THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916.
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BOUSTON TRIES TO
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Secretary of Agriculture Re
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Washington, t)ec. 7.-f-Efforti to re
Muct tht cost' of living through in
creased production land better distri
bution of the country's foods are de-
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Iq Ary nouston ot the uepartment ot
'.Agriculture, made public today. The
report also devotes considerable at'
'tfention to the pure food law and
urges on congress the need of
.strengthening it to permit standard!
'zation of foods and drugs and inspec
tion of foods and drugs factories.
' Records of the department, the re
Wort sets forth, show that except for
'meat and dairy products the per cap
yta production of the leading food
commodities in the United States has
Remained about the same despite the
caput growtn ot population, atatis.
hc 'lie presented cover a period of six.
eft "teen years. The population has in.
if tsreased in that time jj per cent, l here
th is ground tor optimism, the report
si suavs. as to tne anility ot tne nation
(r, At only to supply itself with food.
hut increasingly to meet the needs ot
jgi nc worm.
svr One of the principle aims of the
gl Apartment has been to increase meat
production. the report shows a
tu steady growth since 1913 in the out-
M tout of beef and an advance in the
O number of swine every year since
A ,18119. More extensive sheep raising ts
fa) redmmendcd as a source of food. It
ct pointed out that only one farm in
M "$even in the United States now sup
w "jwrts sheep. Fifty million sheep, it
tfl pt said, could be added to the coun
'! try'i flocks.
j V Stabilising of Production.
tended as one of the greatest aari-
n) atailtpral needs in producing food
" I TroP sufficient to meet demands.
$ ffhis can be accomplished best, the
Jpiwvri uuims one, inrougn oeucr
Adapted or improved crop varieties,
a) 'ition anu - improved agricultural
t( practice generally. In many parts of
vj 'the: country more attention to live
1! ,'jHock production is essential to endur
E 'lug and economical agriculture, the
n jreport declares.
U -' It is highly desirable, it is pointed
if out, that areas for production of sta
ff -iple crops be broadened as far as ex-
-ertence and sound economics may
''warrant In this respect the report
rdwells on the imnortance of control.
f ..ling plant diseases and insect pests.
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'nnanrea mnA nml nrorafif.atinf eh
Report says, have received close atten
tion from the department in the last
I "three years.
f Kirveloned in
A tour-year program.
rtevelnnerl in 1011 haa ku in . l.M.
I .ineasure carried out
1 Improved Marketing of Stock.
9 ' ImnfAH m..l.,in. .t flu
and meats hai been sought by the de
partment as a means of cheapening
these products. Already, the report
1 armimcrnenia nave oeen maae
-Hjrith fifty-eight stock yard companies
' ;to secure monthly reports of live stock
receipts and shipments. A ' uniform
I System of marketing records has bees)
r established at the instance of the de-
cartment by a number of yards. Meth
1 'ttds and costs of marketing live
i .tiu aim mean were investigates.
f teoorts on live stock and tneata hu
? .teen made. The results of this stndv
k 'have been utilized in development of
'aw iwi lite UlSllli(IUn UI UCIU-
iQnsiranon mantel news service tor
f '.-ive stock similar to that now con-
A Other efforts at better distribution
, methods are described, as follows:
j - "Surveys have been made ef the
i marketing facilities for agricultural
i 'products in nine cities and advice has
.. been Kiven resardins the location, ea-
p Vrablishment and management of mu
$ xiicipal retail and wholesale public
i; .markets. Detailed studies also have
:ies. Investiaation concernmar meth.
f ;ds of handling and grading perish-
,.anie proaucts ana tne practicability
, fef standardization of the oroducts
V .and their containers have trosrreai
Sjrapidly.
i '. "The issuance of monthly' cold-
i storage reports on apples has been
continued, and the work has been ex
tended to include butter, eggs and
cheese. These reports show the cold
storage holdings throughout the
country and include a comparison of
the holdings of the current year with
those of the previous year. In co
operation with carriers, extensive in
vestigations of the economic waste of
foodstuffs in transit have been con
ducted. The object of these investi
gations is to secure better co-operation
between shippers and carriers
and greater efficiency in methods of
handling, with a view to eliminate, or
at least greatly to reduce, the present
waste.
