Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-24
Calls on All to Raise More Food, and Limit Eats to Necessities, and Build More Ships.
ENGLAND HAS LESS
 FOOD THAN EVER HAD
Premier Says Unless Drastic Measures Taken at Once, the Empire Faces Dires, Disaster.
(By Review Leased wire)

LONDON, Feb. 23. - Premier
 Lloyd-Gecroe told the House of
 Commons today that the food sit
 ustion must be brought under
 control in order 10 cope with the
 submarine menace, which he ad-
 mitted was grave. The country
 is facing serious condition aris-
 ing from the shortage of shipping
 space, he asserted, with the con
 sequent depletion of foodstuffs.
 The premier urged increase of
 home food production and eurtaiI-
 ment of articles of non-Vietusl
 nature. He suggested pIan for
 increasing agricultural products
 Ey gardening various articles and
 increasing the wages of farm lab
 orers.
 CurtsiITnent of imports except
 essentials would bring about a
 material increase in shipping ia
 cilities, the premier said.
 Fcod and Shells. Vital
 As essentials, the premier
 enumerated food. clothing. main
 tenance and equipment of tine civ
 il and military population al
 home and abroad and raw nlateri-
 al fer munitions, for war equip
 ment and for industries which are
 essential to the national life.
 Sacrifice all Else
 These are essential" declared the premier Anything beyond is a non essential and unnecessary article. which the nation can dispense with. If we cannot. then we ought not tO wage war. and ask sacrihces of those fine fellows who represent us abroad. It is idle tO sugges; that while mill ions of our best citizens are facing he conflict abroad for a great cause. that We who remain comfortably at nome should not be prepared to sur render things which are not neces- ,ary part of our existence"
 Reduce Paper Supply
 After referring to the government who examined these ques- ions the premier turned 10 the Ques- ion of paper and said:
 ''I had no idea that such quantities ,f paper were utilized for newspapers md wrappings. They both consume m enormous tonnage. l cannot say whether ! ought to treat newspapers IS Q luxury. a comfort. stimulus. a necessity or a nuisance in life. They lave been an enormous help to Us in he effective waging of the war. There is no better proof of this than he brilliant success achieved by the hancellor of the eXchequer in his re- ent war loan speecS
 Still. when We have a chance to hoOse between them and very stern leeds l am afraid we shall have tO eprive ourselves of a certain number f their pages and substantially 10 educe the imports of paper and ma erial. We have to halve the present upply of 100000 tons and reduce he annual imports to 640,000 tons. he reduction to be distributed equal r between the printing and packing rades We recognize that it is a se- ious hardship. but feel that it is lm- erative"
 The importation of printed posters. aper hanGings and certain kinds of )reign printed matter, books and pc iodicals. Premier Uoyd-George add q. would have to be prohibited 9th rwise it would be unfair to the trade I Great Britain. Also. he said. there .ouid have to be restrictions in the SC of paper for posters. for eata-
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