Arizona republican., 1918-05-19

remarks, the announcement was made that she would answer questions.
 Why is it that Mir. Hoover never rationed the people of the United States?" asked a delegate.
 Because that would be tremen- dousfy unjust" replied Mrs. Hoover
 The people whom we know can stand rationing, but there are women who cannot. We can experiment with our foodstuffs. They can not. We can ere ate substitutes. We can arrange our financial budget to meet the eXigencies of the situation. There are women who must work hard, who must pay rent. who must meet other obliga- tions and from meager funds get such food as she can. We women don't need any flour at all. Those women who work hard do need flour. Ration ing would also be unjust because a strict rule could not be fairly applied
 to all sections. The miner must have more food than the coast villager who has fish products at hand. The resi- dent of the dairy section. could well get along on a different ration than | the others. We merely ask all to pa
 triotically do their duty"
 Should not all the alien enemies be l rattOned" asked another delegate We all agree that every enemy alien should be rationed." was the reply,
 but we must catch them all first. l We can ration them in camps, and we should see that they are placed there and rationed"
 What should We do about butter?" inquired another delegate
 "Conditions are so varied that the
 question cannot be answered for. all" l was the reply. Tt must be answered ! by localities. Changes should govern 1 the use of butter as they have gov
 erned the use of pork. There was a | time when we had to conserve the use 1 of pork. Then pork was released. | There will also be another time when you will be asked to resume your pork | less days"
 Miss Helen Frazier of the national 1 war service commission of London ad- ] dressed the convention on the woman s | part in the work of food production. l She outlined the great work the women of England arc doing in sup
 port of their government at war. and
 also paid a tribute to the work of the l French women and other women of ! the allied nations.
 ! There IS not question about win
 ming this war" she said, but the l question of how long before it will be
 won depends upon America, The need i Of shipping facilities is the greatest ! need at this time. There are millions 1 ot tons of food in Australia, but that 1 IS reserve that cannot be moved at
 this time. All the people of England
 are now on rations and the food is low.
 It Is one of the critical periods of
 the war. Each person has a maximum ! of six ounces of sugar d week in Eng
 land and of four ounces a week in trance We get pound of meat a { week, or less, in England. NJ cream { is used under any conditions Little l milk is available. There has been no
 such thing as white bread in England
 for more than eight months. We can . not feed ourselves, even though the ] acreage of England as planted has been
 increased more than two million acres.
 That country does not exist which can whip Germany and carry out d policy of business as usual as was
 adopted at first in England. Germany IS trightful foe. But 0 great democ- racy. of people working together in a common cause can defeat any militar-
 istic foes that is driven to war by au-
 tocracy.
 Tn England the women are at work.
 More than seven millions of them are
 in the places of men. Today the women are constructing aeroplanes
 without the assistance of men in any
 part of the work. A million of women
 in England who, perhaps, never before ! dressed their own hair, are today in
 the workshops. side by side with the
 other women, drawing the weekly sti- l pend"
 In speaking of the war camp com ' munity service, Mrs. Newton Baker says: The war camp community ser vice has a task of keeping the men of
 fhe army and navy normal wholesome