Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28

to think that the necessity docs not
yet confront them and that this talk
about conservation of food supplies is
not as serious as 1t might appear, This
Is the greatest obstacle the government
has to overcome and in such matters
we must not rely on our judgment, but
must follow absolutely the instruc-
tions laid down by the men in charge
OF the food conservation campaign to
the same extent that we would follow
the instructions Of = general and his
subordinate officers in q military cam
paign. If we were a soldier in the ranks.
Mr.. Hoover has all these matters before
him. He knows what we produce: he
knows what we consume, and he, also.
knows what Is required to be sent to
Europe In order that the allies and our
own soldiers may not suffer from lack
of food.
Congressman Addison r. Smith
when he rose to address the meeting.
was enthusiastically applauded Con,
gresham Smith spoke in a general way
on the European war. He stated tina.
the full force of the sacrifice which the
American people are making was never
brought home to him more forcibly
than on last Monday afternoon, when
the last battalion of the Second Idaho
regiment bid farewell to their relatives
and friends. This incident. Mr.. Smith
stated, brought him closer to real war
conditions than anything he had seen
or heard since this nation entered the
great war.
Sugar. we are told by Mr.. Hoover is
one OF the articles of food which we
must scrupulously conserve S. H.
Love, vice president and traffic man
ager Of the Utah Sugar company, be-
ing present, was called upon by Chair
man Barton. In the course of his re-
marks, Mr.. Love stated that the east
ern states are now experiencing
sugar famine. The United States pro-
duces only one-fourth of the sugar
consumed, it being necessary to import
rs per cent of the sugar we use. In
the verious countries from which we
were accustomed to import our sugar.
millions Of pounds are in storage, but
owing to the lack of transportation, 1t
Is impossible to ship it into this coun-
try. According to Mr.. Love, the aver
age per capita consumption of sugar
In France Is about 10 pounds, while
that of the United States is over 80
pounds There will be produced in the
United States this year Is, 000, 900 bags
OF sugar. This sugar Is now being
manufactured and will, OF course, when
put on the market, relieve the situa-
ton very materially while the supply
lasts.
Rev. Willsie Martin, who can always
be depended on to say the right thing
at the right time and in the right place,
when called on, was given an ovation.
His remarks were directed along the
lines Of food conservation and the pur-
chase Of liberty bonds. Mr.. Martin
stated that he could not understand the
attitude some parents Of our soldier
boys have taken whSn requested to
buy liberty bond. Such parents have
remarked that they had given a son to
the government that it ought to be
about their share. Mr. Martin stated
that he could not understand this at
titude OF a parent. 1t had been his ex-
perience and observations that the very
last ones to desert son are the faith
er and mother. This is the attitude
that every father and mother in the
United States who have an enlisted
son should assume. 1t is certainly a
very natural thing for a father or
mother to do, and when the son has
enlisted. 1t should be understood that
he has enlisted the whole family. This
family should see to 1t that their