Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-08-11
HOOVER'S PLANS
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need be applied to maintain economic
distribution and sane use Of supplies
by the great majority of American
people and | have learned a deep and
abiding faith in the intelligence of the
average American business man whose
aid We anticipate and depend on 70
remedy the evils developed by the war
which he admits and deplores as deep
~ as ourselves, but If there be those
! who expect to exploit this hour of sac
rifice if there are men or organizations
sclerf ing to increase the trials of this
country we shall not hesitate to apply
to the full the drastic, coercive pow
ers that Congress has conferred upon
us in this instrument.
Coordination with Trades
In enforcing the measures of the act
it is not our intention to proceed with
a host of punitive measures. but rath-
er by coordination with the various
! trades to effect such constructive reg
ulations az will render gambling, eX-
/ tortion and other wasteful practices
impossible and will stabilize prices.
/ Indulgence in protiteering in this hour
I Of national danger is far from the
wish Or the will of the vast majority
/ Of our business people and l am con-
WINGED that while we must have READY
! in reserve the corrective powers CIV
/ en- us. we shall by these powers 1ree
! the great ma jority from necessity TO
compete with operators whose sole eff
/ fort is to initiate prices and bring into
disrepute the majority of honest trad
ers. We propose to proceed as rapidly
as possible with constructive regula :
tons in various commodities and to
announce each program as quickly as
it is properly formulated. We hope
within the next few days to announce
the method of wheat and -four control
Deep Obligation on Us
"rhe deep obligation is on US TO
feed the armies and the peoples as
sociated with us in this struggle. Inc
diversion of 100000 of their men TO
war or war work; the additional mil
IONS of women drafted to the places
Of their husbands and brought here;
the toll of the submarine have all
consnired to reduce production that
the harvests this autumn will fall ooo,-
! 00O. UUU DuSU6lS VI 8 tIii bN'O'
normal production. Always dependent
on import from other countries lor
substantial part of their food needs'
our western European allies because
of the destruction of shipping bS SUP
marine and isolation from the nor
NAL markets by helligerent INES are
forced to a large degree on our mar
kets, not only as the nearest pnt as
the only market capable OF renewing
their bitter necessities.
Must Be Great Wheat Exports
"-rberefore whereas, we exported be-
fore the war but S0,000,000 bushels OF
wheat per annum. TINS year. py oiie
means or another we must ind tor
them 225.Oo0,000 bushels, and TINS IN
the face of, short crop. Our pest
will but partly meet their needs. lot
even then they must reduce tnelr
bread consumption % per cent ana IL
will be war bread they must eat--war
bread Of which a large portion con-
sists of other cereals.
/ "Alreadv the greater call for meat
and animal products due to the stress
of war, for millions of men on the
. fighting line and the enhanced physi-
cal labor of populations ordinarily
s,,bsisting on lighter diets coupled
with the inadequate world supply nave
comDollod our allies to kill upwards
Of $4,000. 900 head of their stock ami
mails. This is burning the candle at
both ends for they are thus stlf1lnR
their annual production. therefore,
( NOT only must we increase their sup
plies Of meat and dairy products but
we must prepare, as war goes on 10
, meet an even greater demand for
thcse necessary commodities.
France and Italy formerly produced
their own sugar while England and Ire
land imported largely from Germany. Ow-
Ing to the inability OF the first named
20 produce more than One-third OF their
needs and the necessity for the others
to import from other markets, they must
all come to Che West Indies for very large
supnlles and therefore deplete our own
resources.
Shortage Of Shipping
"Because Of the shortage Of shipping
only the most concentrated of FOODS,
wheat. grain, beef. pork and dairy pro-
ducts and sugar. can be sent across the
ocean. Fortunately We have for our own
use superabundance OF foodstuffs OF
other kinds-the perishables and FISH. and
surely our first manifest duty is to sub
/ stitute these for those other products
which are Of greater use to our fellow
! fighters.
"Our second duty is to eliminate wastes
! to the last degree. Seventy per cent. OF
our people are we'll known to be as thrift
~ and careful as any in the world and
they consume but little or no more than
is necessary to maintain their physical
strength.
They can. however,. substitute foods
as above. 1t is not too much to ask the
other 30 per cent. by simpler living to re-
duce their consumption.
THE substitutions we ask impose no
hardships and the elimination Of waste
| Is today no more than a patriotic service.
Every ounce Of waste IL q contribution