Iditarod pioneer., 1917-08-18
WORLD WAR WILL BE WON
 BY LAST BUSHEL OF WHEAT

Herbert C. Hoover, the national food controller, ha, issued the following state ment which is made public in the Ottlclal Bulletin:
 The weapons in this war are fighting men, munitions, food. ships and finance. If we are to defend liberty in this year 1917 all these must be upon such scale as will demand the energies of our people. In previous wars small proportion of the community went to fight, another small DOT ton was devoted to their support, but the great bulk of the nation did "business as usual"
 Autocracv has been for years organizing its resources to the end that they have placed one out of seven of its population on the fighting line and have so mobilyZed the civil population aS to afford them com plete support They have suppressed pro ducton of every luxury and reduced even every necessity. Their arrogant confidence that they will become masters of the world is based upon their belief that the materialism. the selhShness and the jealousy of individual interests in democracy make it impossible for 1t to organize such a strength. They do not deny the bravery of the men of democracy in battle. but they comfort themselves in the belief that We have not the self-Sacrifce at home for their support.
 Our problem is not alone to mobilize our civilian population for the support of our fighting men, but we also have the respon- sibility of the support Cf the fighting men of our allies. And food is not the least of their necessities. One of the great Euro pean statesmen has said: The war will not be won by the last 800 900 fighting men, but will be won by the last 50000O bushels of wheat" It is within our ability to give this last 500,O00 bushels, but only if we or ganize to produce, organize to save and organize to supply all,
 We must feed our allies that their people may remain constant in the war. Liberty cannot be maint aimed upon the empty stom achS of the women and children. Through the drain of war our allies have steadily decreased in food production and other agencies also curtailed their supplies. Out of our abundance by eliminating waste and extravaganza, it is in our power, and in our power alone to hold the wolf from the door of the world Our obligation is greater than war itself humanity demands it of us
 We must save in all food We must eat plenty, but wisely and without waste If we save in our consumption and our waste We can increase our surplus to export if We substitute other commodities for those we can export We can further increase our surplus
 Furthermore, by our economics we can
 Il .la war We can increase our ability to sub scribe to liberty loans If we can save food we can lower the price of living to our owE people and relieve the strain and dis tress under which they labor today. We can only do this by organization so that there shall be no proftlng from our econ omy, that all bear the burden equally,
 The food administration is volunteer organization 10 be endowed with powers by the government This volunteer organiza- ton is not to be limited to few executives in Washington. We are solicitous, nay anx- ious, to secure as actual members of this volunteer effort every man and every woman, every boy and girl in these United States who will undertake the task with us There is no dictatorship in volunteer effort It is by voluntary mobilization that we can answer autocracy with democracy. It is as great in efficiency and greater in spirit.