Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — FARMERS SHOULD HAUL WOOD [ARTICLE]

FARMERS SHOULD HAUL WOOD

Whenever Possible to Relieve the General Fuel Shortage. * Many of the farmers of Jasper county—as well as those of the enitre country having woodland on their farms —can greatly help out the present fuel situation by burning more wood themselves, in place of coal, and also by cutting and hauling wood or poles to the towns. Even though the strike should be settled Immediately and all of the miners return to work at once, it take several months to catch up with the normal supply of coal tb meet the demands of the cities and the various manufacturing and industrial plants, which have exhausted the supply on hand at the this most unjustifiable and unf i'jfely strike was inaugurated nearly ' six weeks ago. In any event, this strike is bound tb mean higher prices in various ways, as the losses occasioned thereby must be made up in some of the lines of manufacture, and the farmer or landowner who has wood that he can dispose of to help out the fuel shortage* during the balance of the winter will be helping himself by so doing as well as performing patriotic duty for his country and his fellowman. In Rensselaer many hundreds of cords of wood could be burned this winter —and would be burned, too, if the people could get it—and it would effect a saving of scores of carloads of coal that could be used in places where they do not have the wood accessable. The same thing is true of every town and hamlet in Jasper county. Practically all of our farmers are done husking, corn and have very little work to do except their chores. Those having woodland can easily chop a load of poles and haul to town every day when the weather is fit and dispose of it at a good price for cash, 'thus adding to their own finances and assisting In helping out all along the line. The farmers are unanimous in their sentiment against the coal strike and they can do .no more effective workman by putting their shoulder to the wheel now, in the way we have indicated, and thereby showing this little bunch of radicals that their plan of freezing the entire country into submission to their unreasonable demands cannot succeed. । Let’s see the farmers of Jasper

county do what they can Along this line. There is no real neces- • sity for any suffering here if the people can get wood for fuel. And there Is wood in abundance to be had If the owners will only get busy and haul it to town, where it is so badly needed.