The Mena weekly star., 1917-08-30

.,..6ntion 1t will be necessary
 ss.ksn to import in the next F ,,,iS 577. 100000 bushels of wheat
 27a 900 900 bushels of other cere-
 If the crops of the United States
 <8nada all mature safely, North ,f3ra will have an apparent sur i. td POS, 100000 bushels of wheat
 asD O0O GOO bushels of other cere-
 ,Ihe allies, therefore, must use .= Cereals than wheat for mixing h4ir war bread, and the people of Ariea must reduce their consump-
 as wheat flour from five to four 6lIs per week per person.
 Decrease in Food Animals.
 eareful estimate of the worlds ] nnlmal position shows total net .esse of 115.O05,000, and this will zEsater as the war goes on. As iafrease of herds and fiocks takes X we must reduce the consump-
 Eliminate waste and carefully con
 Heat exports.
 if home dairy products supplies dscreasing, while our population is <zsing, and we must ship in- |shg amounts of such products to
 lilies. Consequently this indus
 Hust be stimulated. and home save the wastes In milk and |<r Much the same may be said in f4se of sugar,
 |E Hoover urges a greater con |nfIon of fish and sea foods, in & our coasts and lakes are enor- Hzy rich. The products of the land, {elnInds us, are conserved by the @k of those of the sea.
 Our Duty.
 k.fonclusiOn the food administrator Hye endeavored to show in previ-
 &fticles that the world is short of & that Europe Is confronted with .&rim spacter of starvation unless $ bur abundance and our waste we Eahe wolf from the door. Not only H Te have proper use of our food # in order that we may furnish 4lles with the sinews with which & May fight our battles. but if is
 of humanity towards fellow N women and children.
 E ihe diversion of millions of men 4 producilon to war, by the occu- k of land by armies, by the iso- R Of markets, by belligerent fines, By the destruction of shipping by NasincS not only has the home pro #pn of our allies fallen by over F0OOo bushels of grain, but they #hrown upon us for a much larger N~ticn af their normal imports for n obtained from other markets. Hey have reduced consumption at R pnlnt but men in the trenches, ln tlie shops. and the millions of Eea placed at physical labor re- H more food than during peace >' and the incidence of their saving Eany shortage which they may suf- Halls first upon women and ehil- If this prtvation becomes too Il their peoples cannot be main fd constant in the war and we will 'eft alone to fight the battle of pTacy with Germany.
 he problem of food conservgtion is |of many complexions. We cannot. we do not wish, with our free in- ations and our large resources of b to initiate Europe in its pohced phing' but we must voluntarily and 'hgently assume the responsibility Fe ns as one in which everyone ~ mrect and unacceptable interest. Phust increase our export of foods he allles, and in the circumstances M shpplng situation. these experts be of tEe most concentrated 'S. These are wheat, flour. beef. and dairy products. We have oth- pods in great abundance which we
 use instead of these commodities.
 we can prevent wastes in a thou alreetions. We must guard the RlaSe Of exports from the United sS' that We retain a proper supply our own country. and we must such measures us will ainefio- { 50 Tar as may be, the price condi- ul our less fortunate. We might ram the supplies from the country ..urope as by the high prices that " follow to force our people to .''h lheir consumption. This oper- or normal economic forces" " " staiye that element of the com 'i's 10 whom we owe the most pro4 - we must try to Impose ihe len equally upon all.
 Nre Is no royal road to food cor auon. We can only accomplish oy the voluntary action of our 'e people, each element in propor-
 .o It's means. It is matter of 'hty Of burden; a matter of min saving and substitution at every 'o n the 20,000000 kitchens. on the 'o,oVV dinner tables and in the ',oVV manufacturing. wholesale and
 eS.aolishments of the country. .ask is thus in it's essence t4,e daily 'iuual service of all the people. ' group can substitute and even
 sieat majority of thrifty people save a little-and the more luxuri- e.einents of the population can by .lon 10 simple living save much. Anai result of substituting other \. and saving one pound of 2. ~. nOur' two ounces of fats. seven ss ol sugar and seven ounces of |, weekly by each person. will, ,.as me nave multiplied this by one
 u million, have increased our