The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-15
Roscoe Mitchell Talks Of Trip TO Europe;
Points Out Path Of Duty TO
Patriots
WINNING OF GREAT
WAR UP TO AMERICA
Pershing's Army Will Smash Huns II
Folks al Home Support
Soldiers

Every ounce of sugar, fat or floul
that you save, every dollar that yor
invest in Liberty be ids, every dollar
that you give to t. Red Cross-ev
erything that you do to aid the gov
ernment goes to the saving Of Amer
lean lives on the fighting front. On
your action depends the duration OF
the war, the result of it and the
number of American boys who will
come home after 1t is over"
With the foregoing words, Roscoe
Mitchell5 representing the U. S. food
administration, closed his talk to a
crowd that filled the ~ugg theaIer
this morning Mr.. Mitchell was
chairman OF a commission sent by
the Food Administration to investi-
gate conditions in Europe and his
talk consisted chiefly of descrip-
ton OF what he saw in England, and
France, including conditions both
among the soldiers and back of the
lines.
There are two things that we
learned as a result OF our visit" said
the speaker. "One of these Is that
the winning of the war is absolutely
u1 to America. We have the men
and it is up to us as civilians to pro-
vide food, fighting material and
ships to carry them.
Unless there is an increase in
food production or a decrease in food
consumption we cannot win, Nobody
is asked to eat less food than is nee
essary to maintain his efficiency but
oil are asked to use substitute foods
that are just as good as they have
been accustomed to and to stop all
waste"
Mr.. Mitchell told in a conversation
al style but graphically of the trip
of the American commission to Eu-
rope. describing conditions among
the civilian populations as well as
scenes at the front. In one muni-
tions factory in England he said he
saw 27,000 girls at work with barred
arms and shoulders doing the work
of men. He said 258,OO0 English
girls worked on farms last year All
the able-bodied men of England are
in the army.
Relative to the military situation,
Mr.. Mitchell said, "In the present
situation there can be no victory for
either army. If the civilian popula-
ton of America stands back of Cen
eral Pershing he will build an army
that will win the war"
One of the immediate problems of
the Food Administration. the speak
er said, is to keep a steady flow of
wheat going to Europe. I'VE must
and shall in some way save 75OOO,00O
bushels of wheat for our soldiers and
our allies"
When Mr. Mitchell asked Premier
Clemenceau of France for a message
to the American people, the latter
said, Tell the Americans that we
will wait for them and we have COM
plete confidence in them"
Throughout his talk, Mr.. Mitchell
stressed the necessity for saving
flour, fat and sugar. IF you knew
the needs of our soldiers and our al
lies, you would quit using sugar and
eating bacon, and would be glad 70
eat corn meal"
C. M. Hollingsworth, county food
administrator, presided over the
meeting. Preceding the speaking,
the o. c. w. Glee club sang several
popular war songs, winning hearty
applause, and after the audience had
sung America. Rev. Byron Hester Of
fered an invocation. Mr.. Mitchell
went from here 70 Anadarko, accom-
panied BY Mr. Hollingsworth.