooked at from the broad view- j
point of the nation's welfare, it also
becomes supremely important thai ,
we should increase our production of
foodstuffs. We are entering upon
what w ill probably be a long and des
perate war. I believe there never
was in human history a war more
justifiable than that the country is
preparing to enter, not only to do-;
fend Its own citizens, but in defense
of civilization. But this war will
greatly lessen the supply of labor, increase
the rate of wages for farm
laborers as well as others and enormously
increase the demand for
foodstuffs.
"Every man, woman and child,
who can help increase the supply of
foodstuffs, will be doing an important
duty and sgrving his country.
The men who are olTering their lives
as volunteers to fight the nation's
battles have the right to ask that the
nation shall stand back of them to it.*
j utmost ability In equipping them
with arms and munitions and in
(supplying them with foodstuffs.
"Thus the man, woman or child,
who can not contribute in other ways
may considerably assist in patriotic
work by the raising of food, even if
' It he through the cultivation of a
garden patch or a few acres of
ground, up to the big farm. The
country expects every man to do his
duty in providing foodstuffs."
?
HATTIjK NKAH HHKIMS.
Paris, April 6.?Th" Frenrti official
communication issued tonight
' reports progress foi tee French
troops northwest of llhetnii ?here
sanguin&iy fighting has been in progress
for two days. Elsewhere on
the front bombardments have predominated.
Most Effective
Mother
I>r. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin He
lieves Mcdia
child's healtl)
larity of the bowrtK.
especially susceptible '<WT*to?
trouble and any" over*U?t>n^dKrt
sensitive organs iins a tendency'tf
obstruct elimination. This condition
i is responsible for much of the jjlg^stj
of childhood.
f rcWeve constipation a mild lexsays
Dr. Calawell^N^iVgtTPepsin is
without doubt th?K. most effective
remedy for--cpnyt1paUotv..she has ever
used and that It is pie oftly remedy
she could fln<| for hfrty baby. . Little
Earl was barfly con?0 palj^;/durlnp
his first year if&lytfjlg sn'e^tjrled
seemed tt^i^p htfi"^fti^il^h|nftot a
bottle of ell's Pepsin.
Now ho, fine, strong; healthy
boy, and atfQvfharffee Dr. Caldwell
for it. ' /
Dr. Caldwell's* (Pepsin is a
combination of sirfrpttHaxfttive herbs
with pepsin, free from opiates of narcotic
drugs; it acts gently without
Better Farmir
PEANUTS AS
To make money
MHHMpBHH la the object of
H^T fb? farmer as
we^ as of the
Rk9Bvw^*^BI manufacturer or
the< merchant
Real profit is
the difference be
tween the marlyr.j;
J!' ket value of a
U -frl commodity over
k'ife'^'^T"^SHl lts 008 4 ?' pro"
BHHHHflEsuMMH duction. croD
that has not a
D. B. OSBORNE "Oath Surrender
Value" (in an Interrupted mark at
demand) cannot ha considered aa a
crop grown for Real Profit, although
an indirect profit may result in reduo
ing the coat of a Money Crop.
Money Crop Qivee Real Profit
It is the Money Crop that givec
real profit to the farm and a Money
Crop can only be a crop of a knows
market value Immediately convertible
into money in any town at any time
The problem of aupplying the South
era farmer with a cash market foi
other crops that would yield as much
or more profit than he derives from
the cotton crop, has engaged the attention
of the farmer and his friends,
and with the assistance of the Boll
Weevil, they have found a solution ol
the problem In Peanuts.
The Peanut
The Peanut crop offers wonderful
opportunities. It can be grown ovei
the entire South with profit.
It reaches its perfection in growth
and yield on well drained, gray, Handy
loam soils such as exist In the Coastai
Plains along the Atlantic Seaboard
which territory la now either occupied
or is being rapidly encroached upon
by the Boll Weevil.
There Is a constant demand at a
"Cash Surrender Value" from a mar
ket that would be difficult to glut with
the peanut, for the reason that there
are five avenues of profit.
Five Avenuee of Profit
i First: Progressive oil mills through
eut the South are eager buyers of tb<
Peanut and offer a spot cash mar
ket at very remunerative prices. Tk?
oil is in great demand.
Second: The nut and vines are a
splendid feed for cattle, producing ?
quick growth of firm and tender meat
A profit in the sales of cattle thuf
fed and fattened is a certainty.
