The Pierz Journal (Pierz, Morrison County, Minnesota), 1918-11-28

              VOL. NO. 10.
PIERZ, MORRISON COUNTY, MINNESOTA, November 28, 1918.
No. 24.
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T INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America  Called  on by  End of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY  STILL  NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Required—Situation In Wheat and
Fats Proves Government's
Policy Sound.
With the guns In Europe silenced,
we have now to consider a new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest degree with the cessation of hostilities.
Millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
it possible for the forces of democracy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must continue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among n
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
of making the world safe for democracy.
Last year we sent 11,820,000 tons of
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to
a program that would have increased
our exports to 17,500,000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export a total of not less than
20,000,000 toas—practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. Reviewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainable
in quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime of economical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages In some important commodities.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Argentine and other markets now accessible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
a high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will be a heavy shortage—about 3,000,000,000 pounds —in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oUs. While there will be a
shortage of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy animals, there will be sufficient supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter of beef, the world's
supplies are limited to the capacity of
the available refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Argentine and the United States are sufficient to load these ships. There will
be a shortage in the importing countries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
in view of the bottle neck in transportation.
"• We will have a sufficient supply of
\ sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country if the other nations retain their present short rations or increase them only slightly. For tlie.
countries of Europe,'however, to In-
-i crease their present rations to a material extent will necessitate our sharing a part of our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons of Food,
Of the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent.
The United States, including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
20,000,000' tons of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports of
about 0,000,000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey of the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the Amerlcnn people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will maintain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine in
Europe that will be beyond our power,
to, remedy. There are 40,000,000 people in North Russia whom there Is
> small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation is
demoralized in complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even if Internal transport
could be realized.
^   To Preserve Civilisation.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left behind her a total wreckage of social Institutions, and this
mass of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
If we value our own safety and the
social organization of the world, if we
value the preservation of civilization
Itself, we cannot permit growth of this
, cancer In the World's vitals.
Famine Is the mother of anarchy.
From the Inability of governments to
secure food for their people grows
- revolution and'ehaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
of government and the defeat of anarchy. Did we put it on no higher
plane than our Interests In the protection of our institutions, we must
bestir ourselves In solution of this
problem,
John Tomala Jr.
Killed in France
7 A telegram was received yesterday by John Tomala Sr. stating the following:
Washington, D. C, Nov. 25.
10:30 A. M.
Mr. John Tomala,
Pierz, Minn.
Deeply regret to inform you
that Corporal John Tomala,Signal Corps, heis been officially reported as killed in action September twenty-first.
Harris the Adj. General.
John Tomala Jr. is a son of
John Tomala Sr. of Pierz. He
was born in Avon, Stearns Co.,
Minn., from where he moved to
Pierz 22 years ago. In 1913 he
attended school at Minneapolis
where he studied for depot clerk,
from where he went to Valley
City, North Dakota, to take a
position. In the fall of 1917 he
enlisted in tbe Signal Corps of
the United States. For some
time he was stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, also in a few
other Camps. John was transported to Prance last March and
was for the first time wounded
July 26, after which he recov
ered and was sent to the front
for the second time, where he
was until death met him September 21, at 10:00 A. M.
John was 24 years of age. He
leaves to mourn his death, his
parents, three brothers and six
sisters.
Back to Normal Business.
On the morn of Nov. 11, A. D.
1918, appeared a new world satellite, encirculing both hemispheres, arising from the wanton
cataclysm of courage and pent-
up human wrongs of the past
centuary, and its beaming rays
illuminated the dsyine right of
freedom and democracy. The
accomplishment of our beloved
country was complete. Now
back to normal business should
be the slogan. Cut out all unnecessary war boards and expenses to the minimum of what
is absolutely necessary to get
our boys home again. Take the
ban off all nonessentials without
delay and let the goose that lays
the golden egg get back in the
nest.
Practical Business Man.
. Henry Lust has fitted his
house with water works this
week.
30 American Divisions
About 80 American Divisions,
around 400,000 men, may constitute the American portion of the
Associated Army of Occupation
in the west, according to pre-
rent plans. -This would free
about 700,000 men to return to
the United States.
Platte News.
Christ Reese and son Christ
and John Noe and son Elmer
Were hunting deer last week.
The Misses Rose and Mary
Gallus and brother Louis visited
at the Wolff home last Tuesday
evening. „,.
School opened last Monday in
district No. 71, after having
been closed for a few weeks on
account of the influenza.
Prank Wolff and wife made a
trip to Little Falls last Saturday.
