The Harrison times., 1917-07-07
DR.. CUMMINGS ON
FOOD CONSERVATION
Able Harrison Pastor Discusses
National Question in His
Sermon Sunday Morning

pastors to discuss American food, con-
servation last Sunday, the Rev. F. NJ.
Cummings, pastor of the Christian
church Of Harrison, spoke on this sub
ject at the Sunday morning service,
taking for his text John 6:l2 and said
in part:
"NO American citizen may properly
assume the attitude of bystander in
this war as some are reported as do
ing, saying, This is the governments
war, let the government fight it out.
We all have the obligation of citizen
ship resting upon us and binding us
together so that the act of our repre-
sentatyes in office becomes the act OF
the people unless repudiated by the
majority of them and lawfully shown
to be so repudiated
The government is our govern
ment and even though an individual
citizen may judge in his own mind
that the government may have acted
unwisely in certain respects Yet he
may not therefore separate himself
from the unity and duty of citizenship
without putting himself in an atti-
tude of dsloyalty to the common,
wealth.
I'VE are in this war by the act Of
our government which is sustained by
a majority of the American people,
and whatever may be our private
thoughts about the matter, our public
duty is to join heartily together to
bring the affair to successful issue
for ourselves and for our allies.
AS a part Of this campaign the
production of abundance of food and
feed and the conservation of the same
from all unnecessary waste is of great
importance.
"The necessity for the American
people putting forth their efforts in
this matter to the utmost Of their
skill and physical ability arises from
the fact that the countries of Europe
involved in the war have become un-
able to produce enough for their own
maintenance at high efficiency and
of that which may be procured abroad
by them great quantities are sent to
the bottom of the ocean and lost for
ever as food for man.
1--WE Americans must not only pro
duce enough to feed ourselves but
also to have a large surplus to furnish
the needy of the world with food de-
spite the quantities destroyed in the
war.
"The total amount of food thus avail
able for the preservation of human ife
may be increased to a considerable eX-
tent by eliminating all unnecessary
waste Of food material and eXtraya-
gance in the use of materials.
eve are informed by Mr.. Hoover
that the waste in food amounts at
least to fifty dollars year for every
family in America. The waste of a
single ounce of food each day in
every home means a yearly waste of
nearly 500 million pounds Of food. The
waste Of single slice of bread each
day in every home means the daily
waste Of million loayes Of bread.
"The thousand million dollars of
oneedless waste which thus takes place
va early in the households of America
NJ an and should be stopped.
D, Mr. Hoover continues, The women
&c spf America have never failed to ans
~ h,er such a call as comes to them now
,rs he saving of food is within their
+h sphere. Without food conservation
! we cannot win the war. The woman
who conserves the food supply of
America and her allies renders a high
service to her country and to all hu
manity as well In very truth, the out
come Of the world war is in the hands
of the women no less than in the
hands ~ tha ,,a,
DR.. Cummings took advantage OF
the opportunity to denounCe the food
hog, t. e., the speculator in foods
who has so manipulated the market in
his own interest that a hardship is
imposed on the consumer and thus
producing condition of which Mr.
Hoover says in his letter to the pas
tors, "The present excessive cost OF
food is not justified" There is nc
corresponding shortage Of supply il
America
The pastor also spoke in no light
terms Of the waste of food and fue
in the production Of alsoholic beyer
ages concerning which the Hon. Dayic
l., Houston, secretary of agriculture
testifying before the House Agricul
tural Committee April 90, 1917 said
"Oyer SlO11OO,OOO worth of malt hops
rice corn glucose and other materi
ais are used in making fermented Ii