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Show fill 1ES HELD NEEDED Coming of Peace Will Mean More Mouths to Fill. Say Hoover Aids Here on Tour of Inspection THE ViiilfMl KtuttN must prV- pure to ship 'wc as much food to Kuropo tin-ring 1 ho cotiung year h it I i I in the Uwt your, ncoonliiig t J. W. Hollawell, who la cnlled Hoover's right hand man at Washington. Mr. Hollawell and U. K. Uoytlpiv of the enfiircement division at WaHhlngton ara tnnklng a l(iurorIh t'nltad Htalea for the purnoa nf coordlnnting the view of the food adnilnrntraturs of each state. "Tha I'nited Wtatea ahlprted 000 tons of foodstuffs to Kurope Inat year." aald Mr. Hollawell. "Following tha conference, which Ilr. Hoover held abroad with allied food administrators. Hoover declared that almost wlce as much food must be shipped aa in the paat.M HOOVER HAS FAITH. ' Mr. Hoover la again going to show 1 his faith iu the people by asking them tn consume less fitod than ever In order that millions in Kurope may not starve. Complete victory for the al-llea al-llea or sudden peace la going to Increase In-crease the burden of providing foodstuffs. food-stuffs. There will be starving thousands thou-sands In I'olnnd. Rumania. Serbia and other countries who wilt look to im for food. "Aa the allies advance thotouiml of : hungry pea mint a are coming under our i protection and increasing our burden. I On account ;tf the lack of shipping fa- I cllttles Austrulla and Hotith America) can du little toward supplying food. I "The Idea la wrong that the end of j the war will" mean a sudden lifting of t fiiod regulations On the contrary If 1 j the war should suddenly ceaa It would I mean greuter burden than ever upon i !the food administration. It Is well that 1 the public know this ami that they prepare pre-pare for greater efforta In food con- j I servstktn and production. i MANY PROFITEERS. I "Reports come to its of profiteering ' In every elate. Ninety -five per cent of the merchants are earnest in their desire de-sire ti help t ne foot) admtnlstrnt inn, while the other 6 per cent an profiteering profit-eering " R. F Bicknell of Idaho arrived in I Halt laSke today and a conference will ' be held In the office of Food Admiuls-I Admiuls-I trator XV. V. Armstrong this afternoon. after-noon. Mr Armstrong stated that an Investigation would protmbly h. made of cerium gntvers who hud lieen chaining chain-ing exorbitant pricea for such staples as butter, eggs and cheese. Mr. Hollawell stated that he and Mr. , Boyden would leave Hall I-nke for Re no this afternoon. From Reno they will go to Han Francisco, where a meeting of state focal administrators will be held. |