Miss Rose Gallus, who has
been in Minneapolis for a few
weeks returned home last Sunday.
Christ Reese and Paul Wolff
motored to Little Falls last
Sunday.
Stopped Examination
Of Draftees
No draftees of any age are requited to report h reafter for
examination for any army service. Orders to that effect were
received from Provost Marshal
General Crowder through Adjutant General Rhinow.
"Immediately instruct all local boards that classification
does not include physical examination of registrants,but continue to earliest possible completion of classification of all 19-36
and 18 year groups" the letter
stated: The order will go into
effect immediately.
County SeaUollings.
Stephen Gravel came in from
Pierz to attend school here.
Small game hunting licenses
have been-issued to Joe J. Bollig and John L. Gross of Pierz.
Died.—Marceline, the 12-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hoffman died Nov. 26th
from pneumonia following an illness from influenza. Mrs. Hoffman and several children in the
family are also ill from the disease. The funeral was held Nov.
27th and burial was in the German cemetery.
N. N. Bergheim was at Brainerd on business and inquired
about the situation there in regard to the influenza epidemic.
Brainerd closed Oct. 11. and is
still closed. There are so many
cases in the city that an emergency has been created besides
tbe three private hospitals,
which are tilled.
No Deaths Here In Five Months
The Village of Pierz had not
bad a death in over five months.
June 13. was the last date on
which a death occured, according to tbe village recorder's records. There have been many
deaths in tbe country districts
surrounding Pierz, but none in
the village proper.
This year's crop of oranges
in California is estimated at
14,322,000 boxes.
50,000 Yanks Died
During the War
More than 50,000 American
soldiers died during the war.
Nearly 180,000 men were wounded. Those figures were given
by Chief of Staff March a few
days ago in his weekly conference in which he indicated the
following divisions were slated
for an early return to the United States: Thirtv-tlrst, Thirty-
fourth, Thirty eighth, Thirty-
ninth, Seventy-sixth, Eighty-
fourth, Eighty-sixth, Eighty-
seventh, nine regiments of coast
artillery and two field artillery
brigades, besides squadrons ot
England which have been previously reported unofficially as
numbering 18,000 men.
Will Fight Government
Control of Railroads
A fight against government
control of railroads appeares to
have been launched with the announcement of the National Asr
sociation of Owners of Railroad
Securities, tbat thev had retained counsel including Elihu
Root.
Ecuador is the first country
to issue a decree declaring
November 11 a national holiday.
Count} Donations
For Fire Sufferers
The 'fund for relief of fire sufferers
in northern 'Minnesota has reached a
total of $7,783.58 in Morrison county.
The quota for this county was ?5,0 00,
which has been . exceeded toy $2,783.-
68.
(Folio win:? are the figures showing
the amounts donated at-the different
institutions, as submitted to the Minnesota (Public Safety commission by
N. 'N. Bergheim:
American      National     bank,
(Little   Falls $1,389.41
First National    bank,    [Little
iFalls        963.75
Commercial State bank, Little   Falls         413.50
Merchants State bank, Little
Falls       379.57
Randall  State bank, Randall..   302.25
IJirj-t State bank, Genola     159.00
First National bank, Royalton.. 125.60
Farmers   and Merchants State
bank,   Royalton      116.00
First National bank, Swanville    115.75
Lastrup  State bank    104.25
First State bank, Flensburg.. 104.00
First State bank, Swanville.. 96.75
Farmers   State bank, Cushing..     76.00
Buckman  State bank        69.50
Farmers   and Merchants State
bank,  Randall       28.75
Lincoln  State bank      15.50
German  State bank of Pierz,
not yet reported.
In addition to the above R. 'D.
Musser of Littlo Falls has
remitted      direct    to    the
Cloquet Fire Relief   250.00
C.  A. Weycrhauser of Little
IFalls  250.00
And    Pine Troe   Mfg. Co. of
Little   Falls    1,500.00
The people of Upsala, Morrison county have contributed 1 carload goods, wareo
and      merchandise     direct
valued  at    1,400.00
Total contribution from Morrison county to  date $7,783.58
Federal Food Administration News
Herbert Hoover, U. S. Food
Administrator, has been chosen
to direct the new food distribution for the sufferers of the countries overseas. Perhaps no oth-
or man knows the food needs of
the world as dots Mr. Hoover.
He gave the first two and one-
half years of the war to the feeding of the Belgians and since
that time has directed the food
conservation program for our
own country. That Europe
shares America's confidence in
his food leadership was shown
during his visit of the past summer in Europe. England, Prance
and Belgium sought to show
their appreciation of his efforts
by bestowing upon him their
highest decorations. Mr. Hoover is the most modest of men.
