Show p I S NO O REASON TO BE GLOOMY v U t f e a t Hoover Says Success in inbe be It Var IVar far Is a Question t. t IOn 0 of f of h 1 l i Resources 1 l t eL PROBLEM IS l SOLVED b II 1 4 da 9 I j DUS Effort on Part Cd TS Provides Great Stock of off u pre pie rh i f American Women Rei Re Re- j 1 Crisis 1 n d i d Nobly in Great rips ding i r r 11 la a 1 HERBERT f HOOVER No one can rIghtly be beP the outcome for the Amer- Amer P I 1 over Le pie pie in thIs tills war Success In inI It of ell I IS a II question resources Le I J I Fill and ability of or the p people ople 4 11 Jun themselves to use their re- re re- re ts rightly and to endure Many t tt people In America and de Hint ut the whole world have been II t. t anxiously the last four S i In ia the fear that Democratic s JU RIt I B could not organize to meet PIt PIl ti e Germany German Germany has hast t dent lent that It could not be done q proof Is immediately at our Y Aside side from the remarkable asp as- as p of our array army and antI financial reAr re- re Ar our oar people have already denied dem- dem ed their ability to mobilize ordure or or- 11 1 induce dure and prepare voluntarily heady dently In many directions and nth mere Here word of Inspiration e cr fo food d Supply Increased MAMi I entered the war four months months' dIt it was announced b. b by the pres- pres A O ht at one of or the great problems war gar would be food that we weare CIGA are to Increase and to save saye J am t tuffs stuffs for a year in advance t I Ifor tT for ourselves but for OUT our i 1 well roll There has been no con- con 1 I national or local legislation tr 4 greatest spontaneous volunteer r ever fier ma made e in history has pro- pro r Sl is a with a larger stock of food IT mos as n a result of pa patriotic plant plant- tr t- t r i I cry quarter and waste is be be- U out of every eyer crack and of of our homes and of our Indus Indus- aRl pus This nils Is being done clone without t com com- corn 1 comI I j of the law and by spontaneous fv 1 sad and self denial of the people hare ave sprung up over o a J out but the United States In ev y i ry i n o I village and state defied u re ed positive organizations b their ends and In j elon which have the will to K KERi br supply fod-supply questions No r aub auli nuI au- au li I b go government nt could accomplish coy CO Germany accomplished less in inAe Ae At months than our people have I In Io Ii four The only need of our ERi ERS toon lion ion and authority Is to curb too Ito would profit by this vol volun- volun ue fI un-I un teer movement The proof of t all this lies In the fact that our present prospects pros pros- prospects Poets tion Mon indicate an nn increase o of production production of cereals by bJ bushe bushels s. s Our farmers planted nn an n Increased acreage of wheat but the weather has not responded for this product Literally Liter Liter- ally millions of new gardens have We Ve heen have planted n or r extended everywhere the largest supply o of bles In Our history V Women V men Respond The wol wolf wolf is at nt the door m nf f Europe and with nil all these surpluses ou our stock stock of foodstuffs would still have been blen too little for the demand upon us during the coming corning year If our people had not responded to the call for wise and economical eco eco- economical use of food and for the elimInation elim elim- of waste The response not only in planting but hut also ulso in conservation conservation conserva conserva- conserva tion has hns been of or such spontaneous t magnificent order as to Justify conn dent optimism in the ability of our om people t to o prepare and to preserve In Inthe Inthe Inthe the matter of our great reat surplus of perIshables perishables perishables per per- because of our Inability to ship these to our allies a call was sent out from Washington asking that our people should consume the perishables during the summer and fall months month In substitution for tur the the great glent staples staples staples' which should be h held for the winter o and for shipment to to our allies They were asked to substitute corn for wheat and to conserve the waste of of meat and fats by the use of That this tills Is being done is already already al al- al read ready evidenced by reports reports of dealers dealer in cereals and in meats which indicate indicate Indicate indi Indi- cate a n most remarkable decrease ID iu demand for these commodities and an nn Increased demand for substitutes A call also was sent out asking tf it t al nU 1 I perishables that could not be consumed 1 should be bo preserved and stored Thi I call since the arrival of perishables in May has been met by the response of millions of women in the country not only in the matter of preserving In tho household but also by the creation of Innumerable committees clubs demonstration demonstration demon demon- trains