Arizona republican., 1917-05-21

Plank. who will solicit your contri- buttons this coming week. We ought to give al least two hundred dollars.
 "The second thing Christ did in feeding the five thousand was to take charge of the entire available food supply. It consisted of but five barley leaves and two small fishes a little hoys luncheon. But the boy gladly volunteered to give, all he had and when Christ administered it, the supply proved sufficient.
 Tn OUT present crisis the Ameri- car government is adopting the same plan. IL has been almost seven weeks since congress declared that q state of war existed between this country and Grmany. During that time the demand for food abroad and at home has forced prices higher and higher, until the Chicago beard of trade vol
 untarily stopped trading in May wheat in an effort to prevent specu- lation. While yesterday the presi-
 dent appointed MT. Herbert Hoover as national food administrator. and asked congress to confer upon him JnIuestionable power to control the food situation.
 MT. Hoover undertakes this work without salary, and states that ~ he will rely upon voluntary assistance except in purely clerical work. He plans four departments of food ad-
 ministration. The first will consist of boards of trade and distributing agencies. The second is made up O. governors and state administrations to prevent hoarGing ard waste The l third is department of domestic economy in which every housewife is 1 expected to take her place. And the 1 fourth will provide for cooperation 1 with our allies in thie war.
 '"The third thing Christ did in feed
 ing the five thousand was to bless
 the loaves and fishes, consecrating | them to the need of the hour. And i this. I think, is an essential thing for us to seek in this crisis of our
 nation. We need CErists blessing upon every effort that is made. We
 need more Cs the spirit of prayer 1 that His will may be done in Us. ] Especially should we ask to be con- secrated to the need of the hour l War is not a past time nor a sport 1 It is terrible reality. It takes it's 1 toll of life Ii demands sacrifices of
 money and of time In this war it is
 not an army but nation that fights. ! Every one of us ought to have his part therein Our president has inn l pressed on us tho truth that the l soldier in the trenches, the plowman | in theN field, the mechanics in the mill, the housewife in the kitchen--
 all are engaged in the war. And from each saciifice is expected. Ther- must be no slackers in America i Well, then, may we pray for conse-
 cration. for willingness 70 do cheer
 fully whatever is asked of us by our government Whether it be service
 at the iron. CT in the home guards, i whether it be taxation direct or in- i direct. whether .t he in the line O
 increased production or diminished
 waste, whether the nation asks or us, i letsit be done voluntarily, enthusl-
 astically.
 "A fourth thing that Christ empha
 sized in the feeding of the five thous- and was that there should be nc waste. They gathered twelve baskets 1 full of the fragments
 Our nation has become infamous 1 as wasters At the meeting of the l National Council of Defense at i Washington on May and the sec. i retary of commerce, MT. Rcdfield
 said that Americans waste not less i than seven hundred million dollars
 annually. Among the blessings that 1 will come from th:s war period of suffering and sacrifice will be a
 training in greater economy. And ft
 may be that the saving of things 1 formerly wasted will enable us to fulfill this command of Christ-'Give i ye them to eat