The Alaska citizen., 1917-07-23
SUPPORTING HOOVER.

Despite the fact that President Wilson has seen fit to place Herbert C. Hoover at the head of the voluntary food conservation committee, with authority to act in this re gard in his name, there are number ot men in the United States senate who have taken 1t upon themselves to declare that Hoover is receiving altogether too much honor. They do not make such statements Ill their spoken opposition, which manifested itself when t came to naming all official food admlnlstra tor in connection with the administration $ food legislation, but it is plain to be seen by their excuses that it is not Hoover's work they are objecting to. They are merely trying to keep a good man down. For they realize that Hoover, in his present capacity as the Presidents representative Tn the matter Ot food conservation, for which work he will not accept pay, is making place for himself in the hearts of the American people which would be hard for all except a limited few of our public men to fill.
 But the work he Is doing gratis, for the country and for the people, IS not going al together unreWarded, even though the sen ate has seen fit to turn him down as Othclal food administrator of the government. This Is evidenced by the fact that food conserVa- tionists are sprlnglng up everywhere, all oI recommended such action on the part ot Am eriCans as one of the sureSt and safest means of ending the war. And for this reason Il IS probable that when the food conservation board is officially named under the provisions of the administration food legislation, Hoo yer will be named chairman of the board ,I 4, ba tl,a baa of he < food conservation program, regardless ot senatorial opposition.
 The latest disciples of Mir. Hoover and his policy are the railroads of the country, for they have agreed to abide by his recom- mendatlon in the matter ot serving certain kinds of food in dining cars on trains. And the food controller should accept this victory at it's full worth, for it is rarely if ever that the railroads of the country bow down their own desires to the will of any individual In justice to the railroads, however, 1t should be stated that the patriotism of the railroad officials manifested itself when they agreed to follow out the food conservation program along the lines laid down by MT. Hoover.
 All people who are now practclng food conservation are doing so at the lnst1gatlon of either President Wilson or his represen- tative, Mir. Hoover, and their following is great But legislation yet remains to be en- acted whereby those who fail to follow the suggestions made along conservation lines will be forced to do so by the letter of the law. However, our dispatches indicate that that time is coming and that 1t will only be a matter of a few days until the people ot the United States will be told by the law just what they are, or are not, expected to eat.
 Many of the twenty-eght year-old boys who were thry-one registration day doubtless started on the road by mothers who when they were eleven, dropped them back couple of numbers when they rode on the train
 Ia other words according to the President. Ger many peace because belief that the quitting would be much better than later on.-Savannah News
 If everybody food than is good for him would be enough food for everybody
 If the Eoy Scout movement had originated fifteen years ago the United States would be pretty well pre- pared for
 EASTERN papers discussing Schwabs state ment that can live well on s10.00O year, and he get direct returns large expenditure for personal expenses. The interest would be more general discussion solving the problem of living and raising large family something like s1 900 year.-Juneau Empire.
 THE vice president and his wife have borrowed baby fatten. Unless his is to be raised they will have to go some.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.