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-MY. AUGUST 26,1918.
OUR SID FOOD
FED THE IllltS
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN. MEAT
AND FAT SHIPMENTS INCREAS
ED BY 844,000,000 POUNDS SAYS
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
•ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
to our own forces overseas 141,-
jpX>o,ooo bushels of wheat and 844,600,-
000 pounds of meat daring the past
year, valued in all at 11,400,000,000.
This was accomplished In the face of a
serious food shortage In this coantry,
bespeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in a let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
ilie auuaiion was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
ap of the millions of bushels of wheat
during 1917-18 and the shipment of
meat during 1917-18.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,400,000,000, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
(including meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc.,) to Allied des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1916-17... .2,166,500,0001ba
fiscal year 1917-18.. ..3,011,100,000 lbs,
/Increase 844,600,000 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
«ur farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the ex
perts to the Allies were 2,133,100,000
pounds, as against 1,266,500,000 pounds
In the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
801,000,000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years In the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1916-17.. 259,900,000 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-18. .340,800,000 bushels
Increase 80,900,000 bushels
Os these cereals our shipments of
gF the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
k 1917-18 to Allied destinations were:
W Wheat 131,000,000 bushels and of rye
13,900,000 bushels, a total of 144,900,-
000 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1916-17 were:
Wheat 135,100,000 bushels and rye
2,300,000 bushels, a total of 137,400,000
bushels. In addition some 10,000,000
bnshels of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
wheat will be therefore, about 141,000,-
000 bushels,* or a total of 154,900,000
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad
dition to this we have shipped some
10,000,000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
“This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
■clearly If we bear In mind that we had
available In the fiscal year 1916-17
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200,000,000 bushels of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home loaf,” Mr.
Hoover said. “This last year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and Imports
only Just about our normal consump
tion. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
“These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De
spite the magnificent effort of our agri
cultural population In planting s much
Increased acreaga In 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed ts mature prop
erty, and our corn is our dominant crop.
“I am sure,” Mr. Hoover wrots la
concluding his report, “that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In a year of
universal food ahortages in the north
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come throulgh into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
.only temporary periods of hardship.
| “It is difficult to distinguish between
&"various sections of our people—the
\ homes, public eating places, food
Itrades, urban or agricultural popula-
Itlons—in assessing credit for these re-
Isalts, but no one will deny the domt
•act part of the American women.”
\Y boarder la a man who Is more la*
>at«d la getting hi* bits than la giv
£ls bit.
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COTTONSEED OIL
PRICESJICERTI
TREMENDOUS INFLUX OF ORIEN
TAL VEGETABLE OILS HAS
BROUGHT ABOUT PROBLEM NOT
YET SOLVED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 26.
Last season through an agreement
between the food administration and
the buyers of cotton seed oil and
meal, the price of cotton seed was
established but there are grave doubts
now whether this can be done suc
cessfully this year on account of the
tremendous importation of Oriental
vegetable oils.
The tremendous influx of these
Oriental vegetable oils during the
past year has added materially to the
problems of the food administration
in its control and stabilization of cot
ton seed products for the coming sea
son and may result in great loss to
the cotton growers unless the situa
tion is handled with a great deal of
caution. Officials of the Cotton States
Advisory Marketing Board are now
conferring with officials of the food
administration in an effort to get the
matter straightened out. The indi
cations are that there will be at least
an average yield of cotton seed and
there is an unprecedented surplus of
cotton seed oil carried over from last
season. The export demand is weak
and uncertain. These things, plus the
tremendous imports of Oriental vege
table oils, constitute a formidable ar
ray of causes why the food adminis
tration may not be able to determine
a fair price for cotton seed oiU and
its manufactured products, as it did
by voluntary agreement last year.
Unless the situation can be reme
died and that quickly, the squeeze is
hound to reach back to the cotton
farmers. In fact, It is already being
felt in south Texas, where cotton
picking is well under way and cot
ton seed is beginning to move.
Heavy Increases Shown.
Government figures disclose the
heavy importations of vegetable oils
during the past year. For the eleven
months ending May 30, 1918, the im
portation of cocanut oil amounted to
248,474,097 pounds and was valued at
$29,457,308. This is more than four
times as much in both amount and
value as was imported in any previ
ous year. For the same eleven months
there was imported 295,457,426 pounds
of soya bean oil, valued at $28,048,-
301. For the same period of time in
1917 there was imported 145.297,778
pounds valued at $10,120,490. The
importation of soya bean oil in 1918
was twice as great as that of 1917
and four times greater than that of
1916 or any other year. It is claimed
that the rapid increase in the impor
tation of these oils into this country
is due to the fact that they cannot be
sent to Germany and Austria, which
countries consumed a greater part
of them prior to the war. It is also
known that great quantities of these
oils are stored in China, Japan, and
the Phillippines awaiting shipping fa
cilities.
