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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
3
Sugar showed the nation’s backbone by cutting four month sugar use by over half a million tons. Americans reduced July to October consumption from a normal 400 000 tons per month to as low as 230 000 260 000 325 000 tons, averting a home famine and enabling future normal use with continued restraint to aid allies and Europe.
In July 1917 the U S Food Administrator expressed bold faith despite a grim European outlook. He stated that Americans with knowledge of wartime results need fear no threat to democracy, insisting the nation would defend itself even as German advances pressed toward Paris.
Americans reduced sugar rations from four pounds a month to three and then to two, sacrificing comfort for loyalty. The notice frames thrift and discipline as acts of patriotism amid shortages, urging continued restraint in daily purchases and consumption.
The message urges America to preserve victory by continuing food sharing after war. It argues gratitude from allied nations hinges on feeding the hungry and preventing scarcity, linking peace to generous agricultural aid and restraint in consumption.
A World War II era sentiment argues no royal road to conserving food, urging voluntary, proportional sacrifice by all citizens. It contrasts autocratic food control in enemy lands with democratic sharing that sustains the United States and Allies.
Government justifies stimulation of pork production with a sevenfold export boost over prewar levels. Reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show cattle up by 10,238,000 and hogs by 12,441,000 since January 1, with hogs rising 8 to 15 percent, and the 1918 fall spring marketing may add about 1.6 billion pounds of pork. Dressed hog products rose from 903 million to 1.278 billion pounds in the September 1917 to 1918 quarter.
The article recalls America’s pledge to the interallied food council during wartime. It notes that sustained food effort, farm output, and conservation boosted pork supplies and exports, helping Allies in their darkest hour as shipments doubled.
The remarks from August 10 1917 express Hoover belief in the average American business man aiding postwar economic balance. He argues drastic force is unnecessary to maintain distribution and sane use of supplies, trusting enterprise to remedy wartime evils.
United States Food Administration Mississippi Division notes maximum margins on food sales to consumers. Field Representative Harper Leiper explains delivered cost definitions, allowable fractions, and that margins above specified limits are prima facie evidence of unfair practice. Includes example margins for eggs and a detailed table of maximum margins for various goods.
Notice to Jeems Collier alias James Collier non resident to appear before Chancellor District No 2 in Hickory Newton county on December 7 1918 to show cause why commissioners report in partition for Henry Collier should not be confirmed. Clerk J A Robinson.
For sale at once a line of twenty to twenty-five good one and two year old grade Hereford heifers and registered young Du ree boars plus gifts. Contact J C White Brandon Mississippi.
The little Irishman being examined for army admission provokes ire as the examiner questions his fitness. The applicant asserts his resolve, with the Florida Times Union noting the tense exchange and the stubborn stance of both sides.
A fragmented note touts a genuine advantage in a regional trade feature. It mentions a practical outcome, a potential gain for buyers, and suggests a favorable calendar window for purchase. Specific names or dates are unreadable in the fragment.
The U S Food Administration reports that cleaner threshing methods and field gathering saved 16 million bushels of wheat this year, with additional savings in barley oats and rye. Fifty states provided figures while many areas reduced harvest losses from about 8 percent to a minimum, credited to farmer and thresher effort and patriotic service.
The piece lauds voluntary food saving in the United States as humane and effective. It argues that self-denial kept bread and meat prices steady, thwarted German starvation, and united the nation in a spirit of goodwill and shared purpose despite global fear.
The American people must continue voluntary sacrifice to sustain the Allied armies and civilian populations. U S food exports to Europe must nearly double to twenty million tons next year to meet liberation demands, proving democracy can mobilize, endure, and defend itself in wartime. Hoover cites global observers and four months since war entry as proof democracy’s strength sustains food relief and war effort.
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