Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-11-02
WORSE THAN
WASTE OF FOOD
Child Conservation is Urged by
Distinguished Philadelphian
Here in Sunday Address-Dr.
Mcconnell Also Speaks.

The addresses delivered here last
Sunday and Monday by the represen-
tatives of the Food Conservation
committee and the State Board of
Charities and Corrections, DR.. John
P. Mcconnell and DR.. Anderson
Johnson, were highly instructive and
entertaining, as well.
The first addresses were made in
the Christian church Sunday morning
before n large audience.
DR.. Mcconnell, the first speaker,
emphasized the Importance at this
time Of conserving every pound of
food possible in order to be able to
feed our own vast army here, over
seas and help sustain the armies of
our allies. BY next year, said tho
speaker, we may have rs many as 2
million men under arms. Think of the
vast amount of food necessary to feed
this army. And, also, said the speak
er, that the fields of France, many of
them, were devastated. The growing
of crops in France, England and in
Belgium was, in many instances, en-
tirely stopped. If the French and
English armies are not kept in the
field, the victory of the Germans is
certain. If they are kept in the field
VIC hluoD hScp Iliclii IilcTc. ANOlQ the
waste, simply this, and there will be
food sufficient. We must grow great
crops and have great crops to sell.
Money is useless when there is moth
ing to buy. He brought out the fact
frequently stated in this paper, that
there is great waste in serving un-
necessarily large dinners of such a
great variety.
DR.. Mcconnell said that the i'm
preston had been made i'm certain
quarters that the farmers are urged
% pile up great amounts and guam
iities of food, and then the govern
nent will come along and conliscate
t. Such baseless and unfounded
rumor could have been started only
by some enemy of the administra-
zion. The government has not now,
nor has had at any time, any such
idea. Every bushel and pound of
corn and wheat needed by the gov
ernment will be paid for ut n certain
price, which has already been fixed.
A strong appeal was made to the
people to avoid waste.
DIR. Anderson Johnson.
DIR. johnson was introduced as n
man who had devoted his life to the
amelioration of the lives and condi-
dition of the weak and unfortunate.
He said he would speak, too, of the
waste-a greater waste than that of
food, great as this waste is, namely,
the waste sustained by the country
in its afflicted and criminal classes, n
large proportion of which should be
prevented.s He named the hundreds
of thousands of peoples in peniten-
tiarles, aims houses, insane asylums.
the epileptics, idiots and the weak
minded, feeble minded children, the
blind, deaf and dumb, incorrigibles,
etc. proper comprehension of the
subject would lead to the establish
ment of proper schools and the train
ing of these unfortunates not only
could most of these unfortunates be
placed in condition to make a living
for themselves, but if taken early
could be entirely restored to normal
manhood and womanhood. Much is
being done, but only fair beginning
has been made The address, all too
brief, was listened to with the clos
est attention.
At The High School Chapel.
Monday morning the speakers ad-
dressed large audience of school
children and others. The hour was
given mostly to DR.. Johnson, who ex-
planned to the pupils how the un-
fortunate little ones, who were deaf,
dumb or blind, were taught to read
and write and also taught how to
make living. The address held the
closest attention of the entire au-
'dience.