Third: The beet quality of peanut!
find a ready sale at top prices to tht
manufacturers of randy, of peanut but
ter and other confections.
Fourth: Peanut caAe (from the oil
mills), fed to hogs, makes a vigor
ous growth and gain In weight anc
when properly "finished off" with
corn, fflves a firm meat with the fat
containing a proper proportion ol
etearine for making good firm lard.
Feeding the whole nut to the ho|
is a mistake for two reaanna- RNr??
the valrie or profit from the oil it
lost, and second, the oil of the nui
gives an excess of oil over stearlnc
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(I'AC IFI>TS WAOINO
Til Kilt FKiHT KTII-I
Have Vot Ahniid-wed Campaign,
Shown h> Mrs^ige to Fifty
Who Went Wrong.
Washington, April 7.?Continua
tlon of the pacifist fight on President
Wilson's v?ai p o,.rain was forecast
| today when the 50 representatives
who voted against the war resolution
received the following telegram from
Lei a Kay Soeor, secretary of the
I emergency Peace Federation:
"Oil behalf of the Emergency
Peace Federation I thank you for
your patriotic stand in opposition to
war. May I request that you communicate
at once with Representative
Kftehin. to whom I have written a
letter suggesting 'co-operation between
ourselves and the pacifists and
congrees."
m. > >ii
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Remedy ||
Wii^p|^sed
griping and appeals
tg ^bL^ronHhecause of its ej?
> pley^ant '-"tCilt^^^Mruggists every- ^
whesa. sell. cents a bottle, %
and every motheVThould have it in Y
the house folt^ use Whenever occas- V
; ion arises. tyl
To avoid Imitations ana ineuect- ?
, ive substitutes always be sure to ask A
for Dr. Caldwen^ ayrsp Pepsin. See
that a hpeeimilor'er Pf. Catdyen's sig- jr
nature antfi?-|w^-trfc|t^u?uuar"0'^ the
yellow carton ,?*?*whlrn' wi 'bottle is ^
racked. A \ripl frM o? C4
charge, can be ohtajneu by^yfxiXjfiili to A
Dr. W. R. Caldwell, 455 Wasflfo^on ?
St., Monticello, Illinois. 1
f
1 v
ig in the South J
A CASH CROP ?
and produces in the hoc a soft, flabby f
meat, the fat of which will not pro- ^
dure lard of a proper consistency. ^
Fifth: The Peanut, being a legume, ?
is a soil builder and adds nitrogen to
the soil and works in splendidly in a ' ?, ?
rotation with ootton or cera, both of J
which are voracious feeders on nltrogen
and requiring clean culture,' rap- ere
idly deplete the soil of nitrates. 2
Proper Fertilization
Because It is a legume, many peopie
believe that it requires no fertlll- ^
sers and in this thnv are Kariw m(?_
taken. Nitrogen gathering nodules V
do not begin to form on the roots of >.
the plant nntll the nut la two-third*
i matured and If through lack of prop- V
i or nourishment, the plant 1b allowed ^
. to languish until this stage Is reach- t
ed, the crop will be greatly curtailed vt
and profits loot.
i The plant requires a sufficient t
amount of nitrogen from a quick acting
i source to carry it to the nodnle form- ^
i lng period while the prosenco in suffl- J
, oient quantities of phosphoric add and V
. potash is essential during tho growth #o<
and maturity of the plant.
An application of a fertiliser oocv- ?
taining 12 per cent available phoephoric
acid, 1 1-2 to 2 per cent ammonia
and 2 per cent potash, applied p
at the rate of from 400 to 600 pounds \<l
, per aero, will make a crop of both
nuts and bay Suffldent to return the
coat of the fertiliser and leave a handsome
profit while an unfertilized crop ra
will barely return cost of production, in
The Profit Value
The profit value of an acre of well ^j,
| cultivated and fertilized peanuts is
equal to the profit value of an acre of jp,>
cotton producing two-thirds of a bale \ n
! to the acre. !(,r
The following tabulated cost and
value estimated by Dr. J. N. Harper,
clearly proves this point:
1 Comparative Cost Per Acre of Cotten cu
and Peanute
1 Cotton Paannta
I Coit Per Arrr Cost I Me
$ I SO Breaking Land 6 I SO j()>
Harrowing I.and -25
.SO Hauling rertili. .PS
.25 Laying off Land .2$
I .25 Applying Fertiliser .25 ll(
.SO Beading on Frrtiliaar .50 ),.<
.25 Harrowing kaiora Planting .25
? .75 Seed 100 Pf.
