The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-07
ANEATLE55 AND NHEATLES5 DAYS !:
MUST CONTINUE # We WIN WAR
II g Poop ADMINISTRATION HooV.
ER APPEALS TO AMERICAN
PATRIOTISM.
Declares That Report Sont Out Prom
Chicago Is Pro ogie-
bay In Loynl Talk.

United States Food &dmnistrato:
Herbert Hoover in a telegram to Col.
Earl w. OgIcbay. West Virginia 1000
administrator, received yesterday. PIT
Grimm in the. statement purportinS TO
come from Chicago and published in
papers throughout the country In which
the meatless and whrat>css days were
declared IT. be unnecessary.
Mr.. Hoover tells why such days should
he observed from a patriotic standpoint
and that If the American people do not
make such loyal sacrifices TO feed the
soldiers who are hghting our fight Tor
democracy that We with our allies Will
10 down in defeat.
The telegraphic statement or mr.
Hoover's is followed by statement ~
Col. Oglebny ringing with PATRIOTISM anu
In which he declares that those VINO
issued the statement that meatless anu
vheatlcss days were not necessary arc
doing as much harm. or more 'thah
avowed German sympathlzers.
The statements from food admlnls-ra-
tors follows
Washington. D. G.. Dec. 6.
| Food Administrator Oslebay, Wheel
ing. W. Va
Statements appearing IN Chicago
press and widely circulated cmanating
from parties interested In exploiting sale
! ~ meat protesting against wh"atlehs ana
meatless days IS unnecessary sacrinces
by American public are either malicious
or cmanate from personal Interest OBJ
! viously. endcavoring TO raise price OF
r,ra, The results from meat!eSs days
have for first tim" created suf1ictent
visible supply. Gf meat TO allow us 10
partially comply with the quantities re-
uuested by The Allies for shipments
; during the month W December. mis-
GhnuId be y matter of satisfaction tc
entire American poop" that their defo-
ton in this matter row enables VI" 10
resume our duties tn the Allies in TINS
respect and our cndravorS shohid IN NJ
instance he relaxed.
Expectation OF Wheat.
"As To wheat We have already eH-
nortcd the whole of the surplus Of me
1917 harvest over and above the nor
NAL demands of our own population until
the 1918 harvest. II is necessary for
the Food Administration Ia restrict the
EXPORT Of wheat so as 10 retain In nc
United States sufficient supplies to
carry our own people until the next
harvest. therefore all exports Of wheat
from pow forward are limited entirely
Ia volume uf saving made by the AmcTl-
can people in their consumption or
wheat and wheat products. We are con-
tirIuins wheat shipment for Decenbe:
~ far a. our situation allows but even
with all tn" conservation made we are
still unable 10 load over four hundred
thousand tons OF foodStuffs urgently re-
CURED by the allies during the month
Of December.
Unpatiotic Utterances. -
1t,or -
given out for personal interests alone
are In little accord with the spirit being
shown by millions OF homes in the
United States i'm an "ndeavor 10 aid IN"
Food Administration In ITS task of feed
Ing our own soldiers abroad as we'll as
our allies and stabilizinG prices TO OR
own people. No more foolish or "a
triotic utIerance has been made than the
statement referred To. In the critical
situation Of the worlds food today OF
position to tho governments cons"TE2-
ton measures is nm action comparable
10 opposition to tn" draft. because any
failure in saving food means direct And
Immediate loss OF life aside from serious
intrrrrrcnce= with out war service i'll the
flooding Of our Hlltcs. You can give puL-
licity Ia N" ahore.-tloornr.
Col. oF1ebay's Talks.
In cnnnnctinn with the above Col. p.
w. OElahay said: Several PEOPLE called
my attention to the stat dement's ip We'd
ncSday's papers. and il wns freely stated
TINT they were on a par Of pro-Gcrman OF
paci1Si propaganda. They may have
been. but ! do not believe it. ! think they
originated from :he very source which
NJ Hoover indicate crowd Of unscru7-
ulnus mon who are Interested in. exploit
ing tho sale nf meat. II is true that they
do Just as mach harm as If they were
sent ont by av"w"d sympathiz2rs-- po5-
sibly great d"ai more.
Will Be Boomerang. .
"Eow"v"r. il has hr"u my experience
that actions such rs this usually prove a