and Instructors provided provid provId- ed by our educational Institutions making a complete system throughout the country Although we are only half way war through the canning season we can begin to see magnificent results re re- It is obvious enough that the American woman has not lost the household arts of her pioneer mother Will Supply the Deficiency Our American cann canners rs will this year produce about cans of fruit and vegetables bles Our government and the allies will require about of these cans The returns we have from from various state organizations based upon the results obtained for the first half halt of the season Indicate that the American women will vIII preserve Jars fars and cans of fruit and ami vegetables this year and will thus I supply any deficiency called for bythe bythe by the armies A A few days das ago we sent out a call can canto to the women of the country that the they sign a n pledge to us to accept our suggestions suggestions suggestions sug sug- as to substitutes s and waste- waste elimination in their homes sO 56 far as their circumstances would permit Already Already Al Al- ready rendy we have over oyer home I pledges en route to Washington PhIladelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil PhIl- adelphia leading with St. St Louis for example has had over mass meetings of women in arrange- arrange lag Ing the enrollment There are nr 2400 or organized women in Virginia making a to house canvass We shall have the millions of homes In the United States enrolled as members of the food administration joining us ip in volunteer regulation within sixty days This In response to u a simple request and with no extended org organization on our part but In reliance upon the support support sup sup- I I Port of the women's committee of or the I coU council of national defense state councils coun coun- i of or defense the multitude of existing exist exist- ing lag I women's organizations and the strong support of all nIl the churches and fraternal organizations of the country As soon as ns we can cnn formulate the voluntary voluntary vol vol- regulations we shall ask for similar pledges from cyer every public eating entIng eat ent- ing place and every trade In the coun coun- try The elimination of or waste In the countr country has been most gratifying The best index of this saving Is in garbage returns from our large cities We have returns for the month of June Jun from cities aggregating a population of or showing a reduction of their garbage b by 32 per cent below the month of or June last year ear These figures figures figures fig fig- ures are a n tribute to the energy of ot American women not only in the work of their households but In the organization organization organization of public opinion for the elimination elim elial Ina of waste Spells ny's nys Doom If we make a n broad sur e survey of th the thu country we find eter every state spontaneously spontaneously creating n a definite and active fictive food organization presided over by capable and devoted men and women who are sacrificing every Interest In Inthis Inthis Inthis this national service We find a well well- considered and well defined tion of subcommittees on the various phases of food production and conservation conservation con con- and we see these re reduplicated re b by sub organizations In counties and municipalities This is the organization organization or or- of democracy and this Is 19 positive proof that at nt the call of na- na tl i ral al dut duty duty- our people will rise and andrise andrise andrise rise overnight O to the real defense of their faith I feel sure that the superior superior su su- su- su Intelligence of our people their capacity for self denial and their will to persevere will prove pro a n wall that will withstand the best efforts of the Germans for the next five fi years If it be necessary Even though the situation in Europe may may be I be gloomy today no American who has hns knowledge of the results al already already already al- al ready obtained In ever every direction need nee have one atom of fear that democracy I will not defend itself In these United States I recall that shortly before we joined the war I had a n conversation with a prominent German official who had spent some time in the United States and who had a much deeper appreciation U tion n than most Germans of what Americas America's entry in the war would mean His final remark to me after along w R long discussion was I do not fear the American soldiers because they cannot arrive in time what I fear is the Intelligence and devotion of of original minds and people trained to a faith In Individual Initia initia- tive The da day that these people now so materialistic in outward appearance appearance appear appear- ance are stirred spiritually that day Is the day of Germanys Germany's doom |