Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-07-06
ton that the worlds good demands

ton that the worlds good demands
production of. not waste of. food.
Let the American newspapers %
very serious, very accurate, very frank
in their statements of the situation.
Here some of the newspapers made the
serious mistake at one time OF trying
their readers. That tendency Is the
curse Of British journalism.
Even today certain journals deal
with the food problem as II It were a
party question, praising even incompe-
tence in food affairs If the incompetent
is a member of the party which they
espouse. 1t is the be hoped that in the
United States there will be no divergent
voices with regard to food regulation
from h very start.
Foodstuff Control May Win War.
The right sort of control of food
stuffs Is as important to the winning of
the war as the right sort of control of
ammunition supplies. Food stuffs will
win the war for the allies. There are
many things to indicate exactly that.
Those who early in the struggle pre-
dicted a war of starvation were not SO
far wrong.
England cannot be starved, but she
might have been starved If h had not
been fully aroused to the actual situa-
ton. She might have been starved if
she had not organized and had 1t not
been for the curious fact that while
Englishmen are the most individualistic
OF human beings they are at the same
time the most adaptable.
Having decided to win the wal at
any cost the individual Englishman and
Englishwoman will make any sacrifice
which this archievemnt may require.
1t has become a sporting matter with
u people. To a remarkable extent
everything SINNERS down to that. Play
ing the game is what has won for us
on the battle line and playing the game
Will win for us in this matter of the
food supply.
In genarel. Englishmen have learned
that each must be a part of the ma
chine and work in harmony with all the
other parts if the nation is to be victo-
rlous, and So all will do exactly that.
They won't admit that they are do
and protest, and that will continue to
TOOL Germany as the British psychology
always has fooled her; but really each
man n woman will do his part or hers
and never stop doing it till the neces-
sity is over. We told the Germans at
the beginning of the war that we would
WIN n 1t took US 10 years; we might
-'0 S0A SAA2 VIC WOulO VIII i
took us 20 years. 1t would have been
quite true.
After careful newspaper explana-
tlons to the people 1 should think your
plan must certainly include. as I have
suggested. government control of all
at the source Control from
source to distribution point is neces-
sary. n I should think this might be
managed rather easily for you through
your interstate commerce act.
o course we hope that in YOUR
campaign of education as to the stuffs
OF which your public should make
sparlng use the needs Of the allies will
De axe into = careful consideration.
mere IN Great Britain we want wheat
and oats Italy wants maize, France
wants all three. Russia has plenty Of
1000; her only problem being that Of
.s.rloulio I recently visited Russia
food but unable to get It from its places
OF storage to the points where it ia
needed. There had been a few riots not
serious. and the problem was on the
way 70 a solution. but admittedly was
difficult. was
o.s Must Give seotehman His Oatmeal.
I should explain that when I said we
needed l meant that we need oats
Tor 1000 Tor human beings. not for an
imals. Ten million people in the
United Kingdom could live upon oats.
Inc scotch are enormous a consum-
ers. Wv
The problem of food is becoming
to the north Of us than With US. Eng.
n thought that even as her sailors
would GO to sea as usual whether or
not German submarines threatened
tneM' the sailors of these neutral coun-
tries would do likewise. We were
wrong IN thinking this. And one can
nardiy blame their sailors and ship
owners.
You will need to go far beyond the
newspapers In making all these things
known. We have used not only the
newspapers but the churches. and you
may find that a good plan. Now we
are arranging for days during which
q proclamation by the king is to be
read ana sermon preached in every
church n chapel In the United King
aom. empire day. May "a, was marked
oy many efforts to make the situation
absolutely clear to every one. Not
muc now remains to be desired In the
way OF public information. You might
use your Fourth OF July for a similar
purpose. Nothing could be more pa.
triotic."
The teachers in the schools have
bsxun to give each morning a little
lecture prepared In advance Illustrated
with an object lesson. Using 4 slice
Of bread. for instance, they viii show
what the saving Of q slice Of bread q
day by every citizen would mean to
the nation. what IL would represent In
tons and the lives Of soldiers, for ex-
ample.
The great Industrial establishments
are being used for the dissemination
Of more or less similar Information.
One Of tho many ingenious means em-
ployed H. the placing Of q short, crisp