Show Turning American America i Food Into Boo Booze e R RECENT reports that restriction restrictions on the on-the the manufacture an and sale of of booze boo in III the belligerent countries or of Europe arc being rapidly ly e removed will not nol elicit a very ery enthusiastic response nom iron the people of the United States In order that the thc millions abroad might mig live li we wo have been e exhorted to sa save sae e food until it hurts And nd we have as is the tho records of food shipments to Europe will eloquently eloquently eloquently elo elo- testify lIca Heavy exports have not only reduced reduced th the quantity of food that may be consumed by Americans Amen Ameri cans but they have hac greatly greally increased food prices by causing the demand to outrun the supply Yet we wc have ha not co complained For were not our sacrifices being made mado in a noble cause 7 Americans without doubt arc are the most generous people people people peo peo- on n earth But we e would be bo generous to a fault if wo we were willin willing to sacrifice very much of our precious grain to satisfy the appetites of beer an and whisky drinking drinking drink drink- ing foreigners Yet we arc are doing just that And And it now seems that more of oi our export exported cd grain is to be bc converted converted con con- into booze than has hns been the case for several years past In view of our own action in ill shutting down breweries and distilleries last year ear to conserve the food supply why should America not now be justified in saying to Europe You have asked us to supply you Jon with tons of foo food before the next nest harvest cst 1 Vc e C are alts touched b by your appeals Wo We are anxious to feed you Oll and wo ivo are aro to rea ready y make great reat sacrifices in ill order that your Jour cupboards may not go bare bore But if it we are to make sacrifices for your Jour sake y you must promise not to waste a n. great deal of 01 what we sen send you ou Graif used in the manufacture of liquor is wasted So w while we do o not u ask k you lOll ou to lo do as much muchas as os we have ha haye done dono to me meet t your our foo food crisis wo we f feel eel quito quite justified in iu insisting you ou do O not increase the amount of grain grain now used in the manufacture of whisky and beer Such a request put in such a n na a way could hardly be ignored t t would woul be entirely reasonable W We c inane Dave no desire to regulate the habits of European eau peoples but we would be quite within our rights it wo we insist that these peoples go go as far or 01 almost as far as wu we w havo have gone in the conservation of foo food that we Amen Ameri cans tans have havo produced pa c to 1 If the silk mill operatives operatives' strike keeps up will Milady y turn to cotton or nature for relief r 3 IW The Old Scout says s 's there is nothing g so vexing as ns a divorce that aint a absolute solute to 4 Pa 1 Pai b |