The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-11
HOOVER OUTLINES
HIS PROGRAM
New Food Administrator Tells What He
Hopes to Accomplish Under
the Recently Made
Law


announcement Of the appointment o
Herbert C. Hoover as food administra
tor was made at the White House lat,
yesterday, and Mr.. Hoover issued state
ment setting forth the aims OF the fooc
administration. Mr.. Hoover's statement
is as follows:
"The hopes of the food administra'
tion are three-fold. First, to SO guide
the trade in the fundamental food com.
munities as to eliminate vicious specula.
| tion, extortion and wssteful practices and
to stabilize prices in the essential sta.
Piles. Second, TO guard our exports SO
that against the worlds shortage, we
retain sufficient supplies for our own peo-
pie and to cooperate with the allies
to prevent imitation of prices and third,
that we stimulate in every manner with
in our power the saving of our food in or
der that we may increase exports to our
allies TO point which will enable them
to properly provision their armies and
to feed their peoples during the coming
winter.
"The food administration is called into
being to stabilize and not to disturb con-
ditions and to defend honest enterprises
against illegitimate competition. 1t has
been devised to correct the abnormal
tiles and abuses that have crept into
trade by reason of the world disturb
ances and to restore business as far as
may be to a reasonable basis.
"The business men of this country,
am convinced, as a result of many hun
dreds of conferences with representatives
of the great forces of food supply, realize
their own patriotic obligations and the
solemnity of the situation, and will fair
ly and generously cooperate in meet
ing the national emergency. ! do not
believe that drastic force needs TO be ap.
piled to maintain economic distribution
and sane use of supplies by the great
majority o. American people, and | have
learned deep and abiding faith in the |
of the average American
business man whose aid we anticipate |
and depend on to remedy the evils de-
veloped by the war which he admits and |
1eplores as deeply as ourselves. But If |
there be those who expect TO exploit this
hour of sacrifice, if there are men or or
CARNATIONS scheming to increase the
,rials of this country, we shall not hesi-
ate to apply to the full the drastic,
,oercive powers that Congress has con.
erred upon us in this instrument.
"In enforcing the measures of the act
t is not intention to proceed with
lost OF punitive measures but rather by
coordination with the various trades to
fleet such constructive regulations as
vill render gambling, extortion and other
tasteful practices impossible and will
tabilze prices. Indulgence in profteer.
ng in this hour of national danger is far I
rom the wish or the will of the vast
majority of our business people and | am
onvinced that while we must have ready
\ reserve the corrective powers given us,
re shall by these powers free the great
majority from necessity to compete with
perators whose sole effort is to initiate !
rices and bring into disrepute the ma !,
ority of honest traders. We propose !,
D proceed as rapidly as possible with !,
obstructive regulation in various COM
lodities and to announce each program
5 quickly as it is properly formulated =
Te hope within the next few days to an
ounce the method of wheat and -four :
,ntrol.
"The deep obligation is upon us to feed :,
lie armies and the peoples associated :
ith us in this struggle The diversion .
100000 of their men to war or war
ork the additional millions of women :,
'afted to the places of their husbands :,
I'd brothers; the toll of the submarine,
I'VE all conspired to so reduce produe- :,
on that their harvests this autumn will !,
II 500,000000 bushels of grain below =
cir normal production. Our western
lropean allies are forced to a large de- y
ee upon our markets, not only as the :,
arrest but as the only capable of re- =
wing their bitter necessities.
Therefore, whereas, we exported be- :"
re the war but s0,OOO,000 bushels of
neat per annum, this year, by one :,
cans or another, we must find for them y, :,
) 100000 bushels, and this in the face -
a short crop. Our best will but partly !.
set their needs, for even then they :.
Ist reduce their bread consumption 25 =
r cent, and it will be war bread they =
lst eat-war bread, of which large ~
rtion is other cereals. :,
Already the greater call for meat and ~ =,
imal products, due to the stress of war :.
the millions of men on the fighting -
e and the enhanced physical labor of ~
pulations ordinarily subsisting on -
hter diets, coupled with the inadequate -
rid supply, have compelled our allies -,
kill upwards of $4,000 900 head of ~
,ir stock animals This is burning the y
idle at both ends, for they are thus ~ -
fling their annual production. There =
e, not only must we increase their se
'plies of meat and dairy products, but "a
Ist prepare as war goes on TO meet an ei'
n greater demand for these necessary ss
nmodities. ="
France and Italy formerly produced no
.ir own sugar while England and Ire !e
d imported largely from Germany. p
ey all must come to the West Indies IN
very large supplies and therefore de- s%el %
te our own resources. eh
Because Of the shortage of shipping an
y the most concentrated Of foods.