Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-11-30
NO EXpORTABLE
e. WHEAT IN U. S.
America, in Keeping Allies in Fight.
ing Efficiency, Must Do II
Out Of Conservation
GREAT DUTY RESTS ON PUBLIC
Food Administrator Hartness Says
Every Ounce Of Wheat Saved 10
an Ounce Released to Allies

'uIhont, Just returned from Wash
ington whore he attended conference
between Federal Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover and the food admin
is'rators OF the several states, de-
clared today that the country Ia far
from being awakened to the serious
ness OF the food situation In the AL
lied world and consequently Is not in
a position to realize the responsible
ty that is placed upon every lndlvld-
ual 10 help in solving the great prob
lem OF keeping our lighting allies sup.
Filed with food
The problem OF feeding the Allies
Is more serious than the food admin
istration thought last summer Il
would become" Mr., Hartner said.
The continuance OF the war, from
tho Allied side. depends on the daily
and monthly arrival over there OF
given ships which leave our shores
laden with the food supplies for
which there Is such an imperative de-
mand II our allies are to maintain
their nghting eflCiency.
The general food situation Ia made
doubly complex by the shortage OF
ships. and It is not too much to say
that II defeat comes to the Allies 1t
VIII be because the problem OF food
and ships was not solved The great
handicap imposed by the shipping
shortage Is shown by the fact that
while there II not left In the United
States a single exportable bushel OF
wheat Cthat Is. not bushel now re-
mains over our normal requlrements),
the Australian crop OF 1915 has only
half been moved, the 1916 export crop
has not been touched at ALL and now
Australia is coming in with It's 1917
yield, none OF which can not yet be
tapped because We can not detach
ships for such long voyage.
The Argentine has big wheat
crop, but carrying that to Europe au-
tomatically lessons the tonnage as a
consequence Of lengthening the voy-
age, and, moreover. Argentine wheat
can not become a factor before the
middle Of January. This means that
supplying the Allies with wheat be-
comes purely question of conserva-
ton The United States and Canada
must carry the load until the middle
"A Nd Ut
must do II out of conservation en-
'irely This means than when an in
dvidual refraIns from eating piece
Of bread or any other food contain
ing wheat he Is releasing just so
much for war purposes.
"The individual may be certain that
this means exactly what it says:
every ounce of wheat saved is an
ounce more for our fighting allies
To this narrow margin has the worlds
available wheat supply come. This
situation places a great responsibility
on the individual American Can there
be normal consumption Of wheat
foods when 1t is realized that the
fighting nations stand in such need
Of that commodity? Shall insist up
on bread and cake and pie when |
know that by so doing am depriving
a fighting agency OF imperatively
needed food?' That Is the question
the American people must ask them
selves continually now.
"Our Allies are not asking us for
anything they do not actually need,
and We must remember that they are
asking It with a right and an in
Sistence that must be needed. Amer1
ca must follow in the same path. Con-
servation is now on voluntary basis,
but how long 1t can remain there de-
ponds upon the extent Of the volun-
tary saving and whether the general
situation improves or becomes worse.
But the American people should real
ize that they have come to the part
ing of the ways Waste and unneces
sary consumption OF certain foods
must come to an end either volun-
tarly or by some measure Of repres-
sion
ITO obtain a picture of what a food
shortage means, let 1t be said that the
recent Russian revolution was moth
ing but a monster food riot, which
will be followed II others because
the transport situation is such in that
unhappy country that supplies can not
be distributed There will be more
Offering and revolt in the centers OF
population the coming winter In Italy
the food situation brought about riots
and weakened the morale Of the army,
because men at the front lose their
war enthusiasm when they learn that
dear ones at home are going hungry.
81 hope the sixtyhve thousand odd
patriotic Vermont families who signed
he food conservation pledge card will
realize that their call to the colors
has been sounded and that they will
their efforts along lines Of
ubstitutOn and conservation suggest
d in the kitchen card also hope
hat those who did not sign the card
or any reason will reconsider their
lction in view Of the increased seri-
BUSINESS of the situation There Is a
iefnite war service of unmeasurable