Evening journal., 1917-11-08
TEACIING GTIHWHoLENATlON

rOu mean. You're wondering WHO
those people are. and what kind Of q
school It is they are attending, and
why it is necessary for them to have
such long school hours, aren't you2"
That's what ] meant explained
Jimmy
Suppose I tell you that the school
house these pupils are attending is
lhe biggest little red school house on
the hill that the world has ever seen;
that IL IS so wide that It stretches
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
Ocean. and so deep that It reaches from
the Gulf Of Mexico 10 the Canadian
line, and that the superintendent Of
this school is"
"Nir. Hoover. the Food admlnistra-
torw said Helen.
Three BIG Lessons.
You guessed it," said Uncle Harry,
smiling. And what I have been say
ing to you means that the people Of
the United States are going TO school
to learn, for the first time, how to
produce food EFFICIENTLY, how to
distribute food EFFICIENTLY. Mr..
Hoover, the Food Administrator, ap-
pointed by President Wilson, under
NlAN law HaoHa4 ~ A0AiHAao NAAAA AAA- ANF
last session, IS the National Superin-
tendent Of this tremendous school
"And Mr.. Hoover can punish people
who try to hide big quantities Of food
and make folks pay high prices for IT.
can't he2" sail Joe.
mo, he cannot" said Uncle Harry
The law does not give Mr. Hoover
that right. and that's the, very reason
why / likened his Job to that Of a
teacher. Take, for example, what he
did about sugar the other day. wher
everybody was alarmed about th'
shortage and was afraid there would
be a sugar famine. He didn't have
anybody arrested. What he did wa!
this: First, he sent messages 10 hi
agents-the Representatives Of th'
Food Administration in all parts OF thi
country-to scout around and iocat
every pound Of sugar in the country
that is, refined sugar, ready for use
and raw sugar that could be sent to tn
refneries and made ready for use. The
he sent out the news 30 all the news
papers urging the people and the manu-
facturers who use sugar In their busl
ness, not 20 waste sugar and not {
hoard big quantities. assuring ther
that he believed he would be able {
improve conditions In a few days. /
the meanwhile, his agents had bee
busy and in less than a week a ire
mendous quantity Of raw sugar-200
100000 pounds-had been located dow
in Louisiana, the biggest sugar produ'
ing state Of. the country, and arrange
ments had been made at reasonable an
satisfactory prices for the owners
the raw sugar to sell the sugar TO II
big renneries in New York and Phil
delphia. Arrangements We're also maC
with railroads to start transporting Il
raw sugar Immediately.
Tell US more about Mr.. Hoover az
his school" said Helen.
The Nation at School.
Mr.. Hoover, himself, couldn't Il
you the whole story if he talked stea
lily for a week" said Uncle Harry, "b
briefly this is what he and his tho
sands OF assistants are doing keepil
track Of food supplies in all parts Of h
country; urging farmers, dairyme
poultrymen, fruit growers and stoc
men to produce more; suggesting al
urging economical plans for transpol
ing food; teaching everybody, especia
tut housewives OF llo udllOu now
avoid Wasting food, how to use all foo
more economically, how 10 substitu
certain foods which they have not be
accustomed to using, for foods viii
they have been accustomed to using,
that the latter which are needed in E
rope, can be shipped across the AtlS
tic. And it isn't only the people, I
consumers, who are being taught 1
sons; Mr.. Hoover is also teaching
wholesale and retail merchants ma