The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-08-02
PLEADS FOR
 ECONOMY
MT. Herbert C. Hoover has


 fighting men, munitions, food, ships, and finance. II We are to defend liberty in this year 1917, all these must be upon such scale as will demand the energies of our people. In previous wars a small proportion of the community went to fight, another small portion was devoted to their support, but the great bulk of the nation did "busi- ness as usual.
 Autocracv has been for years organizing its resources to the end that they have placed out of / of its population on the firing line and have so mobilized the civil population to afford them complete support. They have suppressed production of every luxury and re. duced even every necessity. Their arrogant confidence that they will become masters of the world' is based upon their beliet that the materialism, the selhshness, and the jealousy of individual interests in democracy make it impossible for it to organize such a strength. They do not deny the bravery of the men of democracy in battle, but they comfort themselves in the belief that we have not the self sacrifice at home for their support.
 Our problem is not alone to mo- bilize our civilian population for the support Of our fighting men, but we also have the responsibility of the support of the fighting men of our allies. And food is not the least of their necessities. One of the great European statesmen has said: "The war will not be won by the last 500, 900 fighting men, but will be won by the last 500, 1000 bushels of wheat It is within our ability to give this last 500, GOO bushels, but only if we organize to produce, organize to save and or ganize to supply all.
 We must feed our allies that their people may remain constant in the war. Liberty can not be maintained upon the empty Stom- achS of the women and children. Through the drain of war our allies have steadily decreased in food production and other agencies also curtailed their supplies. Out of our abundance, by eliminating waste and extravagence, it is in our power, and in our power alone. to hold the wolf from the door of the world. Our obligation is great CT than war itself-humanity de- mands it of us.
 We must save in all food. We must eat plenty, but wisely and without waste. If we save in our consumption and our waste we can increase our surplus to export. If we substitute other commodities for those we can export we can further increase our surplus.
 Furthermore, by our economies we can save major portion of the cost of war. We can increase our ability to subscribe toliberty loans. If we can save food we can lower the price of living to our own people and relieve the strain and distress under which they labor to- day. We can only do this by or- ganization so that there shall be no protiting from our economy, that all bear the burden equally.
 The food administration is avol- unteer organization to be endowed with powers by the government. This volunteer organization is not to be limited to a few executives in Washington. We are solicitous, nay anxious, to secure actual mem- hers of this volunteer effort, every man and women, every boy and girl in these United States who will undertake the task with us. There is no dictatorship in volun- teer effort. It is by voluntary mo- bilizatior that we can answer with democracy. It is as great in efficiency and greater in spirit.