The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-08-25

WHEAT HouT, TWO ounces OF fats ~-yp
ounces of sugar and seven ounces .
meat weekly, 10y each perSou. will
p when we have multiplied this by or,
hundred million, have increased OH
exports 10 the amounts absolutely r.
CURED 10y our allies. This means n
more than that We should eat plentl
! but eat wisely and without waste.
ROOD conservation has other aspect
OF utmost importance. Wars must h,
PAD FOR by savings. We must say,
III The consumption in commodities anC
The consumption Of unprodu..ive In
Dor IN order that we may divert oul
manhood 10 the army and 10 the Sh0pS
II by the reduction in CONSUMPTION Of
labor and the commodities that il PRO
duces and the diversion of this saving
10 that labor and those cOmmodi,ip.
demanded by the war. we shall be able
To night 10 eternity. We can mortgage
our future savings for a little while
but piling up of mortgages is but a
short step toward bankruptcy. Every
| atom that we save is available for sub.
| scription TO Liberty bonds.
The whole of Europe has been en-
gagged ever since the war began in the
elimination of waste. the simplification
or life, and the increase of its indus
trial capacity. When the war is over
the consuming power of the world will
De reduced by the loss of prosperity
and man power, and we shall enter n
period OF competition without parallel
in ferOcity. After the war. we must
maintain our foreign markets if our
working people are 10 be employed.
We shall be in no position to compete
II we continue to live on the same
basis of waste and extravaganza on
which we have lived hitherto. Simple
temperate living is a moral issue of the
nrst order at any time. and any other
basis of conduct during the war be-
comes wrong against the interest of
lhe country and the interest Of
democracy.
The impact of the food shortage of
Europe has Knocked at every door of
the United States during the past three
years. The prices of foodstuffs have
nearly doubled, and the reverberations
of Europe's increasing shortage would /
have Numbered twice as loudly dur |
ing the coming year even had we not /
entered the war, and il can now only /
be mitigated if we can exert a strong
control and this in many directions.
In,
prices. We must maintain prices at
such level as will stimulate produc-
tOn. for we are faced by starving
world and the value of a commodity TO
he hungry is greater than its price.
AS result of the world shortage of
our consumers have suffered
rom speculation and extortion. While
wages for some kinds of labor have
increased with the rise in food prices,
n others. ii has been difficult to main
ain our high standard of nutrition.
by the elimination of waste in all
lasses, by the reduction in the con-
umption of foOdstuffs by the more for
innate. we shall increase our supplies
ot only for export but for home. and
y increased supplies we can help in ,
he amelioratiOn of prices. ,
For Better Distribution. s
Beyond this the duty has been laid .
pom the food administration to COOP {
rate with the patriotic men in trades :
nd commerce, that we may eliminate ,
lie evils which have grown into our I
vstem of distribution, that the bur-
EN- may fall equitably upon all by res I
'rauon, so far as may be, of the nor 4
al course of trade. 1t is the purpose Q
the food administration to use its h
most power and the utmost ability o
lat patriotism can assemble TO ameli- :
ate this situation to such q degree as n
ay be possible. q
The food administration is assem- n
ing the best expert advice I'm the Il
untry on home economics. on food
ilizatiOn, on trade practices and -
abe wastes, and on the conduct OF .
lblic eating places, and we shall out
lie from time to time detailed sugges- N
ms, which If honestly carried out by
Oh individuals in the country, we be-
We will effect the result which we
lst attain. We are asking every
me. every public eating place and h'
my trades. to sign a pledge card
accept these directions, so far as nj
Fir circumstances permit, and we are al
various instrumentalities to re
lellorate speculation. We are ask fr
the men of the country who are In
actually engaged in the handling da
1000 to sign similac pledges that ev
y shall see to 1T. so far as they are ri
e. that these directions are followed te
are asking all who wish US well
l who undertake our service TO he fin
ne actual members of the food adj an
listration. just as much volunteers wi
national service as we ourselves are
that thus the food administration DIR
Y not be composed of a small body wa
men in Washington and a small Je
resentation In each state, but NAV en-
'ome a body of 100000 people.
'oted absolutely to the services of tin
nocracy. We hope to see the m we
MIA of membership in every patri- sh
window in the country. pli
\utocracy finds its strength in its Sc
lily to impose organization by
ce from the top. The essence Of su
nocracy consists In the application tn