The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-26
PLAIN STATEMENT
 FACTS BY HOOVER
HAMP WILLIAMS MAKES PUBLIC IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 ON CONSERVATION OF FOOD.
Time Has Arrived When American
 Men and Women Must Give Deepest Thought and Fullest Go operaeicn.

No more plain or emphatic state ment of serious facts ever came from Herbert C. Hoover, United States Food Administrator, than those raGe public hy Hamp Williams, food admin istrator for Arkansas, relative 10 the | conservation of food, and which, by the way will be printed for all Amer lea 10 read on the back of lhe new food cards now being prepareI m Washington
 Mir. Hoover states the collapse of Russia was not due 10 the German soldiers encamped in tha country or on the borders Of Russia, but iar-eH because officials of Russia had not made adequate preparations to feed the millions in that country Food says Mr. Hoover, has now taken d dominant position in the war. and the American people will Noe asked to sac thought necessary Every particle Of food saved in the United States means just that much more for the American boys who are no win France and for the allies
 "In tnis winter of lgIN," declares Mr. Hoover, lies the period when there will be tested in this great free country of ours the question as to whether or not eur people are capable of voluntary individual self-sacrifice to save the w1rld'
 MT. Hooyer's statement. regarded by officials who have read it as most important, Is as follows
 The food situation in Europe is for grayer than when the preliminary survey Of the food supply of the world Tor this year was made We have an abundance flor ourselves and it is ihe firm policy of the food ad- minisraGon by the prevention of exports, to retain for oIr people an ample supply ol every sential food stuff The harvests of our allies have proved less taau we had contemplated, and the srea curtailment ot shippne by the submarines during the last few months has further prevented them from access 10 more remote markets Beyond the demands of the allies here is a call upon Us by the friendly neutrals for fool supplies, and if we can not at least in part re spond to these neutral calls stdrya- ton on an unparalleled scale must ensue
 Food has now taken dominant position in tho war, and We m 9t ask the American people 10 sacnice far more than was at first thou-ht nee essary tW'e have exported the whole of the surplus of the wheat from ths harvest after reserNing to ourselves an amount sufficient for orr normal c0usumpim oG seed and flour until the next harvest and therefore the amount of wheat Hour that he United States can contrib ute to mix with the1 war bread Of our allies during his winter Mil ue simply the amoun tlaJ our people reduce their consumption month by month In other words. eN- cry grain of wheat pr it's product that the allies receive from he tpit- ed States from now on will be eX- actly the amount which our people have saved each month ou their be- half
 "Thc allies today ask for 25 pol cent more heat and ta.s ,por< dairy products and vegetable oil-l than we consider our monthly production per mits us 10 send them without trench ing on Our own supplies or ou the other hand unless we can consume less. Due to the shortage in shipping mr available sugar supplies must be less than normal frcm the present time forward.
 "Thts every particle of diminished consumption by the American people is one paricle more for tne 7o iiers. men. women and children Of our allies and for the starving pc ple in other countries This is persona. o1hEa- ton pom every one of us toward some individual abroad who will suffer pri vation 10 the extent of 1ur own indi- yidu1l negligence
 "If we are 10 reHice the cons1mp- ton Of the few products which we should export abroad we will need to eat a larger proportion .f many di-- ferent foodstuffs which we can not eNport and which we have a home. For this reason we MUST NOT waste ANY toodswfrs X area, many .ndi- ,!duals in our ropulaiou oat far more food than is necessary Go uaiu- tain their health and strength n this emergency only the simplest ot living is patriotic We want uo per- son in he United States ro e7f less than is required for good health and
 n sreu4th. for ln tlis emergency America equires every atom ol the