Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 19 | Compulsory Conservation is Proposed

I COMPULSORY CONSERVATION IS IS- PROPOSED Bill Reported to House Increasing Increasing Increasing In In- creasing Authority of the President I PURPOSE IS TO STOP STOP FOODSTUFFS WASTE I Regulation of Eating House and Distribution of Su Supplies Supplies Sup Sup- i- i plies Planned Washington Feb 23 Compulsory 23 food conservation conser Is necessary in the tho opinion of or members of or the House agricultural ag ng- agricultural committee which today submitted submitted sub sub- Its report on the bill giving the President power to regulate eating houses and the distribution and manufacture manu manu- facture of oC foodstuffs h fh The p bill does docs doesn n not t dh directly affect householders The report recalls that the President has line no power to enforce economy in conservation atlon under the existing food law and that the tho success of or conservation conserva consor tion depends entirely upon the voluntary voluntary volun volun- tar tary operation co-operation of oC the people The appeals to save food o ha met with gratifying results tho the report says and adds but there thero Is ls a small mall per cent of oC people who either wilfully or for lack Jack of or understanding fall to respond to the call made for Cor patriotic dut duty Compulsory Com Methods Method N Necessary c The food tood situation as It affects us usand usand usand and oui our aUle the report continues Is becoming so 0 critically serious as to warrant the committee In the belief that the necessity Is upon us of ot adopting adopt adopt- In Ins ing compulsory methods metho s of conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion in certain well defined directions It would be bo foolish for tor us to shut our eyes eos to tho the facts it would be bo cowardly In n us to fall fail to attack the problem of or waste in foodstuffs in the most vigorous vigorous vigor Igor ous manner The bill hili is designed to meet a a. situation situation situation situa situa- tion which is closely allied to conservation conser conser- atlon If Ie we ship to Europe all o olour ol oj our exportable surplus of certain foods food there hero Is s never nover going goin to be bo more than just enough of such foods toads available a for tor consumption In the United States Slates In order older to prevent local shortage it is necessary that this normal supply be distributed with absolute equality throughout the tho country countr From time to time there may bo be temporary shortages In certain foods In such a case the President should have ha power to control the distribution In such a wa way that the shortage Is ls spread out as evenly as possible t lou Double Rouble Normal In discussing public eating house control It is charged In the report that the consumption particularly In high high- priced restaurants and hotels 1 per er capita is nearl nearly double of normal Tho The bill authorizes regulations to eliminate unnecessary use of or essential foodstuffs b by manufacturers of oC food products said the report It would be Se possible to effect a great saving in food products b by requiring higher millIng milling mill mill- Ing Ins or the mixture of or ingredients in bread which cannot be bo so 50 readily shipped shipped shipped ship ship- ped abroad Although It does docs not authorize a rationing rationing ra- ra s system stem for Cor consumers In the tho language langua a of ot the report it It would permit permit per per- mit the President to limit the amount of or nn any given ghen product which ma may bo be shipped Into a particular district or delivered deli to a particular distributor The President can In effect ration tho the distribution so that the threatened shortage can be spread out a as eV evenly as possible throughout the entire I country I