To both the English and French
he made reply that the food administration had been a^ble to
help the starving people only
through the voluntary saving of
all Arriericans aud that he was
but one of these American citizens. It was most difficult to
persuade Belgium to set aside
its desire to decorate the food administrator. Mr. Hoover closed
the matter, as he supposed, by
saying to King Albert, 'All I
desire is to be known as the
friend of Belgians." A short'
time later Mr. Hoover went on
to London on his return home.
What was his surprise before he
sailed to receive from King Albert, a document telling him
that by special act the Belgians
had created a new order to be
known as "The Friend of tbe
Belgians," the sole owner of the
decoration to be Herbert Hooy-
er of the United States.
School Report.
Report of School district No.
90. for the month ending Nov.
15th 1918.
Days taught     19
No. of holydays       1
Pupils enrolled    ...    16
Average daily attendance.,    14
Pupils neither absent nor tardy during tbe entire month are:
Verona Flicker. Laura Flicker,
Leona Flicker and Leo Flicker.
Pupils absent two days or
less are: Math, and Joseph
Peine.
Elizebeth Block,
- teacher.
A Letter From
^Over There"
Somewhere in France.
Nov. 13, 1918.
Dear folks at home:-
Will write a few lines again
to let yous know that I am still
feeling fine.
Well, I can say I put in some
of my time in the trenches and
sure is great like, am getting
so I like it.
I've wittnessed a big areo-
plane fight yesterday. It sure
was interesting to see them a/
way up in the air and fighting.
Shells and shrapnells busting"
all around them and the areo-
planes doing the Flip Flop, diving down, shooting up and all
kinds of stunts. Seeing those
planes in the U. S. in those circuses and carnivals are mere
toys compared with those on
this side and furthermore a person sees 10 to 15 up in the air
at one time.
Sure had some bombardment
last night. Heavy artillery and
light machine guns everything
was firing for about 1 hours one
continous roar.
Am sending a coupon which
was given to us for our Christmas package, a package won't
leave unless they have one ot
those coupons on tbe same.
One thing I wottldlike to'have
in that package is some "Ever
Ready Razor Blades." Those
blades are very scarce around
here and Very hard to get.
How is Pete's broken arm
getting along? I suppose it is
all well by this time.
How is Raymond and tbe other babies? I suppose they are
growing to beat the band. They
will be grown up men and women by the time I get back.
You see I would write to everybody at home but it is so inconvenient to do so. So you see
I'll have to make.one letter do
for all. I'll make it a point to
write atleast one letter a week.
Will close for this time hoping these few lines will reach
you all in the best of health as
they leave me, with love and
best regards to all. I am your
son and brothefr,
Private Joseph Schmolke.
•     Co. B. 338th GMBr.
A. E. F.        A. P. O. 795.
This is my 3rd letter. I wrote
home, did you get them all?
Grain And Produce
Market Report
Choice No. 1 Northern $2.06
Wheat, No. 1,   $2.00
Wheat, No. 2. .'..    1.97
Wheat, No. 3       1.94
Wheat, No. 4     1.90
Flax,        3.75
Barley  70-75
Rye      1.45
Oats ____      60
Ear Corn ___ 1.40
Hay.. __     10.00
Butter, Creamery ...      60
Dairy      37
Eggs       58
Flour,          5.70
Bran  1.90
Cracked Corn 80 pounds 2.75
Shorts   2.00
Ground Feed     2.40
Beans ....       7.00
Potatoes  .__  .60
Additional Game Licenses.
The following hunters of this
vicinity have taken out Big
Game licenses:
John C. Lapinski,
Joe Meyer,
S. T. Lepinski,
George L. Smith,
F. Waninger.
Two earthquakes occurred
iu Porto Rico Thursday, with
much damage  but uo loss of
life.
Local Happenings
Of the Week
Today isThauksgiviug day,
a legal holiday.
The parochial school  will
start uext Monday.
Boys, get your skates ready,
Fish Lake is frozen over.
A number of questionaries
were sent out this week.
Threshing will be finished
in South Pierz this week.    _.
Wait for Brandl Brothers'
big sale the first part in December.    Adv.
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Frank Fuhrman and Henry
Walerious were county seat
callers Saturday.
Mrs. Addie Ohounard of
Little Falls was called to
nurse Mrs. E. H. Kerkhoff
last week.
The church fair which was
to be held is prosponed till
the later part of December.
Korbiau Riedlichner and
wife, John J.Boser and Frank
and John Preimesberger were
visitors at Rice Sunday.
