Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-14

board bill for his soldiers will be S800,00o
day." Mr.. Pack continued. I'VE are q
have 100000 men under arms shortly, ac-
cording to the best reports These men
doubtless ate more than forty cents worth
daily. which. Uncle Sam figures, Is the cost
per man. But you must remember that
these men have suddenly become nonpro-
ducers and they must be fed. The army
is making great plans for camoufiage TO
deceive the eyes Of the enemy. but you
cannot deceive soldiers stomach. He
must have real food. ~
II am told that the reserve stock OF
foodstuffs at each camp Is s125,000, and
there are thirty-three camps In the coun-
try today. That means that food valued
at s4,125,000 is taken out of the regular
channels of trade. These figures give but
an idea of the need of food conservation
on the part of the individual at this time
The National Emergency Food Garden
Commission urges every soldier of the soil
at once to promote himself to q colonel Of
conservation and store and can food as
never before"
Since the amount of food that we must
send TO our allies In order that the war
may be won is 30 important in deciding how
much food is to be left for Americans to
eat, the whole subject of the worlds food
is to be discussed at tomorrow nights
meeting in Witherspoon Hall Roland 8.
Morris. who will soon leave Philadelphia
for Japan, where he is to be American AM
bassador, will preside az that meeting. The
food representatives of the Allies in this
country are to make addresses.
Before that meeting the food representa-
tiyes of various neutral nations will speak
tomorrow afternoon on the food problem Of
the neutral nations and the help that the
United states can extend to them. Among
these representatives will be Senior Ignacio
Calderon de Valdez. Bolivian Minister to
the United States; Prof. william F.. Rap
pard, Switzerlands delegate. who is pro-
fessor at the University of Geneva, men,
ber of the international Red Cross COM
mittee. and formerly professor at Harvard
University; and Axel Nordvall. who is the
Swedish food delegate to the United States,
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury. who appointed to the post
because of his knowledge of Central and
South American affairs. will preside at that
session
Mr. A. +. Taylor. of the University Of
Pennsylvania, and DR.. II. II. NJ. Lands, di-
rector of the chemical and sociological de-
partments of Phipps Institute, discussed
different aspects of the food problem. Ernest
T. Trigg, president of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce. presided
Herbert Hoover. national food admnis-
traitor. has been invited to address tonights
meeting in Witherspoon Hall, but 1t Is ex-
tremely doubtful whether he will be able to
leave Washington. If he Is unable to
come Howard Heinz. food administrator
for Pennsylvania, may speak
The famous Arctic explorer. DR.. Fridtjof
Nansen. who is now in this country as the
special representative of Norway to confer
with this Government on the difficulties oc-
casoned in Norway by the enforcement Of
the food embargo of the United States, will.
however. be present. Another noted speaker
will be DR.. Charles Il. Van Hse. president
of Wisconsin University. Dr. J. Russell
Smith. of the Pennsylvania Public Safety
Committees food committee, will also speak.
The control OF food prices will be the gen.
eral topic of discussion, and Joseph f.
Davies, of the Federal Trade Commission.
will preside.
Plans for food production and its mar
keting for next year will be discussed at to-
morrow mornings session, at which Mr..
Heinz will preside. Charles j. Brand chief
of the Bureau of Markets. Department of
| Agriculture; Lou Sweet. of Colorado. who
| is the potato expert under Mr.. Hoover: A.
| T. Grantham, professor of agronomy In
| Delaware College; A. B. Ross, secretary of
| the department of food supply of the Penn
| sylvania Public Safety Committee, and
| Charles Mccarthy, director of the Research
| Library, Madison, Wis, will be among the
] speakers