The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-23
FOR GREATER N1I
more 200 Igl(1
roop MUST he SAVED.
He Points Ont That - Conserve &c.,
plies Means to safe Lives, - Vs.
Would BE Prnlnneed In CA60s: ~
shortage of Army RathDns.

/ F,iics Means to Safe Idves, ~ W.
Would BE Prolonged In Ca60s: -
shortage of Army Rathons.
/ Washington. Sept. 22s-TocA Ad~s
ministrator Hoover, In . stateMAne
made today. figures that Win IN
army of $500 ,00e Gghting Annexfcan9
In Europe we shall have to sls&p ~
them and to the entente nattonGs N
the coming year e,730.ee0 more t0na
of foodstuffs than the l1,S1D.e 500 tons
shipped in the twelve months ended
July / last
4 This can only be done through
I economics afsd savings at home ~
insists but 1t should, and must. b
done If the war u to be endad In le41.
He points out, too. that this a2xtn9
of food may mean also the SAVING o.
a million American lives that wou1d
! be sacriticer If the war were perM4eeeo
to last through to 1920
/ In his appeal to the American pub-
lie for cooperation to these ene9
there is no hint of rationing except =
pointing out of the means OF avofodn9
lit Mr., Hoover says:
/ There is no prospect OF q propAr
| ending of the war before the cam
paign OF the summer OF 1919. To
three and one-half million dghttng
men with the greatest mechantcAal
equipment that has ever been E4sAn
To any army. While we exDect 4a1o.
position on the western front may be
improved from military point Of
4 view between now and than. tAer0
can be no hope of q 1c0n1efTak4om "a
the end that we must secure undl
another year has gone by. II re AHe
. In nj n nd n
save a million American lives that
will be expended If we. have TO con-
tinue until 1920. To give this 0nAI
blow in 1919 We have not only 70 ma
the men. shipping and equipment Toe
this gigantic army. but thlE amy, thu
allied armies and the aRied civil pDp-S
ulation must have ample food In tho
strength.
All Can Help.
We can do all these things, and +
believe we can bring this dreadful
BUSINESS to an end II evary naAa.
woman and child in the United States
tests every action every day and hour
by the one touchstone-does this or
that contribute to winning the war
The food problem is no small part q
this issue"
| Compared with previous years Mr..
/
larmies. our own armies, the Belgian
relief and certain ueutrals who ara
dependent on us require from III In
the year ending July /. 1915
Two million six hundred thousand
tons OF meats and fats fbeef, pork.
dairy, poultry and vegetable oil pro-
dactx}I IA, 4Ao, oee tons Of bfaaastHAEE
wheat and substitutes in terms Of
grain).
One million eight hundred and ffty
thousand tons of sugar (from unMed
States and West Indies).
Two million seven hundred thou
sand tons OF feed grains fnioAtiy army
oats)
This makes a total OF 11,sSe. OOo
tons. or $4,000 more than saafpDs4
in the year ended July tkst. E
4 Means Self Denial4
Even this program means further
self denials by the allies next year.
Mr.. Hoover continues They are
making this sacrifice In the cOnxpon
cause. We must maintain the health
among them or they viii ~ unAhib n
put their full strength sasnxside our
own in the supreme effort.
''At best, the allied tabls will be Ienp
than ours. for the allied peoples ars
denying themselves more In 0r2er to
transport our soldiers. We can "a
no less than I'LL the ships they s4nd Us.
'Of our imports we shah apparently
have sufficient sugar 10 maintain tiaA
present consumption and take. 0nxe
of the extra drain OF the allies from
our markets instead OF complains
them to send their ships To- tbs a.
east. We can secure In aatling va1oeln
the coffee we need, II no ono m2ksn
an overbrew.
Save BreadstuHs and AenAa.
''Of our own products ~ mnel
secure reduction II cannmPkaA1
and waste in the two 1group9 of lAKnt9
breadstuns and stSecondA : iaeqta s3nA
fats-<hat b. IN Al -hrsaA anA coeoSla.
beef. pork. poultry dairy ana s1A1ta-
Bile oil products. g,s
people OF breadstuAs., .aaae1nts 4
about six pounds per week. ard ~
meats and fats to foMr pounds 4 Wook
for each person.
"A reduction In conSamptia1 ~ -
than one-half pound per wAak -
person in each Of these twe afeG1
groups OF foods vonjA !. nece1nIiS
cur purpose. We wish ~ vomD
that we do not wan2 eartailna IT,
the use OF milk fr cAztlarea
OF our homes by reA0n0 r.. liuo sxnSs
than they should have - ma1p1ain
health in the family. Thar eannn1
rfghtfuiiy be asked to make tha QaaE~
gested reductions ia -eonsosnpt&ea. ~
the great majority OF our homes can
do more than suggc4ted - Il i "
4 we estimate that suAarly nine ul3s
lion persons eat II our pubtc eoktnG
piaces--hoteis. restauraDta. nboapAl1Q
!, h0uses. clubs. dining cars an ~ GnQ91
: The find cannu IN n tion - Hin1na -