The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-22

forms the keystone or the arch OF al.
lied cooperation" said Baron Devon.
port, the food controller. in an inter.
view today with the Associated Press.
The Baron discussed the plans pro-
posed for better cooperation among
the allies as to control of foodstuffs
by Herbert c. Hoover, chairman of
the American commission for relief in
Belgium, and recently appointed head
of the American food board.
Plan Proposed.
"The plan proposed by Mr.. Hoover
to the war cabinet said Baron De.
vonport has my strongest backing
and, | understand, also the backing
Of representatives OF our allies. II
was that small inter.allled commit.
tee should be appointed representing
five or six OF those principally inter-
, ested In the overseas movement of
food supplies; that is, this committee
| should further develop the existing
inter-allied organs in Europe for the
combined purchase and combined
handling of all foodstuffs for the al.
lies, whether from america or else
where. In other words, all wheat and
any other commodities bought i'm the
! United States or elsewhere are to be
bought through the head of a bureau
| suggested TO this general committee
and thus the relative bidding by diff.
ferent allies and the consequent arti.
ficial forcing up Of American prices
would be avoided This competitive
buying among the allies and the DIFF.
terent departments In the allied gov.
ernments has been to considerable
degree responsible for the high prices
which American consumers today
have to pay for their foodstuffs.
Another important function OF the
board would be to determine the alo.
cation OF food supplies among the dif.
terent allies and formulate their re.
quirements for considerable period
ahead II h not proposed that this
board shall have any functions inside
the territory Of any OF the allies. but
It Is to be a bridge representing food
control of each allied country for co.
operative purposes. As America is
, wholly an exporter OF food our hopes
OF the American people are that they
may place at the disposition OF the in.
| ter'allied board as large quantities OF
our necessary staples as possible and
/ II Is our hope by cooperation that we
/ shall be able TO stem the rising tide
in the cost OF living In America as well
as Europe and thus ameliorate the
food situation In the allied nations"
What They Eat.
The commodities needed by the al.
lies from America he continued.
could be reduced to few staples.
/ Our troops have been trained to eat
only wheat bread. although we are
now mixing from 20 to 20 per cent OF
maize meal, rice and other cereals
/ with flour Neither our people nor
the peoples on the continent have
equipment for making maize bread
nor do they understand its value. Il
/ Will take months to get our people
trained TO II and In the meantime. We
have got to have bread Therefore.
from now on, until the harvest next
August at least, we must have wheat
and We can use some maize.
We must import some meat for
our soldiers at the front and a minor
amount OF our civilian population.
Our people have depended for many
years upon America for pork porducts
and the consumption OF bacon has
gone up immensely. due to our large
armies In the field.
Curious as II may seem to Ameri.
cans, our people have only lately he.
gun to recognize the superior value OF
beans for human food. There Ia
scarcely ton OF beans to be bought
In England today and yet the food
value Of beans is greater than that OF
any other cereal which We can i'm.
port From all this you will see that
We can reduce the commodities which
we shall want for human food down
to few staples We want wheat.
some maize, moderate amount OF