Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-25
SHACKLETON ADVISES
FOOD CONTROL IN U. s.
Antarctic Hero Says Step Should
Be Taken as Soon as
Possible
PROPOSES NAVAL PATROL
America Can Best Serve Allies by
Keeping Lanes Open for
p Transports

Sir Ernest Shackleton, explorer who
came nearest the South Pole when he bat
fled to within hundred miles of It and
discoverer of the south magnetic pole de-
clared today that Govor"'~a~t
food supply was, I'm his opinion, a necessary
step for the United States.
"The food question is of great impor-
tance" said the hero of the Antarctic, and
the Government should take over food dis
trbution as soon as possible If speculating
Is discovered, the step should be imme-
date"
Sir Ernest drew on his own experience
for an example Of the rising cost of food
''Think of it," he said 81 had to pay a
shilling for two potatoes on the dining car
of the train"
The man who trekked through the vast
ice-ocked South Polar regions doesn't look
II, Except for the fact that his eye is
keener and deeper shade of blue. he looks
not unlike the British type usually pic
tured as masters of the sea. But, in the
first place. he looks as though he has a lot
of energy he's never used. In the second
place, he's not English. but Irish.
TIfE EMMA's LOG BOOK
This came out when Sir Ernest brought
from r battered suitcase that has rested
in every corner of the Seven Seas the log
book of the Emma, and 1t also exposed the
fact that German trouble in South America
isn't so terribly serious.
The two subjects were in no way ap-
parently related but it was when he was
lingering the pencied logbook of the Emma
that Sir Ernest who journeyed through
South America on his way home from ice
and cold, told of the feeling down there.
an the south of Chilli" he said. there
are German colonies and there are also some
In Brazil. But the British and Chiian
flags were displayed together when | lec-
Ga t;ov ND tIah ha H.
Marseillaise,' It's a Long Way to Upper
ary' and other similar songs The German
papers came out next morning and said .
who is this Shacketon person? Why, he s
nothing but dead child The sentiment in
favor of the Allies ives unmistakabe, as it
was in Argentina and other places where
stopped
FUTURE TROUBLES
Sir Ernest said Americas entrance into
the war would cement friendship and pro-
vide for future difficulties, which, he said.
"were not far away unless there is an
extraordinary incubation against war"
When asked specifically what he thought
the trouble would be, he replied, "A man
may read while he runs"
The greatest aid the United States navy
can give, he said, is by patrolling the seas
to keep lanes clear through which transport
ships may pass, taking to the Allies the
previously necessary foodstuffs and sup
plies.
Sir Ernests thought selective con-
scription, which he believes to be necessary.
is set forth in another column of the
EVENING LEDGER, with his message to the
American people, but he gave in regard to
this an illustration to back his point of
placing men in the branches in which they
are most needed. He told the tale Of a
physician who knew more about the cop
per-poisoning of eyes that is prevalent
among men in the thick Of trench warfare,
arising from fire of the big guns. This
physician was on the way to cure this when
he was killed in trench battle. The
moral. Sir Ernest explained, is, put a man
where he is best fitted.