Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
HOOVER URGES
CONSERVATIONOF
oils AND FATS

The oils and fats department In
England which has been attached to
the Ministry OF Munitions, has been
taken over by the food controller, ac-
cording to q statement given out at
the office of Herbert c. Hoover, the
American food administrator.
Indications are that other depart
.ments Of equal importance are soon
y 20 be coordinated under the food con-
4 roller, the statement advises. An
refsficial announcement showing the
je, cope and importance OF the change
IS soon to be issued.
is In regard TO the importance Of con-
h servating fats and oils, as previously
, pointed out in the Oh, Paint aud
? Drug Reporter. the Hoover organi-
4 zation has issued a statement which
says:
In, the first place we are the
worlds greatest users land wasters).
Putting II in figures, the per capita
use Of fats In this country every day
in the year 10 three and a half TO -four
ounces. OF soap the per capita con
sumption yearly is 80 pounds. And
soap means fats. Moreover, u con
dition to be reckoned with is the cir.
cumstance that In times of high in
dustriaI activity, such as the present.
there has always been shown TO be
n marked increase in soap consump
ton.
: THAT is one cause which drains
the worlds supply OF fats. Another,
less direct, but by no means neglt
gible in consequence, is concerned
with munitions. Those require a vast
amount OF glycerine, and glycerine, in
its turn, demands fats for It's manu-.
facture. To be sure modern science
has recently perfected synthetic meth
DDS by which glycerine may be made
from sugar, and this may relieve
somewhat the situation as regards to
fats. But 1t cannot overcome the
vast tax which the g1ycerine used in
warfare has laid upon the worlds
supply Of available fats during the
last three years. = ~ -.
FAN fats divide broadly into two
kinds-vegetable and animal. The
vegetable fats come from the tropics,
from the west coast, Of Africa and
from Asia. They cannot be brought
out In their usual quantities until
facilities for import are normal. Final.
!y-and here Is the. vital point-Im-
portation facilities cannot possibly be.
= normal while the world shortage Of
tonnage continues. 4 .
eat this very time visible supplies
Of fats are short. and prices for what
are available are high. Soya oil is
needed from Manchuria. To be sure,
indications point to an increase this
/ autumn in the production Of domestic
vegetable fats. ID the form Of oil from
cottonseed and soya beans, but this
will by no means counterbalance the
havoc wrought by deranged importa-
lions. i B
.All know that the worlds com.
merce, or, more precisely, itsr ship
ping tonnage, has been sapped by the
war Only the bind or ignorant,
therefore, can fail 70 see that this
fact IL vitality connected with the
problem Of supplying this country
with adequate fats. As long as there
- q world shortage Of tonnage, just
90 long viii there remain the prob.
lem Of getting fats enough For that
reason the amount Of soap that is
used, the quantity Of butter that IL
eaten. and above all, the fats that are
carelessly thrown away, VIII remain
the pressing concern Of every indy.
idual In the country. From on,
Paint and Drug Reporter.