!n addition to the importation of
these immense quantities of vegetable
oils, « world of copra (dried cocoa
nut > has come into this country dur
ing the past. year. This copra is
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crushed ty the oil mil|| and convert
ed iuu oil in very much, the same way
as cott. n seed and peanuts. Some
time ago, the War Trade Board plac
ed an embargo on the importation of
copra, but this embargo was recent
ly raised and now the gates are wide
open t 0 copra and all kinds of Orien
tal vegetable oils.
Trying to Solve Problem.
For the year ending May 30, the
importation of these oils, including
copra, amounted to, approximately
800,000,000 pounds or about two
thirds of the amount of cotton seed
oil manufactured in this country. The
cotton seed division of the food ad
ministration is exerting itself in an
effort to find a solution to the prob
lem. It has no authority to place an
embargo on the importation of these
vegetable oils. This power lies with
the War Trade Board and the War
Trade Board will not place an em
bargo on this importation unless
asked to do so by the oils and fats
division of the food administration
i,( which C. W. Merrill is the head.
Unless Mr. Merrill asks the War
Trade Board to act, the importation
of vegetable oils and copra wiH con
tinue and the prospects for fair prices
for cotton seed oil may steadily grow
worse. It is authoritatively stated
that action looking to the declaration
of an embargo on these foreign oils
may be taken within the next few
weeks if the cotton seed oil market
-.hews signs of a marked decline.
Seeking to StabaUze Price.
Contrary t 0 the opinion of many,
the food administration has no au
thority whatever to fix the price of
cotton seed. It has the authority to
license dealers, gins and mills, and
make rules and regulations to pre
vent speculation and hoarding and
fix the amount which mills and deal
ers may charge for their services,
which is called the “spread,” but can
not fix the price of cotton seed. All
the food administration can do is to
endeavor to stabilize the price of seed
by voluntary agreement with refiners
and lard substitute manufacturers on
the price of oil and that was the pur
pose of the conference of oil refiners
which was held in Washington the
past week.
There has been a great deal of
complaint on the part of the oil mill
men and manufacturers of press
cloth, t 0 the effect that while the
War Trade Board seems to have no
trouble in finding ship room for the
importation of vegetable oils, they
Pave been unable to find room for the
importation of Chinese queues and
camel’s hair out of which press is
manufactured and without which no
oil mill can operate. This complaint
is now before the board for adjust
ment.
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NOTICE.
.Notice is hereby given that the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway has made ap
plication to the Railroad Commission
of Georgia for the authority to dis
continue parlor cars on trains Nos. 5
and 13. and 14 and 6, between Macon
and Albany, Georgia. This applica
tion will be heard by the Railroad
Commission 0 f Georgia at its offices in
the State Capitol, Atlanta, beginning
at v 10:00 o’clock A. M„ August 17th,
1918.
All parties desiring to be heard in
connection with this application
should communicate with this Com-
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Reciprocal Service
To serve trustworthily our Government and our constituency in
this period of war is, according to our code, the highest obligation
now resting upon the officers and employes of this Railway.
In order to do this successfully we need the fullest co-operation
of the travelling public. It is a joint obligation which we may best
fulfill by helping each other.
Man power should be conserved with the same care that food is
conserved. Help the railroad you travel over by purchasing tickets
before boarding trains, by seeing that your baggage is in good order
and securely strapped and locked. Do not pack among your per
sonal belongings jewelry, liquids, or fragile articles, or any other
forbidden thing
Help the railroad give good and prompt service and thus help
WIN THIS WAR.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY
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1 Saxon “Six” Touring Car . 1000.00
1 1917 7-Passenger Jeffrey . . 1200.00
1 Saxon “Four” Roadster . . 425.00
New Model Ford Touring Car 525.00
Old Model Ford Touring Car . 375.00
Haynes Touring Car .... 1250.00
Saxon “Six” Touring Car . . 800.00
Above cars are in good shape and
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J. W. OLIVER, Manager
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fission on or before the date above
mentioned.
This notice is given In accordance
w’tb the requirements of the Rail
road Commission of Georgia.
CENTRAL. OF GEORGIA RAILWAY.
By H. D. Pollard, Gen. Mgr.
COMMANDERY MEETING.
DeMolay, Commandery, No. 5,
Knights Tempellar, meets every third
Wednesday night at 8 o’clock. All
visiting Sir Knights have a cordial
invitation to meet with us.
W. F. Smith, Eminent Commander.
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PAGE SEVEN
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Fragrance]
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no more pleasing to
the nostrils than the fla
vor of the sun-smacked
California oranges which
makes
ORANGE
CRUSH
at once the most palata
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Risk a nickel on our
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