Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-11
By Herbert Hoover.

The weapons in this war are fight ing men, munitions, food, ships and finance. If we are to defend liberty in this year 1917, all these must be upon a scale as will demand the en- orgies of our whole people. In pre- yious wars small proportion of the community went to fight, another small portion was devoted to their support, but the great bulk of the nation did "business as usual"
 Autocracy has been for years or eanizing its resources to the end that they have placed one out of seven of its population on the fighting line and have so mobilized the civil population as to afford them complete support. They have suppressed production of every luxury and reduced even every necessity. Their arrogant confidence that they will become Masters of the World" is based upon their belief that the materialism, the selhshness and the jealousy of individual interest in democracy makes it impossible for 1t to organize such a strength. They do not deny the bravery of the men of democracy in battle, but they comfort themselves in the belief that we have not the self-sacrihcc at home for their support.
 Our problem is not alone to mob ilize our civilian population for the support of our fighting men, but we also have the responsibility of the support of the fighting men of our Allies. And food IS not the least of their necessities. One of the great European statesmen has said, The war will not be won by the last 500,- coo fighting men, but will be won by the last 500,000 bushels of wheat" It is within our ability to give this last 50O,O00 bushels, but only if we or ganiZc to produce, organize to save, and organize to supply all
 We mush feed our Allies that their people may remain constant in the war. Liberty cannot be maintained upon the empty stomachs of the women and children. Through the drain of war our Allies have steadily decreased in food production and other agencies also curtailed their supplies. Out of our abundance, by eliminating waste and extravaganza, it is in our power, and in our power alone, to hold the wolf from the door of the world. Our obligation IS greater than war itself-humanity de- mands 1t of us.
 We must save in all food. We must eat plenty, but wisely and without waste. If we save in our consuInp- ton and our waste we can increase our surplus to export; if we substi- tute other commodities for those we can export, we can further increase this surplus.
 Furthermore, by our economies we can, save major portion of the cost of the war We can increase our ability 10 subscribe to Liberty Loans. If we save food we can lower the price of living to our own people and relieve the strain and distress under which they labor today. We can only do this by organization so that there shall be no proiteering from our economy, that all shall bear the burden equally.
 The food administration is a volun tecr organization to be endowed with powers by the government. This vol untecr organization IS not to be linn tied to q few executives in Washing ton. We are solicitous, nay, anxious, to secure as actual members of this volunteer effort, every man and every woman, every boy and girl in these United States who will undertake the task with us. There is no dictator ship in volunteer effort. It IS by vol untary mobilization that we can an Swer autocracy, with democracy. h is as great in efficiency and greater in cOirit