Identifier: independen89v90newy (find matches)
Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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up-plied with food. He warned Americansthat there is danger of a world-widefamine unless we can eliminate wasteand extravagance and develop ouragricultural resources to the limit ofpossibility. The warnings of Mr. Hoover areseconded by Federal and state officials,economists and business men in everypart of the country. To conserve thewheat supply, seriously diminished bythe dry weather which has prevaileduntil quite recently, various expedientshave been suggested, such as the sub-stitution of corn bread and changesin the milling process with the aim ofutilizing more of the wheat kernel.Many believe that national prohibitionfor the duration of the war would helpto solve the question, since large quan-tities of grain are used in the manu-facture of alcoholic drinks. But thegreatest menace of the situation is notthe crop shortage but the scarcity offarm labor. The munitions factoriesand the raising of a volunteer or con-scripted army will make further in-roads upon the farming population
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© Unde.rwocd & Urderwood THE SPRING CAMPAIGN IS ON!Sixteen thousand fans cheered as General Woodthrew the ball that opened the big league base-ball season last week. The Yanks enlivened thegame by a smart military drili, but the RedSox beat them, 10 to 3 unless some way is devised to replacethis labor. Boy Scouts, school associa-tions and other organizations are en-deavoring to mobilize the boys ofAmerica for work on the farms. It isseriously proposed in many quartersthat the Government conscript foragricultural service persons alreadyskilled in farm work or incapable ofefficient service in the army or navy.An agricultural conference held at St.Louis under the chairmanship of theSecretary of Agriculture favored en-listment for agricultural work, a mini-mum wage for agricultural laborersand a guaranteed price for crops. Inorder to solve the problem of trans-atlantic shipment of foodstuffs andother needed supplies President Wilsonhas agreed to the proposal of the Ship-ping Board to

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