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Show FOOD CONTROL MEANHICTORY European Shortage Places Problem Prob-lem Before American Government Govern-ment Farsighted Policy Adopted. I MEED 75,000,000 BU. WHEAT. i Food Administration Asks Aid of Every American In Gigantio Task of Feeding Millions. It 18 t ho food problem over there flint makes a food problem over here. If we wished to he supremely selfish itiicl supremely shortsighted we could go on earing as much as we like and whatever we like, without much difficulty diffi-culty or Interruption at least, until the Germans camel But we nre not doing things In that BelMsh aurl sun-nlal way. We nre trying try-ing to make n great common pool of nil of our foot! and nil of the food of the allies, and all of the food we can get from Sou:h American and other neutrals, and dividing it up fairly among Amerien, IOngland, France, Belgium Bel-gium and Italy This does not mean Lhat all of the people In the great pool are going to have the same ration, hut means that we nre trying to arrange to have enough for everybody, so that the soldiers sol-diers our soldiers nnd their soldiers will be well fed, as they hnve to he to fight hnrd nnd continuously, and tlint the munitions workers and the workers In all the other necessary Industries, In-dustries, and the men nnd women at home will nil hnve enough to keep alive nnd well. It Is ahsolutely necessary neces-sary to do this If the war Is to be won, and we are going to do it, but It means planning, working, arranging, co-operating, being careful, not wasting, sav- And It means that each and every one of us lias got to help. Now, we have enough and more than enough food for ourselves, and the Government Is going to see to It that we keep here at home a sufficient supply sup-ply of every essential kind of food to Eupport our people. But over there they simply have not enough. Lord Rhondda, the English food controller, recently cabled the American food administrator, ad-ministrator, that unless we can send the allies before the next uropean harvect 75,000,000 bushels of wheat in addition to what had been sent up t January 1 of tht3 year he could not assure the people of the allies that they would have a sufficient supply of food to carry on the war. He did not say nnythlns In this cable iibout the other food necessary, but he has told of these needs In other cables nnd by his nctions in England. Tor example, his lati-st regulation compels a reduction of meat enllng in the United Kingdom to n maximum of one pound per week per person, this pound Including the hone and other waste parts in the meat as bought in the shop. The allies must hnve more wheat, more meat, more fats, more dairy products, prod-ucts, more sugar. Their harvests were very short Prance had less than hnH I her normal crop of wheat and the available shipping Is small in amount and constantly being lessened by submarines, sub-marines, so that it Is now practically Impossible to use any ships for the long voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and other remote markets. The food must come chiefly from America. In Bpechie figures it Is necessary nec-essary for us to send to the allies 1.100,000 tons of foodstuff's n month. This Is n grent responsibility nnd a . great problem. The food must he found, and nlso the ships to curry It. It Is being done, but can only continue to be done by the help and full cooperation co-operation of nil of us over our broad land. We must produce nnd save more. To supply tbo wheat necessary untl) the next harvest, wo must reduce our consmupllon by from one-fourth to one-lhlrd; we must cut down our usual ' nvcrnge consumption of meats and fats by from 10 to 15 per cent, nnd dairy products by about 10 per cent. Over there they nre lightening their hells nnd doing everything they can. They nre eating war bread; they nre cutting down their sugar In England to two pounds per person per month, nnd In France and Italy to one pound how much nre you eating? and they are using ration cards for most of Ihe staples. We must meet sacrifice with Kacrillcp. If we don't, we are helping to lose the war Instead of helping to win It. |
