The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-01
HOPE FOR FUTURE.
SAYS AMERICA WILL WIN WAR
BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR RE.
SOURCES AND ORGAN.
IZATION.
Hoover Says Elimination of Waste
Throughout Country Has Been
Most Gratifying.

washington. July 2S.-America will
win the war, Herbert Hoover declared
in statement tonight. because of it's
superior resources and through the
ability Of the American people to or
ganize. The success, already evident,
of the nations voluntary food con-
servation effort, Mr.. Hoover said,
points to a final victory.
Germany accomplished less in this
direction in twelve months" said Mr.
Hoover, than our people have in
four. The only need of legislation
and authority is to curb those who
would profit by this voluntary move
ment"
More than two million women, Mr.
Hoover announced. have enrolled as
members of the food administration
and pledged themselves to follow it's
directions as to saving food within
the household. Within sixty days, he
said. many more millions will have
become members.
mo one can rightly be gloomy
over the outcome for the American
people in this war;" said Mr.. Hoover
Success in this war is a question of
resources, and the will and ability of
the people to organize themselves to
use them rightly and to endure. Many
thinking Americans, and the whole
world have been watching anxiously
the last four months in the fear that
democratic America could not or
ganize to meet autocratic Germany.
Germany has been confident it could
fnot be done.
Contrary proof is Immediately at
our door, and our people have already
demonstrated their ability to mobilize,
organize, endure and prepare volun-
tarily and efficiently.
I'VE entered the war four months
ago and 1t was announced by the pres.
ident that one of the great problems
OF the war would be food; that we
must prepare to increase and to save
our foodstuffs for year in advance,
not only for ourselves, but for our al
lies as well.
There has been no consequential
national or local legislation, yet the
greatest spontaneous volunteer effort
Fever made in history has not only pro-
Ivided us with large stock of food.
f'as q result OF patriotic planting in;
every quarter, but waste is being elm
mated out of every crack and Granny
OF our homes and Of our industries.
| Our present prospects indicate an
increase in production of cereals by
85O.O00,000 bushels, and although our
farmers planted an increase acreage
OF wheat, the weather has not re-
sponded for this product. Literally
millions Of new gardens have been
planted. We have the largest supply
OF vegetables ever in our history.
THE wolf 10 at the door of Europe
and with all the surpluses. our stock
of foodstuffs would still have been too
little for the demand upon us during
the coming year if our people had not
responded to the call for wise use and
economy. The response not only in
planting, but also in conservation has
been of such spontaneous, magnif-
cent order as to instill complete con-
fdence In our people to prepare and
preserve.
4 American Gamers will this wear
produce about 1.7OO,OOO.OO cans Of
fruits and vegetables. Our govern-
mcnt and the allies will require about
2O0.O0O,O00 of these cans. The returns
We have from various State organiza-
tions indicate from the results OBJ
tanned from the first half OF the sea-
son that American women will pre-
serve 20O,0O0.00O Jars and cans this
year of fruits and vegetables and thus
will supply any deficiency called for
by the armies.
1.-THE elimination of waste in tho
country has been most gratifying. The
best index of this saving is in garb-
age ravenes from our large cities. We
have the returns from the month of
June from cities of q total population
OF 100000 showing q reduction Of
their garbage by so per cent. under
the month Of June last year.
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Now that we make a borad of sur
vey of the country after four months,
we find every State spontaneously
creating definite and active food or
ganization presided over by capable
, and devoted men and women. We
find well-considered and wcll-defin-
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