Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-24

reduction to simple living save much.
The final result of substituting other
products and saving one pound of
wheat flour, two ounces of fats, seven
ounces OF sugar and seven ounces of
meat weekly, by each person, will,
when we have multiplied this by one
hundred million, have increased our
exports to the amounts absolutely re-
qulred by our allies. This means no |
more than that we should eat plenty, |
but eat wisely and without waste.
Food conservation has other aspects
OF utmost Importance. Wars must be
paid for by savings. We must save !
IN the consumption in commodities and |
the consumption of unproductive Ia
Dor in order that we may divert our
manhood to the army and to the shops.
Ii by the reduction in consumption of
labor and the commodities that it pro-
duces and the diversion of this saving
to that labor and those commodities
demanded by the war, we shall be able
to fight to eternity. We can mortgage
our future savings for a little while,
but pi1ing up of mortgages is but
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
of life, and the increase of it's indus
trial capacity. When the war is over
the consuming power of the world will
be reduced by the loss of prosperity
and man power and we shall enter a
period of competition without parallel
in ferocity. After the war, we must
maintain our foreign markets if our
working people are to be employed.
We shall be in no position to compete
If we continue to live on the same
basis Of waste and extravaganza Oh
which we have lived hitherto. Simple
temperate living is a moral7issue of the
| first order at any time, and any other
basis of conduct during the war be-
comes a wrong against the interest of
| the 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 thundered twice as loudly dur
Ing the coming year even had we not
entered the war, and it can now only
be mitigated if we can exert a strong
control and this in many directions.
We are today in an era of high
prices. We must maintain prices at
such level as will stimulate produc-
ton, for. we are faced by a starving
world and the value of commodity to
the hungry is greater than it's price.
AS a result of the world shortage of
supplies, our consumers have suffered
from speculation and extortion. While
wages for some kinds of labor have
increased with the rise in food prices
in others, it has been difficult to main
tain our high standard of nutrition.
By the elimination of waste in all
classes, by the reduction in the con
sumption of foodstuffs by the more for
tunate, we shall increase our supplies
|
by increased supplies we can help il
the amelioration of prices.
For Better Distribution.
Beyond this the duty has been lai(
upon the food administration to coop
crate with the patriotic men in trades
and commerce, that we may eliminate
the evils which have grown into oul
system of distribution, that the bur
den may fall equitably upon all by res
torat ton, so far as may be, of the nor
, NAL course of trade. 1t is the purpos
of the food administration to use it
utmost power and the utmost abilit
that patriotism can assemble to ameli
crate this situation to such degree a
may be possible.
The food administration is Assem-
bling the best expert advice in tn
country. on home economics, on foo
9 utilization, on trade practices an
trade wastes, and on the conduct G
public eating places, and we shall ou
line from time to time detailed sugges
. tions, which if honestly carried out b
;. such individuals in the country, we bt
. lieve will effect the result which W
:, must attain. We are asking ever
home, every public eating place an
many trades, to sign a pledge car
to accept these directions, SO far q
= their circumstances permit, and we al
. organizing various instrumentalities
ameliorate speculation. eve are asl
. ing the men of the country who al
- - not actually engaged in the handlir
= of food to sign similar pledges tn,
they shall see to it, so far as they al
Z able, that these directions are followe
D. We are asking all who wish US we
and who und rtake our service to b
e come actual members of the food a
ministration, just as much vofuntee
y in national service as we ourselves ar
- so that thus the food administratiC
may not be composed of a small boo
of men in Washington and a sma
II representation in each state, but ms
become a body of 100000 peopl
- devoted absolutely to the services
~ democracy. We hope to see the /
y =, sigma of membership in every patl
otic window in the country.
u Autocracy finds it's strength in i
ability to impose organization I
~ force from the top. The essence
democracy consists in the applicati'
of the initiative in its own people.
n individualism cannot be so organic
III as to defend itself, then democracy is
II faith which cannot stand. We a
T. seeking to impose no organization fro
Of the top. We are asking the Americi
n people to organize from the bottom u
~ and this is the essence of democra
le itself.
3 The call of patriotism, of humani
Id and of duty rings clear and insistel
" We must heed it if we are to defer
ly our ideals, maintain our form of Ct
e ernment, and safeguard our future w
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lie served his king and country as fait
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