Show I FOOD CONTROL CONTROl CONTROl- I MEANS VICTORY 1 1 Shortage Places Problem tern tem Before Americ American n Government Govern Govern- k ti ment Farsighted meet Farsighted Policy Adopted NEED MEED BU WHEAT 4 fOOd Administration Asks Aid of Every American In In Gigantic f T Task sk of Feeding Millions It l i I. I the food problem over there ther that at makes a food problem over R 6 n we wished to be supremely selfish selfish- supremely shortsighted shortsIghted we we could f e on on eating as much as as we like and Whatever we Ve like without much dIm j. j iI salty or Interruption at at least until the till Germans came camel I 4 But we ar are aret not doin doing things In that elfish and suicidal way vay We are try try- I h JM Y to make n n. u peat t. t common o o of all air of our food and all of the food of the allies s an and 1 al art alf of the food we can get from South American and other neutrals and dividing It up fairly among America England France Belgium Bel Bel- glum gium and Italy This does not mean that all of the people Jn jn the great pool are going to have the same ration but means that we are trying to arrange to have enough for everybody so that the soldiers sol sol- diers our diers-our our soldiers and their soldiers soldiers- will be well as they have to b be beto beto to fight hard and continuously and that the munitions workers and the workers In all the other necessary IndustrIes industries in industries in- in and and the men and women at at home will all have enough to keep alive and well It Is absolutely tely necessary sary to do this If Ir the war Is to be won and we are going to do It but It means planning working arranging cooperating cooper cooperating oper co-oper- be being ng car careful ful not wasting saving sav- sav ing And It means that each and everyone everyone every everyone one of us has got to help Now we have enough and more more than enough food for ourselves and the tha i Government Is going to see to It that we keep here at home a sufficient supply supply sup sup- ply of every essential kind of food to support our people But over thero there they simply have not enough Lord Rhondda the English food controller rece recently cabled the American food administrator administrator ad ad- that hat unless ss we can send sand the allies before the next I harvest bushels of f wheat In InI addition to what had been sent up to I January 1 of this year he could not assure the people of the allies that they would have a sufficient supply of I food to carry carryon on the war I He did not say anything In this cable I about about the other food necessary but buthe buthe buthe he has told of these needs In other cables cables and and by br his actions In England For example his latest regulation compels a reduction of meat eating In Inthe Inthe inthe the United United- Kingdom to a maximum of one ne pound per week per person this pound Including the bone add and other waste parts in the meat as bought In lD Inthe inthe the shop op The allies ames must have more wheat more meat more fats more dairy products prod prod- more sugar Their harvests were very velT short short France France had less than half her normal crop of wheat wheat and and th the available shipping is small In amount and constantly being lessened by submarines submarines sub sub- marines so that It is now practically Impossible to use any the long Ions voyage necessary to bring food from Australia Australla and other remote markets The food must come chiefly from America In specific figures It Is necessary necessary necessary essary for us to send sen-d to the allies ames tons of foodstuffs a month This is a great responsibility and a great problem The Th food must b be found and also the ships to carry It It Is being done but can only continue to be done by the help and full cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- operation of all of us over our broad land We must produce and save more To supply the wheat necessary until I the next harvest we must reduce our consumption by from one fourth to third one we must cut down our usual average consumption of meats and fats by from 10 to 15 per cent and dairy products by about 10 per cent centt Over there they are arc tightening their belts and doing everything they can They are eating war bread they are cutting down their sugar In England to two pounds per person per month and In France and Italy to one pound pound pound- how much are you eating and eating and they are re using ration cards for most of the staples We must meet sacrifice with J sacrifice If It we dont don't we wc are helping to 0 lose the war Instead of helping to It |