The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-15
entire NATION
MUST CONTINUE
TO SAVE FOOD
No Specific Food Conserva-
ton Set by Hoover Calls
for Continuous Sacrifice.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Oct. Is
The American people have taught
themselves new habits in their rela-
tionship to food, now they must teach
themselves to abstain from much Of
the food to which they have become
accustomed"
This Is the official word brought
from Washington today by Da. Harry
f. Barnard. federal food administra-
tor for Indiana, who attended a con-
ference with other state food officials
and Herbert c. Hoover, in anticipa-
ton of the enforcement Of the new
conservation program, which becomes
effective October 21st.
Our new program is not only more
difficult; 1t is more important than
those which called for meatless and
wheatless meals and days. 1t aban-
dons the policy of asking for definite
sacrifices and more insistently calls
for continuing a sacrifice of at least
one half of the food stuffs to which
we have become accustomed. Every
one will be expected to eat enough,
no more, but particularly to eliminate
waste and abandon all wasteful prac-
tees as rigidly as they save money
with which to buy thrift stamps and
Liberty bonds.
Imports to BE Limited.
Mr.. Hoover's message to Indiana,
Dr. Barnard stated, is that the ma
tons progress in ship building has
not been in keeping with the tremen-
dously increased and increasing de-.
mands that have been made for ships
and tonnage. The acquisitions for
food to sustain our vastly increased
army in France have prevented the
accumulation of a surplus in America
and have to add to the danger OF our
being unable to meet our agreements
to ship food to the civilian in friendly
and neutral countries.
Only the barest necessities will be
imported, the food administrator an
nounces. and these will be brought In
In oldfa shioned sailing ships. much
after the style of hundred years ago.
Sugar and coffee will be limited and
the consumption OF the former will be
the only definite restriction that will
be enforced, and this will be continued
on the basis of two pounds per capita
per month.
Our associates in the war, on con-
tinental Europe, will receive through
the United States food administration
their entire sugar supply, and this will
involve even closer scrutiny of dis
tribution and supply in America. The
fact that coffee will be difficult to Sc
cure, will serve to emphasize, also the
Importance of not wasting 1t.
Must Reduce Eating.
Our new food card" concluded Dr.
Barnard, means that we must reduce
the amount Of bread we have been
eating; we must do without much of
the beef and pork and fats that we
have considered necessary for our
we'll being We must make very def
mite reductions in the amount of
sugar we have required, and this may
indeed be recognized as more difficult
than the former voluntary sacrifices
we have made.
81 bring the word from Mr. Hoover,
this Is the hour of our greatest trial in
feeding a starving world, and it will
take all of our ingenuity, all Of our
resourcefulness, all of our patriotism
and sympathy for the stricken peo-
pies Of Europe, to turn the trick; but
know he was right when he said we
will do it. Indiana will do her part, as
she has been doing. and will step ior-
ward in support of the conservation
program as she has in all other war
activity"