The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-04
GATES Food Administrator Has
Word to Say to Women OF iowa
in New PIacards Just
Issued.
WHY WE sIUsT SACRIFICE
in Many Instances it is Not Case OF
skimplns, Just of substitut.
ing Some Other
Foods.

Four hundred thousand 1918 home
.ords of the United States food au-
ministration are soon to De dlstrlD-
Ia in This state. The admlnlstra-
ton requests that when these are re-
caived they be hung in tuc k1tchen.
The card contains the faseiliar EN-.
6len, -. .Eald administration ana
housewives are asked to trade at
in the food stores and restaurant:
| that display this sign.
The reverse of the card contains
the following new years statement
from Herbert Hoover, United States
food administrator:
..The men of the allied nations are
&richting. they are not on the farms.
Eynn the men of the European neu.
1 lral countries are under arms. The
fields of both allies and neutrals lack
man-power, fertilizer and machinery.
Hence the production by these coun'
| ries has steadily lessened ever since
line beginning OF the war, while, at
he same time, the shortage OF ship
4 ming has grown more and more ser
&ious. with the consequent steady in.
crease of difficulties in bringing food
{from the faraway markets OF india,
"The situation has become critical
&There is simply not enough food In
Europe, yet the soldiers of the allies
Unjust be maintained in full strength;
!their wives and children at home
Unjust not face famine; the friendly
4neutrals must not be starved; and
4fnally, our own army in France must
never lack needed ounce of food.
There is just one way in which all
8these requirements can be met. North
america must furnish the food. And
I'VE must furnish it from our savings
because we have already sent our
normal surplus.
I'VE do not need to starVe our own
people. We have plenty for ourselves,
and it is the firm policy of the food
administration to retain for our peo-
bile, by its control Of exports, a suf-
ficient supply of every essential food
stuff. We want nobody in our coun-
try to eat less than is necessary for
good health and full strength, for
america needs the full productive
bower of all its people. Much of the
heeded saving can be effected by sub
Shutting one kind of food for another.
But the time has come to put aside
Pill selfishness and disloyalty. The
lime has come for sacrifice
The allies ask us to meet only
heir absolutely imperative needs.
They are restricting the consum ption
pf their own people to the minimum
Necessary for health and strength.
They are controlling their food by
arastic government regulation There
even privation among their women
md children; there is starvation in
Belgium.
The allies need wheat and meat
nd fats and sugar. They must have
more OF all of these than we have
zen sending, more than we shall be
Die 10 send unless we restrict our
Wn consumption. We can do il
lthout harm, for, as nation, We
re today eating and wasting much
pore food than we need.
The whole problem of winning the
ar rests primarily on one thing: the
pyalty and sacrifice of the American
eople in the matter of food. 1t is not
government responsibility, 1t is the
responsibility OF each individual.
1dch pound OF food saved by each
nerlcan citizen Is pound given to
ne support Of our army, the allies
ND the friendly neutrals. Each pound
asted or eaten unnecessarily Is a
ound withheld from them. 1t is d.
eci PERSONAL obligation on the part of
ach OF us to some one in Europe
nom we are bound to help.
III we are selfish or even careless,
are dlsloyal. we are the enemy at
o.ne' Now Is the hour Of our testing.
el us make it the hour of our vic.
ny victory over ourselves; victory
yer the enemy Of freedom