"Well-tested systems of accounts
and records for primary grain eleva
tors, for live stock shipping associa
tions, and lor co-operative stores
have been issued. Systems for coun
try creameries and cotton ware
houses have been devised and are be
ing tested under commercial condi
tions. Systems perfected by the de
partment for farmers co-operative
elevators and toe truit and produce
associations already are in extensive
use. A plan for adapting farmers'
grain-elevator companies to the pat
ronage dividend basis has been
worked out and published "
Meat Production Increases.
Meat production has been in
creased, according to the report,
largely through checking of disease
and parasites and by better stock
raising. More than forty oer cent of
the original tick infested territory has
been cleared, the report says, and the
annual loss of $40,000,000 through
this parasite has been ureatlv re
duced. Diseases are being eliminated.
The report says of food production:
"The production of food crons ade
quate to meet the consuming needs
of the country and the export demand
it 4 matter of large importance to
the American people. Our potential
agricultural resources in this resnect
are so varied and ample that there
can be no doubt of our ability abun
dantly to supply our domestic wants,
when climatic conditions are normal
and the foreign demand is not exces
sive. Une of the greatest agricul
tural needs, therefore, is the stabiliz
ing of production.
Systematic Rotation Encouraged,..
sharp fluctuation of yield and
price trom season to season tend to
stimulate speculative and superficial
farming and to discourage the -systematic
croo rotation and thoroimh
cultural practice which are essential
to an enduring: and economically
sound agriculture. It is obvious that,
in large measure, stabilization nf
production must be brought about
through the use of better adapted or
improved crop varieties, more sys
tematic and rational crop rotations,
and improved agricultural practice
generally, including in many sections,
larger attention to live stock produc
tion. ;
"As the proteinics of croo ininruwe-
ment are better understood and more
generally applied, larger yields, per
acre should result. In addition, a
great deal can i be accomplished
through increase of soil fertility and
better cultural methods. Enough has
been done in this direction by the
state experiment stations and the de
partment, and also by good farmers,
to justify the expectation that con
siderably increased yields gradually
will be brought about in a large part
of the area adapted to the staple
fpod crops. -
"Very destructive climatic condi
tions never occur in this country
with equal serverity throughout all
the staple-crop regions. It is highly
desirable, therefore, further to
broaden the areas for these staples
as far as experience and sound econ
omics may warrant"
Food and Drug Acta,,
The report reviews at length the
administration of the foods and drugs
act Its recommendations for legis
lation to reinforce the present Taw
are given: "Experience in connection
with the administration of the food
and drugs act has strikingly empha
sized the importance of enforceable
standards for foods and drugs. With
out them it is impossible to carry out
completely the purposes of the act.
In many instances protection of the
consumer the principal objevt of the
law cannot be fully accomplished,
nor can unfair practices on the part
of unscrupulous manufacturers ade
quately be prevented. In some cases
maintenance of prosecution is difficult
and expensive, even when the articles
involved clearly are adulterated or
misbranded. To meet this situation
I have recommended in the estimates
for the fiscal year 1918 that the sec
retary of agriculture be authorized
to establish standards of strength,
quality, or purity for articles of food
and for those articles of drugs which
are sold under or by a name not rec
ognized in the United States phar
macopoeia or national formulary.
The suggestion provides that if any
article fails to conform to tne estab
lished standards it shall be deemed
to be misbranded, unless it is labeled
so as plainly and conspicuously to
show how it differs from the standard,
"I have also recommended in the
estimates that the department be
given authority to inspect establish
ments producing foods or drugs in
tended for shipment in interstate or
foreign commerce. No , specific au
thority exists at the present time. If
the suggested authority be granted,
the department should be able to im
prove the quality of food products,
both by bringing to the attention of
manufacturers any insanitary condi
tions that may be discovered and by
securing evidence of production under
insanitary conditions."
Big Plants Are Sold
For Few Thousand
Who would like the opportunity of
purchasing a couple of industrial
plants like those of the Cudahy Pack
ing company and the Jetter Brewing
company for a few thousand dollars?
At the county treasurer's tax sale the
brewing company's plant was
knocked down" to G. W. Hoyt of
Chicago for $1,500 in taxes: F. H,
Wellcome bought the big packing
plant for $9,000 in taxes but, repre
sentatives ot both companies hurried
to the court house and redeemed the
plants within an hour or so after the
sales were made. The tax sales were
merely in conformance with the law
and the companies had two years in
which to redeem their plants.
