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Show I W. W. ARMSTRONG I LECTURED AT THE I I). A. C. THURSDAY B PK' Tata geeraweat 4a starUaa; jip the H . meet wonderful engine 'of war that H " the world ku ever seen, declared W. H W. Armstrong, Federal Food Ad- H mlalatrator, fer Utah, hefere a spe- H lal coBJolat.aeutea'at the Farmer' H Keaad-Up aad Heuaekeepere Con- H xerence at the Utah Agricultural Col- H lege, Wednesday atteraooa. Mr. H .Armstrong waa to hare delivered an H .address on the food altuatloa at the H apealag meeting of the Coaventlon H .last Monday, but at that time he waa H absent in San Fraaclico. The special H conjoint teuton waa arranged upon aH hJa -return, whea he spoke under the PH auspices of both the Extenaion Dlvl- H alon and the School of Commerce and Buaineia Administration of the Col- H The largest audience yet assembled M at the Convention greeted Mr. Arm- m atroag. Fully eight hundred were In H N attendance. So Intense was the H feeling aroused by Mr. Armstrong's H1 delineation of the aerlousness of the H present food situation that the fol- H lowing resolution presented by Prest- H t deat E. O. Peterson, was unanimous- H ' ly, adopted: H '"Resolved: That we, the farmers H and housekeepers of Utah assembled H- at the Utah Agricultural College, Lo- H gaa, Utah, pledge to the National' H aad State Food Administration Its H unqualified support of every measure H adapted, and every measure necea- H airy to adopt la the future, In meet- H lag the serious and critical issues H ' which are now' ahead of the nation; H" s aad we pledge Co aatferlag humanity H the maximum production from our H ftida aad the maximum conservation ia eur homes." Hy Mr. Armstroag declared 'that hla- H.' .terlana of tat, future v. Ill assert that B; aala war waa woa oa the farms aad H ia the home of America, this war Hri. ast be wo by, the nations fighting Hk far democracy, 'for humanity, assert- Hc ad Mr. Armstrong. If we do not whip VV Oermany, Germany will whip us. We H atast not lull ourselves Into a feel- H,V las of-security because the flames H' at war are bow confined to Europe. H v It the flamea are not put out there. H' they will leap the Atlantic and rav- H: ago our fair land. America la today H.' atandtng with her back to the wall H wall; the mad dog of Prussian Au- Hf toaraeyvleepe at her throat. gaaalLV "a aUtlag'the food problem bow '" M hefere the nation,"" Mr. Armatrong .r aald that It waa simple In Ita atate- H aaeat but intricate In Ita solution. H The solution must be left largely to K" jtto Individual who understands best Hv the conditions of hpme and commun- H ity, The problem is Just this: wc Hf- must produce more and use less'. We Ht-S' saast praaWere wheat, meat, -fats PH aid sugar; we must use leaa wheat, K meat, fatahaaaawiar. and we must H& use substitutes for those valuable Hr foods as much as we can. Thla prob- H lem the Food Administration has H ''' sought to solve, as Is fitting In a H,. democracy, by an appeal to the peo- H pie. Today, the work of the Admn- H 'Jstratlon Is 99 per cent appeal and H'i 1 per cent law. H The fact that during the last 25 H years the United States has ceased to H be a great food export nation adds H to the gravity of the food problem, H declared Mr. Armstrong. Just before H the war thlB country produced bare- H' ly enough to feed Itself. H The wonderful agricultural organ- H izatlon of Utah., working co-opcra- H tively with tbo organliatlon of the H Church of Latter Day Saints, slmpll- H $ fled greatly the work of the Food H' Administration In this State, auaort- H ed Air. Armstrong, With the Utah H, Agricultural College at the hoad, H . working through its Extension DUI- H elon In co-operation with the United bbh' States Department or AgricuuuiP, Ht and the Farm Ilureau, the Food Ad- H ministration was early able to get, H a good hold of the situation In this I H , , Stale. In everything that has been k asked by the Federal Office, Utah K has been able to respond nobly, H' n Declaring that it was unpatriotic H' to'crltlclse our national leaders In a '- time of crisis, Mr. Armstrong gave B It as his opinion that the progress H made by the-United States slnco '' her entrance Into the war la nothing f abort of marvelous. Vi: - ("If la wonderful," declared Mr. mMflj Atmstroug. "that in .toa months this K' satloB has been able lo ut Into the K v "Afield aa army of one mlllloa and a j ,tttarter;ien, that' It aaa been able m- , W equip tbisiarmy, aad provide It B wlth.traaiperUUoa. It la for us to fdja)I la aar pawertoraaaist the gereraaseat la the great problem bow befere.it We must make war our buslaeaa. We must epaseerate'eVery thlag' to the struggle. There aaa be bo auch thlag aa business aa usual while we are engaged la a life aad death atruggle. We might as well cry "homo life aa usual" with our house burning down. Of what value la farm, business, factory, homellfe Itself If we lose thla war. I appeal tto you to the name of Qod and of Humanity to consecrate your all to your government In Its hour of need" At a meeting for farm bureau representatives rep-resentatives held Just following the conjoint session, Mr. D. D. McKay, President of the State Farm Bureau, struck a vigorous blow at the agitator, agita-tor, German In his sympathies or not, who waa doing anything to hinder production on the farm or in industry. in-dustry. "The war Is the one big thing before us, and we must win It," said Jtf r. McKay. A. M. Cornwall a director of the State Farm Bureau, discussed the value of the' farm bureau bu-reau to the farmer, C. L. Warntck, vice prealdent of the State Farm Bureau, Bu-reau, told what the Farm Bureau had accomplished In 1917, and Mr. O, B. Jesneas, of the Bureau of Markets, U. 8. D. A? talked on Farmers co-operative buying and aelling organisations, In the evening a patriotic concert waa given for the Round-Up vialtors by the department of mualc of the College, under Professor C, R. John- BOB. j - - ,. Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaml HaHaaaaaaHaTlg SlflBBlBBBBaBBBBBBBBmBBBBBBBBBBBBBBWnSnaVaBBBBBlH aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal SfsaaaaaaaHaaaaaaaaaaai ' reSfl&yBaaaaaaaaKlSBaaaaaaaaaaa iiiBBvlifSBH (aiaBH naaaaawf Saaaaal AT THE OAK FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SAT-URDAY, FEBRUARY 1 AND 3. |
