Show PEACE LIKE DONT TEAR MY COAT The Wall l Street Journal says I Men who have been raised In rural communities especially in the South arc are well acquainted with tricks of the rac- rac coon coen Where 1 plentiful this animal Is a a. I nuisance through destruction of vested corn with occasional forays on tho the hen roost Farm boys organize coon hunts by night Bobby Coon Is a savage fighter ro roo long longas as he is getting the best of ot it but as ss soon loon as ho he feels the dogs have the advantage ad advantage ad- ad vantage he tries for the tree again ag If It lila hla escape Is barred baITed ho he invariably sets s ts up UI a cry which hunters have havo translated into Dont tear teal coat dont don't tear tny my my coat The cry now coming from cenI central cen cen- trat Europe bears a resemblance to that I tame came shriek of despair Several reasons have combined l to bring out cry The humble potato among ocher oiher things Is playing a part art In making Germany hungry for peace This Is be because because because be- be cause Germany Is hungry for tOl potatoes This food product has been of ot bel value to Germany the past two years One abundant harvest of ot them saved the people from famine It was used to make makeup up deficiency in wheat for bread making and eked out the general shortage of alt all foods Shut off as the empire has been from supplies of petroleum for gasoline purposes the potato probably furnished alcohol as aa a substitute Crop news from Crom Germany has not lot been plentiful since the war But from Information information information mation from nearby neutral countries It would appear that harvests of ot tho the central powers are small It would be also a reasonable Inference that Germany would be affected by the same climatic condItions condi condl- conditions that resulted in crop failures in surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding n countries o The live stock situation situation situa situa- t tro tron tion makes e their f eg position sl still rl more acute t In 1915 swine had decreased 32 per cent In two years and sheep 8 per cent cen Add the fact tact that Germany was a heavy im- im perler of fats oils meats and other animal animal ani ani- ani- ani mal mat and acid hardships In this di direction direction di- di l- l can be Imagined Our own potato crop Is the smallest harvested harvested harvested har har- vested In years The same seems to be betrue betrue betrue true In other countries that produce them In abundance Weight therefore can be given to reports that Germanys Germany's potato crop Us its t mainstay st l Is about 40 O per cent ho hoO Ji r of of last s ears j The e chancellor l may talk about abundant food but cannot put an extra potato on an empty empt pantry shelf Before an empty stomach even kings must bow The chancellors chancellor's speech 1 may a sound like a defiant war cr cry but running running run run- ning fling through It Is another note not that sounds like Dont tear m my coat dont don't tear my coat |