The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-02
Food Conservation Is
Plea By Reverend
DR.. Slaughter

i
the First Methodist church, Sunday,
! July 1st,
Proverbs 13:18-2O
If the Wise Man had been giving
a message appropriate to US today he
/ could not have given a more appro-
] pirate message. Perhaps we realize
! the value of instruction as we have
never before, and many OF us are
aware of the sad consequences if we
, disregard instruction in this hour of
national peril We also know the
value of laboring men and the great
rewards of their labors, and begin to
realize the tremendous waste of the
American people, which could and
should be stopped,
Of course any subject as we have
today has to treated tOpically from
a. Scriptural point of view. Much has
been said and written upon the sub
ject of Food Conservation" and
many of you perhaps are better quail
fled to speak on this subject. Nothing
better can be said than the facts
which have been gathered by the De
partment of Agriculture. as these
nave been verified, and published by
the International Reform Bureau.
Greatest Waste.
The greatest waste to the Amer
lean people is that grain and other
food products which is consumed in
the production of alcoholic drinks.
100000 bushels of grain is used
annually in the production of these
drinks In the Brewers Year Book
the claim is set up that the grain
used is equal to the entire crop of
Maine, Connecticut, Delaware, Ne
vada, New Mexico and Wyoming. In
the Congressional Record it is claim
ed that they use the total grain prod
ucts of 100000 farmers.
The total amount spent for these
drinks in the u. S. is $685. 37 $3.50
which is nearly half million more
than the call for Liberty Loan Bonds.
If this money was put into the pur-
chase of these bonds the government
would be better off, and so would the
purchasers. If it was put into other
commodities the people would be bet
ter fed,s-better clothed, and better
housed, and the poverty would be
tremendously decreased.
There are five essentials to carry
ing on of any war, viz: Money, men,
labor, transportation and food, and
everyone of these is seriously Grip
pied because Of the whiskey and beer
business of the u. s. Estimate the
improvement that would come to all
lines of business, if above amount Of
money was put into other things, ex-
cept alcoholic drinks,
Men are made absolutely worthless
for any labor through drink. It takes
labor to run trains. to build railroads,
to produce crops, to build factories,
and run them. manufacture food
products, etc, and a drunken man is
absolutely worthless to do either.
Then if we had national prohibition,
all of the labor that is used to pro
duce the alcoholic beverages could be
put into other and more useful lines
of business.
1t has been carefully estimated
that. if the cars that are used in
shipping these products, the grains
to the breweries, etc. were set free
from this business, there would he
plenty of cars for every other legiti-
mate business.
Threat of Brewers.
The representatives of the great
brewing interests told the democratic
caucus in Washington that if they
did not take their hands off Of their
business, that they would wreck the
war program, would indefinitely pro
long, if not defeat all food legislation.
= That means that they would put our
government at the mercy of the
great beer-p god. Emperor Wilhelm of
Germany. IF the beer and wine bust
ness interferes with your country,
give up your country. The govern
ment interferes with the millions of
men who are called awav from their
business, their homes, thousands of
> marriages, etc, and rightly so, in n
time like this then why can she not
interfere with that business which is
curse to any people, and profit no
one except the brewers and saloon
men. We are willing to go hungry
= to win this war, the mothers are
willing to give their sons to die for
our country but are not willing to
sacrifice them for beer-gods, nor are
we willing to go hungry that the
brewers may add to their nefarious
bank accounts.
Lloyd-George said, that Great
Britain is fighting Germany, Austria
and drink, and the greatest of these
enemies is drink"
No law will the saloon men keep
: They sell to our soldier hoys, and
: willing to wreck and ruin them, even
: at the risk Of our government be-
: ing defeated that they may add to
t their own personal profit. Would to
God that our senators were brave and
true enough to say to these interests
/, "You cannot and shall not put a knife
to the throat Of the American gov.
eminent at this time, and hold Us
{ up"
= The greatest thing to be saved al
: this time is not food. not gold OF
/ silver; but ideals. If there was ever
D a time when the American people
r needed to be true and loyal to Goo
2 and His church, to the Sunday
D Schools, and every institution that
: looks to the best interest of men il
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