Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-03

| istration which knows what the potato
supply Is in each place. and has power
to regulate shipment. will easily pre-
vent these market gluts
Hcauintcd Through AEencie.
In Germany II has been found nos
sihlc I" regulate the distribution ~
foods except In so far as the consumer.
goes direct to the producer THAT &c
food which goes over railroads 10
handled by commission men, whole
salers and retailers. is easily reru
lated through these agencies. THAT
does not mean that their business ts
seriously injured; they are allowed To
exercise their Legitimate economic
functions in tho distribution OF foods,
but their opportunities for speculation
are reduced to minimum 1t has
ncch round impossible. however. to
prevent the farmer from doing what
he pleascs with wha. he produces
The result is that the only classcx
which have had more than the war
ration TO eat in Germany have been
the farmers who raised food and the
rich people who bought il from the
farmers For example, German farm.
crs instead of selling their barley.
ana so putting IL into tho usual chan
nelS or trade ~ the fixed price. have
often fed II to their geese. Geese I'm
Germany bring as much M $50 apiecn
and are sold by tho farmers dirhr,lv
TO those who can afford 10 pay for
them.
Regulation OF the consumption o,
rood means til" reduction IT the diet
TO inc physiological norm, and the
elimination of waste. In most Of tho
belliscrcnt countries. rationins has
bc"n adopted, so tina, il is against the
law FOR any ono to cat more than he
needs TO keep him alive This coun-
try is nowhere near tho condition tina,
makes rationinR necessary but the
general purpose Of The educational
campaign which VIII be directed 10
housewives By tho food administrator
IS the sam" as that Of rationing Thus
Mr. Hoover breaches the gospel OF
the clean plate and the individual SER
vice Of the same" which means that
each one must bc given only as much
as ne w'll eat TO the last morycl and
thht n" NOR" must be put before him
as temptation. The hcapcd up fam
ny platter and the steaming vcgctahl.
d'Sh from which each one may take
as much AS he plcases must from, now
on ne considered unpatriotic. tor tho
sight Of food tempts 10 gluttony.
Educational Method. Needed.
This sttn,inE OF the dict Will prob-
ably be difficult thing to accom-
p!ish b. educational methods. but the.
iood administration may do great
work by It's campaign TO teach house
wives what foods to use AZ certain sea-
sons and how to prepare them. for
American women are both quick and
ANXIOUS to learn. 1t is doubtful
whether any on" in this country is
eating any less than he WAS before
IN" declaration Of war. unless he haa
10. hut already Tho results OF The cam
nGign FOR the use Of more rornmcal
iS getting results The trade has got
ten behind IL with display advertise
ments OF special brands of cornmcal
ana advertising never fails OF its e.
feet in this country.
In Xix" manner, the study Of food
values ~ rapidly becoming a lad
Just Few years ago the calorv was
an absolute strange" TO all but men
cf science. and now IT'S magical nam.
is heard in every household whtl.
some diners carefully compute the
calcriie value Of every dish before
they cat II. Nearly every one has be-
come aware, too, that neriFhable vcge-
tables should be largely eaten in sum
ncr. 40 that those staples which VIII
keep may be cheap and abundant in
the winter. This educational cam
paisn. like many another movement
started by the war. viii have lasting
and valuable effects II we can con-
Guer old h. Z. Of l. incidentally. willis
engaged upon this Job OF making The
world SAT" for democracy. It vii! be
n barren effort