Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-23
Food Conservation Program
Needs Help ef the Press

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papers of the country have done
splendid work in helping to solve the
food problems brought about by the
war. but their continued assistance is
necessary If the tight is to be won, is
/ the message that Herbert Hoover.
food administrator Of the United
States, sends to the press of the coun-
try through The Publishers Auxili-
airy
Without your cooperation the Unit
ed States Food Administration pro-
gram would have failed without
your continued help it can stin fail
IL it does fail. Allied Europe VIII not
be fed and the war viii be lost. Your
part in helping America win is as i'm
portant as that
We have no way of reaching the
great mass OF Americans except
through You. II we can not reach
them we cannot explain TO them what
we are trying to do and why We are
trying to do &C. II we cannot explain
that TO them we cannot win the war
What you say in your papers about
food conservation is what the great
mass OF Americans viii come to be-
lieye and act upon II you should OPP
pose the Food Administration in
ternational program for solution of
the world food problem, the Ameri-
can people would oppose it, If you
study the facts carefully as they are
placed before you By responsible Off
cials, If you are not afraid TO ask
questions about points you do not un-
derstand and il you place the clear
conclusions fairly and persistently be-
fore your readers they win under
/ stand and help
May we not ask. therefore, that
when any reported Food Administra-
ton measure is. to your mind, incon-
sistent or unclear you seek autboria-
tive light upon it before you WELD
your pen? There are many things in
the food problem which are perfectly
consistent from an International view
point which seem inconsistent mere
~ from national angle And il is
from an international angle that the
great food problems must BIO viewed
The views of our people are likely
|. to be circumscrihed by their own
horizons. You must teach them to
widen their mental vision, to see be-
yond what Immediately and az the
moment affects their personal appe-
tites and bank accounts. II is for
you to show them how and why
America and the Allies will collapse.
how defeat viii smite and crush them
If they do not conscientiously and I'M
derstandingly live Up to their inter
national obligations
It is for you to keep a weather eye
on unauthorized statements from ir-
responsible persons It IS the patri-
otto the American and the sensible
thing TO do not to print anything from
any source concerning the Food Ad-
ministration or other war activities
of our country until you are convinc-
ed absolutely that Il is true. and also
that q is in The best interests of vic
tory to print It.
Yon can nail lies at their inception
by refusing to print them We do
our best to seek ont and abolish pro
German writings for American news
papers, but yoG can do more than
we can, because they are bsought and
left on your doorstep by our enemies,
craftily camoudaged in the hope that
you will pass them by into your col
umns. One of these mis-statements.
once fired into the public mind from
your presses. IS as deadly as shrap-
mel
You have done splendid work
The American peoples trend toward
conservation proves that. You viii
be called upon to do even more. You
viii do 1t, ] know You stand in the
front-line trenches Of American opin-
ion. firing salvos Of vital truth into
millions OF minds and breaking
through the wire entanglements of
mental misunderstanding Yours is.
has been and viii continue to be a
work OF priceless value in helping win