100 Fertilizers 100 i
25 Plaeting 1 .25 SA|
5.50 Cultivation 150 tl.
1 5.00 Harvesting *14 00
2.00 Preparing (or Market 2.50 (|\i
1.75 Marketing 2 00 t
' S.00 Rent 8.00 K l
I 1)4.50 842.75 l'?
j Comparison of Returns from Cotton |-(
and Peanuta.
lb*. Lint cotton at ISc lb $49 45
047 lbs. Cotton Seed at $50 ton 16.66
Gross profit $66.61 o?.
Cost of cotton 34.50 (
I Net profit cotton $32.11 >j
' 75 Bushels pe.vnut* at ROc bu $60 00
f 1 Ton peanut hay at $15 ton 15.0S
Gross nrofit ??tm
' Cost of pranut* 4175 ( (
; N-t profit peanuts 132.25
' *If harvested by machine the cost will b?
' ,e" Tt
' MKltchln if) at h'n home in North '
Carolina and details of the -ihem< ' *
outlined in the letter to h in could 1
not be learned H>- unnojin. >d he- 111
fore leaving Washlngt- n that his op- '
-position to the war program would ' *
end with his vote agairst the re .
ition. . ;!h^
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April 7, ItM7.
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Slate, Miss Missouri Sen\el, Mrs.
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Adams, Miss Mary Lee Adams. I
When calling for above say adver- , - rl
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Postmaster. ' "
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, Ladies' Waists, a wonderful as
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CITADKD PLANT |(0
nders Facilities to War Depart-' tii
mem. |Sj,
Charleston, April 6.?Col. O. J.
11 li
ind. superintendent of the Citadel,
e> military college of South faro- 111
a. tonight forwarded the following 111
egrant to MaJ. Qen. Leonard Wood, j ri
S. A., at Governors Island, N. V.. j30
"I respectfully offer to you, with |
> approval of the hoard of visitors |
d the governor of the State, all!**'
* military facilities of the Citadel, I*'"
! t'i|
? military college of South Carolina
luding instructors and cadetr for 13
h uses as you may desire to make
them in training recruits for sere."
The Citadel has for years been * ?
long the colleges declared distinishvd
hy the war department.
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CONXWTION IS CI.OSK.
[iierican >lc|? and German Itcforiu
l.inknl.
Copenhagen (via London). April
The declaration by the United
ates that a state of war exists with
srmany and the question of interil
liberal reforms in Germany have
quired an intimate connection
rough President Wilson's message,
tie German government, though
'living the validity of President
ilson's statements, has hastened iO
mnteract their protiable effect. 1 he
oposal for constitutional reform
obably w ill be taken up immediateafter
the Master recess of the
.CilStUg.
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PATRIOTISM lU'NS IIIGII.
Washington, D. C.f
April 5. lit 17.
Lancaster News: Mr. (Editor, I
ought a short letter from the Manual
Capitol at this time would in
.it- ~?111?- oi your readers, while
:citement runs high. and war nieas is
;irr being voted on. A truly I
nve scene enuld as well be imag- I
ed as .-e< n when the Piesldent read
s war message, lie gave it in a I
ear, calm voice. with his usual
agnfflrent manner, hut the-usual
ile was larking. When the senate
-ran i's deliberations, and resolved
remain in continuous session unI
n vote could be taken there was no
me wasted and very few made long:
leeches. The vote finally came and
was almost unanimous to support,
e President. The house then tcolc,
i the bill and they are still spoakg
at 6 o'clock, with the idea of
ishing the hill through for vote t
me time this evening.
All lock for a unanimous vote in
vor of the President's p'olicy, witti
e exception of a very few. who opje
the measure. eatrloiisin is
nning high here and the President
being praised on all sides.
M. 0. A.
TAKK MANY lU'HSlANS.
'rmaiis |{<|>orl Success on Stokltod
River.
Berlin, April 6 (via London.)?
are than 9,000 Russians, 15 guns
id 150 machine guns and mine
rowers were captured by the Ger?ns
in their attack on the Russian
idgebead on the Stokhod, the war
lice announces.
v,F