Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-06-28
FOOD CONTROL
Means VICTORY
European Shortage Places Prob
lem Before American Govern
ment-Farsighted Policy
Adopted.
NEED 100000 BU. WHEAT.
Food Administration Asks Aid ot
Every American In Gigantic
Task Of Feeding Millions.

1t is the food problem over there
that makes food problem over here.
If we wished to be supremely selfish
and supremely shortslghted-we could
60 on eating as much as we like and
whatever we like, without much diff.
Guilty or interruption-at least. until
the Germans came!
But we are not doing things In that
selfish and suicidal way. We nre try.
ing to make great common pool Of
all Of our food, and all Of the food Of
the allies, and all of the food we can
get from South American and other
neutrals, and dividing 1t up fairly
among America, England, France, Bel
gium and Italy.
This does not mean that all of the
people In the great pool are going to
have the same ration, but means that
We are trying to arrange to have
enough for everybody. so that the SOL
diers-our soldiers and their soldiers
will be well fed, as they have to be
to fight hard and continuously, and
that the munitions workers and the
workers ir all the other necessary In
dustries, and the men and women at
home will all have enough to keep
alive and we'll. It Is absolutely neces-
sary to do this II the war Is to be won.
and we are going to do 1t, but II means
planning, working, arranging cooper
ating, being careful not wasting, say.
ing.
And It means that each and every
one Of US has got to help.
Now, we have enough and more than
enough food for ourselves, and the
Government Is going to see to Il that
We keep hero at homo a sufficient cup
ply Of every essential kind Of food 10
support our people. But over there
they simply have not enough. Lord
Rhondda, the English food controller,
recently oabled tho American food a.
mlnistrator, that unless we can send
the allies before the next uropeaH
harvest $4,000, 900 bushels Of wheat In
addition to what had been sent up "a
January I Of this year he could nd,
assure the people Of the allies that
they would have sufficient supply Of
food to carry on tho war.
He did not say anything In this cable
about the other food necessary, but
he has told of these needs In Other
cables-and by his actions N England
For example, his latest regulation
compels a reduction of meat eating I
the United Kingdom to a maximum o,
one pound per week per person, thil
pound including the bone and othei
waste parts In the meat rs bought II
the shop.
The allies must have more wheat
more meat. more fats, more dairy prod
ucts, more sugar. Their harvests wer
very short-France had less than hal
her normal crop of wheat-and tn
available shipping is small In amour
and constantly being leseened by sub
marines. SO that II Is now PRACTICAL
impossible to use any ships for the lon
. voyage necessary to bring food fror
, Australia and other remote markets
The food must come chiefly fror
America. In specific figures II is nee
essary for us to send to the allie
100000 tons of foodstuffs q mentl
This is n great responsibility and
; great problem. The food must b
found. and also the ships to carry I
It is being done, but can only continu
to be done by the help and full c.
operation of all Of us over our broa
land. We must produce and sav
more.
To supply the wheat necessary unit
the next harvest, we must reduce OF
consumption by from one-fourth
one-thlrd; we must cut down our usui
l average consumption Of meats an
e fats by from 10 to Is per cent. an
r 1airy products by about 10 per cen
= Over there they are tightening the
o belts and doing everything they Gu
They are eating war bread; they o,
cutting down their sugar IN Englan
20 two pounds per person per mont
l and in France and Italy to one pound,
q how much are you eating gland the
& are using ration cards for most Of u
n staples. We must meet sacrifice VII
= sacrifice. II we don't. We are heipk
, 10 lose the war instead Of heipsbg
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