Mrs. John H. Langer of
Agram, whose husband died
of pneumonia last Friday, is
reported seriously ill.
See ad entitled "How much
would you take for your eyes,"
on page 2.    Adv.
Mike Nagel and wife, who
were in St. Gabriel's hospital in Little Falls, returned
home the first of the week.
They had been ill with influenza, but have recovered.
The past year of war has
taught many people to save
and to live more simply. Let
us not forget these lessons
too soon. We will all be
better off if we do not.
0. B. Sauer, manager of
the Borgerding lumber yard,
who formerly lived in the
old Barney Eller house moved last Tuesday to the M.
Berger place formerly occu*
pied by the cattle buyer, L.
Winer.
There have been over fifty
big game licenses taken out
in Morrison county; wonder
how many hunters that have
license will come home without game. Deer are not so
many as at first was thought
there,-would be.
Rev. Father J. Herek. pastor of St. John's church at
Ramey, who made regular
monthly trips to the Holy
Cross Church of Pulaski died
at his residence in Ramey
Friday, Nov. 15th. Spanish
influenza followed by pneumonia was the cause of his
death.
Mrs. C. H. Robinson of
White Pine, Minn., left for
her home after staying with
the Jos. Meyer family in the
village for five weeks. Mrs.
Robinson came here to get
out of the fire region. The
fire is out aud she returned
to her home, taking with her
a little boy, born while staying here.
Report all uews items to
the Journal, they are very
much appreciated.
MEAT PR!
DID FULL
Increase in American Hogs Will
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS    SAVE    SITUATION.!
Government   Justified   in   Stimulation j
of Pork Production—Sevenfold
Increase  Over  Pre-
WarExports.
Through  Increased  production   and j
conservation we will be able this year!
to   export   seven   times   our   pre-war!
average   exports   of   pork   products, j
With the heavy demands added in car-1
Ing for  tlie millions who  have been I
freed   from   German   oppression,   thej
Department .of   Agriculture  and  the I
Food Administration  are justified   to-1
day in our every action of stimulation j
of hog production.   In the coming year j
the greatest world shortage will be in!
fats,  and pork will help te save this j
situation.    The efficacy of the policy j
of stimulated production has built up!
In this country supplies which will enable us to supply a very-large part of
the fat  deficiency  of the world.    In
beef there must be a shortage in'Europe, due largely to limited refrigerator ship  capacity.    All  freezer  ships
available,   however,   will  be   filled   by
America, Argentine and Australia.
The contribution made by the producers of this country to the war program as applying particularly to animal food products is illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture indicate ;m
increase in cattle of 10,238,000 head
and 12,441,000 hogs. These figures
were compiled to January 1 last.
In this period there was a decrease
in sheep of 819,000 head. The indications are that this decrease will show
an increase, according to recent reports.
Since January 1 unofficial information Indicates an increase in hogs of
not less than 8 per cent, and not
more than 15 per cent, as compared
with one year ago, with an increase iu
the average weight.
Following the request of the D. S. -
Food Administration for an increase
in hog production for marketing in the
fall of 1918 and the spring of 1919 the
increase may yield not less than 1,600,-
000,000 pounds more of pork products
than were available last year. Without this increase the shipping program
arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding animal food products would have been
impossible.
The dressed hog products during the
three months ending September 30,
1917, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds,
while for the corresponding months of
1918 the dressed hog products totaled
1,277,589,000, an Increase of over 374,-
000,000, pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 the
records of Inspected slaughter of
dressed beef showed 1,263,000,000
pounds as against 1,454,000,000 pounds
for the three month period ending
September 1, this year.
Our lobe! Gospel
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serve less
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America's Pledge of Food
Gave Heart to the Allies
In Their Darkest Hour
Whatever Is necessary America will
send. That was America's pledge to
the interallied food council. And because the American food army had
hitherto made good they took heart
and went forward.
Farm enterprise and much soft corn !
increased pork supplies, food conser-1
vation increased exports—total ship- j
ments doubled.
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FAITH JUSTIFIED
BY  EVENTS.
I do not believe that drastic
force need be applied to maintain economic distribution and
sane use of supplies by the
great majority of American people, and I have learned a deep
and abiding faith in the intelligence of the average American
business man, whose aid we anticipate and depend on to remedy the evils developed by the
war.—Herbert Hoover, August
10, 1917.
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Patriot's Plenty
Buy less - Serve less
Eat only 3 meals a day
Waste nothing
"Vbur guests will cheerfully snare simple fare
Be Proud to be
a food sa-ver
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