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STORYJF THREAT
Mrs. Alice Willard, at Bed Oak,
Says Prison Term Held
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Ked Oak, Ia Dec. 7. (Special Tel
egram.) The most sensational evi
dence brought out in the Jones-Wil
kerson $60,000 damage suit today was
that of Mrs. Alice Willard. who tes
tified that on Monday evening of this
week she was taken to Villisca in an
automobile with James Atkinson of
Stanton and that on the trip Atkin
son told her that Senator F. F. Jones
had witnesses to prove he was not m
the vacant lot north of the Joe Moore
home on the night before the Villisca
axe murder of 1912 and that unless
she had witnesses to substantiate her
testimony that she saw Jones there
and heard him and three other men
plotting the murder of the Joe Moore
family, it would get her in bad and
that if it could be proven that she did
not tell the truth on the stand it
would mean a penitentiary offense.
Mrs. Willard said in her testimony
this afternoon that she told Atkinson
that she was sure of what she saw,
that night before the murder and that
she told the truth when she testified.
Several witnesses were put on the
stand again todav to testifv for the
defense relative to the implement
shed in the rear of the Jones store
in which J. W. Noell of Villisca tes
tified that he saw Senator Jones, Al
bert Jones and W. B. McCaull on
the night of May 26, 1916, and heard
them talking about the murder.
Witnesses for the plaintiff have tes
tified that the shed was filled with
implements and there were no cracks
in the sides of the shed that could
be seen through, but the defendant's
witnesses today stated that there was
vacant space in the shed where men
could stand and converse and that
there were cracks in the side of the
shed that could be seen through.
it is thought that the testimony
will all be in tomorrow.
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Fifty Thousand
Make Applications
For Farm Loans
Washington, Dec. 7. Officials of
the farm loan board announced to
day that more than 50,000 farmers
have applied for mortgage loans ag
gregating approximately $150,000,000,
or more than seventeen times the
amount of money which will be im
mediately available for loans upon the
organization of the twelve farm loan
banks.
Most of the applications have come
from the south and west. They still
continue to come in by hundreds
every . day. Requests for anoli-
cation blanks, contemplating requests
ior loans to l.uuu farmers, have come
from Iowa alone.
Although the location of the banks
probably will not be announced be
fore December 20, it was said today
that almost immediately after or
ganization the banks would find it
necessary to issue bonds for virtually
their entire capital stock, to meet the
demands of borrowers.
The rate of interest on bonds is a
subject now engaging the board's at
tention. It is thought that it will not
exceed 5 per cent and may not exceed
4Ji per cent.
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Missouri Bull
Wins First Prize
Chicago, Dec. 6. The grand cham
pion Shorthorn trophy at the Inter
national Live Stock exposition today
was awarded Village Supreme, a Mis
souri bull, a 2-year-old, entered by
Bellows Bros, of Marysville, Mo,
who won over Burmbrae Sullivan,
the white Canadian entry of Guelph,
Ontario, which had just taken first
honors in the senior champion class
of 3 years and over. Max Walton,
pride of Mansfield, O., took first in
calss of bulls 2 years old and under 3.
Increasing values of well-bred horse
flesh were shown in an offer of $2,
000 for a 7 months old Clydesdale
filly owned by Robert A. Fairbairn
of Westfield, N. J.
Phil Kohl Aspires
To "Sub" for Howard
(From S Staff Correspondent)
Lincoln, Dec 7. (Special.) Sen
ator Phil Kohl of Wayne will be a
candidate for re-election as president
protein of the senate, according to
information given out by him this
morning while on a short visit at tne
state house.
Senator Kohl was one of the live
wires of the democratic majority at
the last session and gained consider
able favorable mention for his lead in
blocking the work of the house in
its efforts to cut appropriations below
what appeared to be the needs of
the departments.
While president protem, he had
but one opportunity to preside, as
Lieutenant Governor Pearson was
always on the job and with his eye
on the big chair.
It is understood that Senator How
ell of Douglas, and Senator Beal of
Custer, are also candidates for the
honor.
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Waehlnslon, Dec. 7. (Specie.) Telegram.)
A civil eervlce examination will be held
January IS for noetmaeter at St. Mohael,
Neb. ; Miranda and Okaton, 8. D.
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