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Show I,!VI; AT IIO.MK One ,liaHc of I lie food question that will l.ave a blK inlluence is that of transportation. We are already ex-j.ei ex-j.ei iencliiK a Herious car shortuKO, ami in case a lartfe army Ih mobilized this Hiiinmer conditions have a small chance for improvement. Now the people themselves can In a law measure remedy this matter. This can be done by a substantial effort ef-fort all over the country to feed all of the people from their own soil and produce a surplus besides. The surplus sur-plus would be used by the army or shipped to our allhw abroad. I'Jvery state, every county, even every neighborhood should organize On f....,.u u,i ttinl sis ne:trlv as oossi- ble ALL FOOD consumed in any section sec-tion shall be produced IN that section. sec-tion. For Instance: A certain section of country lias never heretofore rais ed sutllcient potatoes for home consumption. con-sumption. It should be the aim of that section to raise every bushel needed for home consumption, and if possible some to spare. The same mieht be said of small fruits, garden produce, even corn it-seir. it-seir. The great consideration is to have the stuff itself on the ground where it is needed for consumption. This would release a large number of cars for use in transporting the army and its supplies. ilt there were any means of accurately ac-curately determining the number of cars annually needed to move foodstuffs food-stuffs rrom one locality where they are produced in abundance to others where they are not produced, we would no doubt be astonished at the ivumber required. But by the plan suggested the matter of distribution I would be a small item. You can not show your loyalty in any better way than by straining every nerve to make yourself independent inde-pendent of any man in the matter of food. About the greatest commendation that can be given any man this year will be the familiar old phrose, "He lives at home." . |