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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1918)
THE P O L K C O U N T Y POST. A Semi-Weekly Newspaper. Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Tuesday and Friday FARMERS KILL HUN STARVATION PLAN WITH BIG CROPS Entered as second-class matter March 26, 1918, at the postofflce at In dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Pinched by Own Hunger. Germans Watch American Wheat Flow Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year Strictly in Advance; Si* Months in Plenty to the Allies $1.00; Three months 50 cents. All subscriptions stopped at expiration. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor. Fourteen million men were culled Thursday and many of them w ill get over in time to see the finish of the Hun. c /h ip j’ c/u garO T he soil, th e two-fisted fighting men th a t sp rin g from th e soil, and th e un con querable d e te r m in a tio n of the A m ericans who till it. a re beating the Gentians. T h ro w n back from his first ru sh across th e Marne an d held a t Verdun by th e valiant French, th e Huns cast ail th e re s tr a i n ts of hum an ity and civ ilization to the w inds and ushered in u n re s tric te d su b m a rin e w arfare with th e boast th a t E ngland would, be starv ed in six m onths. How nearly th e y ap proached success will form one of th e most gloomy c h a p te rs in th e world w a r history; how and why they failed, one of the most inspiring sections of th e epic c h ro n icle. Seventh Annual POLK COUNTY AMERICA SENDS FIGHTERS FOOD VER 75 per cent, of the sugar used in the United O States is delivered by ships. There is produced about 800,000 tons of beet sugar and 250,000 tons of cane sugar in Louisiana. The total consumption of the United States is about 4,500,000 tons of raw sugar, which makes about 4,250,000 tons of refined sugar. If our coasts were blockaded as Germany’s now are, we would have available for the use of the people of the United States only one pound of sugar for every four we use. Under such circumstances there is no doubt that the American people would get along on this limited supply without complaint. The United States Food Administration is asking »every American household to use not more than two pounds of sugar per person each month for domestic use. Reducing our sugar consumption here means that we will be able to help supply the needs of France, Eng land and Italy. Sugar conservation til the Airerican table also means conservation of ships The Army and Navy have sent out an “S. O. S.” call for ships. “Save Our Ships to Transport Troops and Munitions to France, in order that we may keep the fight ing front where it now is and not allow it to extend to our own homes," is the message. There is ample sugar in the world for all require ments— in fact, there is a large surplus, but on account of the ship shortage it is not available for use in this country. Java, which produces 15 per cent, of the world’s cane crop, :s too far removed. It requires 150 to 160 days for a ship to go to Java and return. You can still get Real Gravely Chewing Plug for 10c a pouch. It gives you more solid tobacco comfort than ordinary plug. Tastes better ~ lasts longer. Peyton Brand Real Gravely Chewing Plug 10c a pouch—and worth it [ G r a v e ly taw ta wo m u c h lo n g e r i t coate ito m o ra to c h a w th a n o rd in a r y p lug P. B. K True, B ritish and A m erican sea-dogs hu nted th e su b m a rin e ; A merican ship builders launched fleets whose sh eer n u m b e rs marie it im possible for the Hun sub-sea te r r o r s to sink all ot th em ; British land c on scription tu rn ed h u n d red s of th o usand s of a cres of parks and h u n t i n g ' p res erv es into ciop-pro- duclng a re a s ; H oov er an d American food economy saved millions of bush els of wheat and shiploads of niout for fighting tnen and civilians in France and England, But in th e last an aly sis it was the farm and th e fa r m e r of America th a t kept allied hoBts on every W estern fron t in plenty an d added despair of victory to th e pinch of h u nger behind th e H un lines.- H is bum per crops jolted hopes a t P otsdam a n d V ienna as severely as his fighting sons jo lted T euton generals at C antigny and along the Marne, since e x p ectatio n s of A m erican rrop failure w ere based with Germanic com placency on carefully plotted cam paigns of p ro p ag an d a and sabotage in th e United S ta te s. Dallas H UN AGENTS BURN CROPS T h e g e n e ra l public is too little aw are of th e Hitter b attle s th e crop grower has had to fight to bring his wheat to harv est. B urned barns, sta n d in g crops, h a r v e ste rs and th r e s h in g m achines were on lj a p a rt of th e w idespread ruin planned by th e s e fellows of Boy-Ed. Von Papen and von Bernstorff, an d in t?so many In s tan ces th e ir plots were successful. T h a t m ore w ere not was due only to u n tiring vigilance which can n t v e r be relaxed while th e w ar lasts. NeV goals, not easy of atta in m e n t, are placed before th e fa r m e r through th e plan for raisin g an a rm y of five million A m ericans to crush G erm any next year. He will be f u r th e r handicapped by the loss of h an d s to the army, and he m u s t raise g re a t e r crops. P la n s of th e D ep artm en t of A griculture call for th e in crease of w heat acreag e in the W est by as much as 80 per cent. NEW EFFORTS CALLED FOR No one doubts th a t he will rise to th e o pp ortu nity for service placed be fore him, any m ore than any one doubts th a t he will play his o th e r parts in th e i>erfectly co-ordinated fighting n a c h in e revealed when America tu rned is a nation to win the war. Not th e least of th ese parts w as his participation in the financing of the battle, though previous histo ry had w ritten down much effort to finance th e fanner. R ural districts were uniformly m ore pro m p t th a n m etropolitan a re a s In th e ir response to the T hird L iberty Loan. H ouor flags first flew from country flagstafTs. and those with the greatest n u m b er of honor strip e s like wise. , T h e T hird Liberty I.oan, th e g r e a t est financial achievem ent in th e hle- tory of th e United States, an d t h e r e fore In th e world, is to be p erh ap s doubly eclipsed by the F o u rth L iberty Loan. T he p a rt of th e fa n n e r probably will be a s proud. Sept. 17 , 18 , 19 . 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