The courier-index., 1917-08-24

reduction to simple living savo au oy The final result of substitut,a. 'nuch. products and saving one o'her wheat flour. two ounces of fots ptanO of ounces of sugar and seven on seven meat weekly, by each persoa of when we have multiplied this VIII hundred million. have incraassss one exports to the amounts absolu.s, our quired by our allies. This mas n- more than that we should ao+ 70 but eat wisely and without waste
 Food conservation has other as
 of utmost importance. Wars muss paid for by savings. We muet Os in the consumption in commod;tss. 'a'e the consumption of unproduet,s. sna Dor in order that we may d,vo.s
 manhood to the army and to tha .k " If by the reduction in consumnt,o.
 labor and the commodities that i. s' duces and the diversion of this ..s. ~ to that labor and those commos,.s demanded by the war, we shal, ha .., to fight to eternity. We can mortes.. our future savings for a little wsr' but a piling up of mortgages is hn. short step toward bankruptcy. E,.'. atom that we save is available forrsn scription to Liberty bonds.
 The whole of Europe has beec
 gagged ever since the war began in n. elimination of waste. the simpIiicat,o. of life, and the increase of ifs ina,,. trial capacity. When the war is o,o. the consuming power of the world v,n be reduced by the loss of prosperitv and man power. and we shall enter period of competition without parsr,S in ferOcity. After the war. We mp.. maintain our foreign markets if sn. working people are to be emplov,a We shall be in no position to compets If we continue to live on the sau. basis of waste and extravagapce q. which we have lived hitherto. Simp,e. temperate living is'a moral issue of ths first order at any time. and any othes basis of conduct during the war b~ comes wrong against the interest q the country and the interest \ democracy.
 The impact of the food shortage ol Europe has knocked at every door of the United States during the past thres years. The prices of foodstuffs have nearly doubled. and the reverberatious of Europe's increasing shortage would have thundered twice as loudly dur. ing the coming year even had we not entered the war, and 1t can now only be mitigated If we can exert strong control and this in many directions
 We are today In an era of high prices. We must maintain prices at such a level as will stimulate produc- tiOn, for we are faced by starving world and the value of commodity to the hungry is greater than its price.
 As result of the world shortage of supplies, our consumers have suffered from speculation and extortion. While wages for some kinds of labor have increased with the rise in food priceA in others, 1t has been difficult to main tain our high standard of nutrition.
 By the elimination of waste in all classes, by the reduction in the con sumption of foodstuffs by the more for tunate. we shall increase our supplies not only for export but for home. and by increased supplies we can help h the amelioration of prices.
 For Better Distribution.
 Beyond this the duty has been laid upon the food administration to coop crate with the patriotic men in trades and commerce. that we may eliminate the evils which have grown into our system of distribution. that the bur den may fall equitably upon all by res toration, so far as may be, of the nor maj course of trade. It is the purposs of the food administration to use ID utmost power and the utmost aDintyI that patriotism can assemble to ameh- crate this situation to such degree ss may be possible.
 The food administration is assem- bling the best expert advice In ms country on home economics, on iooo utilization, on trade practices anu trade wastes, and on the conduct ol public eating places, and we shall ou' line from time to time detailed suggeS tions, which if honestly carried out py such individuals in the country, we " lieve will effect the result when w must attain. We are asking esey home, every public eating place an. many trades. to sign a pledge ea'u to accept these directions, so Tar as their circumstances permit. and we ai. organizing various instrumentalines " ameliorate speculation. We are asA- ing the men of the country who a's not actually engaged in the hanulns of food to sign similar pledges tnas they shall see to 1t, so far as they a'' able that these directions are foiio"e.. '. We are asking all who wish us we' and who undertake our service to " come actual members of the fooo h'- ministration. just as much voiuh'ee' in national service as we ourselves a's' so that thus the food administrauv- ~f n