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Show FARMERS OFFER CORN TO NEDY Growers Willing to Donate Surplus to Hungry in Europe and China CH1CAOO. ,;,n. 1 The r.-,rmer- 01 America -land ready to give enough corn to appease tie hunger all over the world If the j-eoid" of cities and towns will transport it to the mouths Of ih starving, President 0. R. Howard. How-ard. ..i the Amer'-aii l'arm l'.ureuu Federation declared here Friday. Addressing the Illinois Agricultural association. President Howard declared declar-ed he hhd advices from many states assuring him that he farmers would be willing to donate most llbero.11) from America's corn crop in order that no one in the world might need t. stasve for want m food The, matter hns been taken up with H. ri.ert Hoover, chsirmhn of the Kur-i opean relief activities- A prominent farm bureau member I. lOWa, Mr Howard said, had suggested sug-gested t" him Uiat farmers In hie bounty would donate all of their surplus sur-plus crop over the number pf busheii they raised In ifio. To the fartnsr Hfllo suggested this plan. it wofihl mean a donation t 67.ooo.oou bushels, bush-els, Mr. Howard said. The farmers Of America. Mr. Howard How-ard continued, arc willing to donate of their surplus a jlflclent amount 1-. I save the starving In Burope and China. j provided that the corn is shipped out Of the country and not thrown on the American market further to depress the price. Tln v propose, to the Kiirop.au and i "bines, relief committees that the farmers would furnish the corn at the shipping stations if the railroad, milling and corn products interest and the public at largo Will transport It to f t he famine victims. Telegrams were read by Mr. Howard 'from farm bureau secretaries of fh slates of nlo. MHsonri and Indiana endorsing the piun. |