The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-31

lions ~ our less fortunate We might 1
80 drain the supplies fFugn the eonnLry I
70 Europe as by the high prices that [
would follow 90 force cur people q 1
shorten thrir consumption. THIS UpeF- I
alton 81 normal economic forces" /
would starve that element Of the eom
muhity "a whom we owe the m0st pro |
lection. We must try 10 IMPOSE the
burden equally upon all.
Action Must Be Voluntary.
There Is 20 royal rVad to food con
servatiOn, We can only accomplish !
this py the voluntary action 81 our
whole people, each elemrnt in propor
ton 10 It's means. II IL = matter Of
equality ~ burden a matter Of min
ute saving and substitution 81 every
point Ia the 2O.O0o.oou kitchens. on the
~ nnnn0 dinner tables and In the
100000 manufacturing. Wholesale aud
retail establishments OF the country.
The task Is thus Ia It's exsence the daiis
individual service Of all the people.
Every group can substitute aud even
the great majority % thrifty people
can save a little-and the moro luXuri-
Gus elements Of the population can by
reduction 20 simple living save much
The final result Of substituting other
products and saving one pound AZ
wheat hour, two ounces ~ fats, seven
ounces Of sugar aud seven ounces Of
meat weekly. by each person. wili.
when we have multiplied this by one
hundred million. have increased our
exports 90 the amounts absolutely re-
quired BY our allies This means no
more than that we should eat pIeuty
but eat wisely and without waste.
Food conservation has other <<perts
81 utmost Importance Wars must be
paid for by savings. We must save
ia the sohGumptian In commodities and
the consumption Of unproduetive o.
Dor In order that We may divert our
manhood 70 the army aud 20 the shops
The whole 81 Europe has been 90.
gagged ever since the war began In the
! elimination 81 waste, the slmpliacHtiun
! OF life, and the Increase 81 It's indus
/ trial capacity. When the war t. over
the consuming power OF the world wiil
! be- reduced by the lnzs ~ prosperity
I and man power. and We shall enter a
I period Of competition without parallel
[ Ia ferocIty After the war. we must
maintain our foreign markets II our
/ working people are 20 be employed.
We shall be ia no position 20 compete
! n We continue 60 i've on the same
/ basis ~ waste and extrnvaEsncc GA
T which We have lived hitherto simple.
d
FIRST order al auy time and any other
I basis ~ conduct during the war be-
7 comes q wrong against the interest 81
the country aud the interest Of
/ democracy.
The impact Of the food shortage ~
I Europe has knocked AZ every door Sf
the Uuited States during the past three
years, The prices ~ foodstuffs have
nearly doubled and the reYerberA tions
/ Of Europe's increasing shortage would
have numbered twice as loudly dur
ing the coming year even had we not
entered the war
We are today Ia an era OF high
prices We must maintain prices nt
such q level as w-lll stimulate pruduc-
ton for We are faced BY a starving
world and the value ~ commodity "a
che hungry - greater than its price.
A. result Of the world shortage -
supplies. our consumers have suffered
from speculation and extortlon whtla
wages for some Kinds ~ labor have
increased with the rise IN food prices.
ia others II has besrl dlfgcult 20 maln-
tnlu our high standard ~ nutrition.
By the elimination ~ waste Ia at
classes. by the reduction IN the con
sumption ~ fooJsfurs by the more s1r
not only FOR expert bot for home. and
by Increased supplies we can help IA
tlsH RmriIoratlan ~ prices
Fer Better Distribution
Beyond this ,he aBty hiss been laid
upon the food administration Co co-ops
crate with the patriotic men in frsdes
end cumucrue. that we may elimIHate
The evils which hayo grown Into eur
system - distribution. that the bur
den may fan equiably upon ail by res
'nrnuau so far as may BE. ~ the nor.
faaI course o. trade. II g. the purpose
~ the food administration % use Ifs
utmost power and the utmost ability
that patriotism caa assemble So amei3.
, crate this stfuafIea 10 such a degree a.
max ts possible.
The fesaf administration r. Assem-
/ bling tha bvst expert adv8re ia fbf
/ country on home rrpaamlrN 0n taat
: . UTILIZATION % trade UwrilesH and
trade wastes. nrd on the r0HfHrf 0'
. rrfWr eating pieces and 40 staEi aH'
Z line from une 20 slime drtaIir5 saEgf~
3 Hoas 0Erh y honestly carried auf hJ
4 such tnfslfHH1s lu ne country Ee b.
= Hrvs v.9 eject she result which a'
p must attain We SIRE asking even
. home ryarg puhHr raung place en-
e many trades 90 sign g pledge car.
e 20 Hrrsss fhHzs directions - far at
g their rlrrlm-.arrvs perulf end wv ar,
> rrEar.E.aE various Instrument IIrlFs 2.
( afaaIla-atr Speculation. We Pre- ass
D.. 4 ny TIE rsen ~ sHc raBHfry uhn So
% not actually engaged 10 tEe baailinl
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