Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-25
FOOD WASTEN
ACT OF D|SLOyA[TY
So Carl vrooman Tells Wom-
ans Farm and Garden
Association.
NEED OF BIG WAR CROPS

The waste of human food I'm anv
quantity in time of pence H. negligent.
in time of war IL is unpatriotic and dis
loyal, Carl Vrooman. assistant score
tary Of agriculture. told the delegates
TO the convention of the Woman,s Ma
tional Farm and Garden Association
the first session of which was held IN
the auditorium of the New National
Museum this morning. An obvious war
responsibility rests on every man wom-
an and child in this country. just
much as ii does on the young man
carrying a rife. he pointed out. and
promised that the entire machinery al
the government. backed up by all civic
organizations, would work for the elm
NATION OF waste and utilization of an
available supplies
III Congress would today atthoriz,
the secretary of Agriculture to place
minimum price on wheat" he told
ms hearers. 1t would stimulate pro-
duction to a degree that would be
amazing II might mean the planting
OF an additional I0Oe 900 bushels of
wheat. and that 100000 might mean
the end of the war"
Shortage, But No Famine.
The aim and workings OF the federal
farm loan act were described by Her
bert Quick OF the federal farm loan
board. who delivered an address on
What the Government VIII DO for
Farmers. There is no need to fear
any thing like a famine In the United
states. he said, although there will un-
doubted1y be shortage in some
things.
Food SO far has been the least Of
cur troubles" he said. I'VE have had
II TO throw away or to let rot. The
problem has been to enable the agri-
culturist TO support himself COM
fortably Now the food problem is 10
a certain degree. imminent. but is
soluble. The day is gone forever when
the farm boy fed riDe corn into the
cook stove because il was cheaper than
wood. We wasted in food last year !,
value equivalent TO the country's whole
wheat crop. and in this waste women
have been much to blame.
Mortgage No Longer Burden.
"The farm mortgage is no longer
serviceable as important item in
the plot Of a melodrama. but is a nee
| essary tool in the development OF the
| land The uncertainty of a rapidly ma
| turing mortgage has darkened the lives
| of thousands of farmers. and the fed
eral farm loan act is intended to re-
move this mental and physical strain.
Through the farm loan associations
much like building and loan associa-
tfons in idea and results. American
farmers are getting loans of from 500
1 to $4,000. which are to be repaid in
| easy installments, covering an average
OF thirty-six years"
The work that the war relief fund
| of the Royal Horticultural Society OF
England will do in helping the highly
| specialized and localized agricultural
interests of war-ridden Belgium and
| other devastated countries to recon
! struct and start again with new
courage. was described In a timely ad-
dress b. Miss Ethel Mather Bagg. spe-
cial representative In America OF that
society. The value of flowers and
towering plants exported by Belgium
alone in 1913 was s2.5oo.ooo. she said:
The gardens where they were raised
are now ruins. The relief fund. on
behalf of which she is appealing. has
! already done a great work in sending
! seeds to camps, hospitals and cems-
teries.
Other Features of Program.
The Marketing of woman's Prod
| ucts" was the topic of an address by
Miss Anne Evans of the bureau of
markets, and Mrs. David F. Houston.
honorary chairman of the society. de-
riyered the opening address of well
come. Mrs. Francis King of Alma.
Mich, the president, presided
Mrs. Robert Lansing presided over the
AFTERNOON session, which convened at
80 o'clock, at which DIR. Bradford
Knapp of the Department of Agricul-
ture and DIR. L. o. Howard of the Ma
tional Museum were speakers. The
sessions will continue until Friday art
ernoon. and many distinguished speak
ers and entertainment features are on
the program.
local entertainment committee. assisted
by Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, Mrs.
Charles J. Bell. Mrs. whitman Cross.
Mrs. NJ n. Day, Mrs. Frederick Delano.
Miss Leila Mechlin. Mrs. Thomas
AZ Gale, Mrs. Denny Brereton, Mrs. Tur-
ner and Miss Grace Temple. Miss Myra
Hendley is chief Of ushers.