Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-17
HOOVER URGES
.CONSERVATIONOF
OILS AND FATS

The oils and fats department in
England which has been attached TO
the Ministry OF Munitions, has been
taken over by the food controller. &C
cordtng to a statement given out at
the office Of Herbert c. Hoover, the
American food administrator.
Indications are that other depart
ments Of equal importance are soon
TO be coordinated under the food con-
troller, the statement advises. An
official announcement showing the
scope and importance Of the change
10 soon to be issued.
In regard TO the importance Of con.
serVating fats and oils, as previously
pointed out in the on, Paint aud
Drug Reporter, the Hoover organi-
cation has issued a statement which
says:
IN the first place we are the
worlds greatest users land wasters).
Putting II In figures, the per capita
use OF fats in this country every day
IN the year IL three and half to four
ounces. OF soap the per capita con
sumption yearly is 80 pounds. And
soap means fats. Moreover, con-
dition to be reckoned with is the cir.
cumstance that in times Of high in.
dustrial activity, such as the present,
there has always been shown to be
marked increase in soap consump-
ton.
THAT is one cause which drains
the worlds supply Of fats. Another,
less direct, but by no means negIi.
gible in consequence, Is concerned
with munitions. Those require a vast
aroount Of glycerine, and glycerine, in
IS turn, demands fats for its manu-.
facture. To be sure modern science
has recently. perfected synthetic meth
DDS by which glycerine may be made
from sugar, and this may relieve
somewhat the situation as REGARDS to
fats. But 1t cannot overcome the
east tax which the glycerine used in
warfare has laid upon the worlds
supply Of available fats during the
last three years. -. -. .'...4
All fats divide broadly into two
kinds-yegetable ant" animal The
vegetable fats come from the tropics,
from the west coast Of Africa and
from Asia. They cannot be brought |
ont In their usual quantities until |
facilities for import are normal. Final
!y-and here is the. vital point-lm- |
portation facilities cannot possibly be
normal while the world shortage of |
tonnage CONTINUES.
"At this very time. visible supplies |
Of fats are short, and prices for what |
are available are high. Soya OIL is |
needed from Manchuria. To be sure,
indications point to an increase this
autumn in the production OF domestic |
vegetable fats, in the form Of oil from |
cottonseed and soya beans, but this |
WIN by no means counterbalance the
havoc wrought by deranged importa-
lions. 800
All know that the worlds com.
merce, or, more precisely, its ship. Il
ping tonnage, has been sapped by the Il
war. Only the blind or ignorant, Il
therefore, can fail to see that this
fact ID vitality connected with the Il
problem OF supplying this country n
with adequate fats. AS long as there /
II world shortage OF tonnage, Just
90 long VIII there remain the prob. i
lem Of getting fats enough. For that
reason the amount OF soap that is
used, the quantity OF butter that Is
eaten, and above all, the fats that are
carelessiy thrown away, will remain /
the pressing concern Of every indiy.
idual In the country. From on, i
Paint and Drug Reporter.