Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-11-15

waiting HoutHs Oh DUR allies ant mpreSSe VI us that this recession or loou
across the sas must continue in increasing volume.
He explained at length just the food supply condition of the United
States at the present time, and at what expense to ourselves we had been
supplying the allies Then again reminding us that the output to the friends
.ave. manner nn' reminded minded IS that at' now . Smn" W people, ~ !, 1' we're out oe mo the r1p ana
that soon there would be more of them And you know, gentlemen" he
are fighting our battle on the forefront, Our duty is to keep them well fed.
He then went on to show exactly the foodstur condition; that the world
supply Of wheat was short; at the same time giving the encouraging state
food status. giving in detail just how W stood on IL bee, pork and poultry,
our allies. He showed, In short, that In order to live up to our food duty
abroad we must eat less wheat and meat at home.
fingers on the table and gazing at every man in that room at once-t seemed
country an a a patriotic 1%s duty duty. You .' must nM realize "t from a., what at I have ~ '1 told you you
today just how your W country and he. allies stand in the matter of actual
ourselves You are going to increase the fish production of this country by
have faith in you as patriotic men and business men, who know your own
business to the minutest point that you will make the great effort, and that
call Of your whole country.
a newspaper man remembers them, and those are the impressions this Won
derful talk left in my mind. He was not demonSrative at III point. He
class OF beginners. He as calmly enthusiastic If you can sense the scope
One or two points morer remain In my memory; not his exact words but
what he was driving at He didn't try to tell is that W 9 were going to
sighting that danger point. He did claim TINT If the advice, the appeals of
better ourselves and allies in Europe, the men, women and children all
would not see the shadow of the gnunt srecter of want in their door yards
He did counsel us to eat less wheat and wheat products, less beef and
D Dess nsDSee even M" 1ar ,Sss by ! II. % ssn. q Increasing ssrps ss Of s' "u "~n ' srm,ss aeross
and to eat in their place more fish, poultry fruit vegetables and all cereals
Oh, the words and thoughts he crowded into that hour! The former
none there "A remember, but the thoughts they conveyed will never be for
gotten by the men who heard him. fe stopped n s suddenly us he began,
smiled winnlngly; bowed and walked toward the rear o" the room and tho
door, and then as though imhued with the sam feeling of respect and con.
fdence for the man who is carrying such a worldwide burden every man
in the room rose to his feet. and as this food Atlas came down through them,
gave him a round Of applause which must have made him feel "well, those
fellows will help me, l know
And then that body Of fishermen got right down t. business tnlked and
planned like alLposscssed how to do the bidding of the man who had jus.
left the room, and after two days Of intensive labor went their ways to their
various homes, each determined that the fish supply of the country should be
increased or he'd know the reason why.
It was one OF those meetings that tells why the Hoover way Is winning
all over the country, why the Hoover idea Is gradually forcing itself on the
public mind as something that MUST be lived up to, why the United States "a
going to keep on feeding herself and her allies, why Stood will win the war"
Every man in that assembage went home "lIooverized' and carried within
his busy brain the slogan SO aply suggested by Mr.. Fowler, "Catch 'em for
Uncle Sam" %%
I would like to quote a few real Hoover paragraphs shot across the table
at us and which to my mind are vital
I'm America there always has been q surplus Of foolstufs, and we have
contributed materially to the support Of other countries. We have never had
to make a particular effort to conserve our food supply Of to avoid hunger
and starvation by thrift We now And ourselves the one great source Of the
surplus food that must reach Europe, II we nre TO win the war. That surplus
will be scanty, particularly this year, because Of the comparative use Of our
supplies and by the most restricted use Of food by our European allies.
Of feeding our allies II the most pressing one that IL Immediately before each
and every individual.
II feel confident that the splendid volunteer spirit Of service Of the
American people will demonstrate itself IN solving our food problem and that
nil American producers, manufacturers. merchants and consumers Will work
together toward a common end. wv %@ 4@
.The available supplies this harvest year are less than last year: the
demand upon y ~ IL greater than last year, and from the last harvest we
exported more than " really could afford. We can only meet the cali upon
n next year by saving and BY substitution Of commodities which cannot bs
transferred" %, 8@+ #s&