The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1918-01-05
A MESSAGE FROM HOOVER.
Back to the Simple Life" Urges
Federal Food Administrator.

"Rack to the simple Life, urges
Federal Food Administrator.
This is the first message sent out
by Herbert Hoover, United States
Food Administrator, for 1918: "Go
back to the simple life; be contented
with simple food, simple pleasures,
simp1e clothes. Work hard, pray
hard, play hard. Work, eat, recreate
and sleep. Do ii all courageously.
We have victory to win. "
Though this plea does not deal with
any of the specific work which the
Food Administration is attempting
to do. it is formative in the spirit of
cooperation upon which the work de-
pends. Food conservation, the pledge
card which consecrates hotels, res
taurants and homes to the saving OF
the foods needed for Americas army
and the armies and people Of associ-
ated nations, is still one Of the great
est forces invoked and depended up
on. The lesson il emphasized by an
other messages one which Harry Lau-
der, the famous Scotch comedian,
sends to his friends in America upon
the second anniversary of his sons
death. It is addressed especially to
war fathers like himself and to war
mothers like the wife who cherishes
with him the memory of hero.
every family can save soldiers
life by saving an insignificant amount
of food daily" !" he says. Every
ounce Of energy concentrated IN
Europe at this time shortens the
struggle. IL you want to bring your
lads home again soon, help them to
victory = He comments that Amerl-
Cd can scarcely realize and has not
vet realized the sacrifice required and
the terribleness OF the situation, and
he conclude des America has the fate
Of the wpri /. md. hen it's
fnllv aroused. there can be no doubt
as to the result the lads over there
will not have died in vain. y
The government, through the or
fee Of markets, IS endeayoring now TO
learn exactly how much food there
Is in the country, 50 it can advise
eanseryation and arrange production
and a,;is;ttribution to the best advan.
tage. All dealers in and holders o.
food have been furnished with blanks
upon which to list their stocks. .ihose
who failed to receive blanks -snouio
secure them and help in the work so
as to make the statistics complete.
The blanks may be obtained in this
section from the agent Of the bureau
at New Orleans, r. Meyer, Metropoil-
+,n RonL Ruildinp
The public. Is awakening more and
more to the knowledge of the nations
needs. Wheat, meat, sugar and rats
must be had, and no excuse can DIS
regard the demand or diminish the
duty. The hotels and restaurants
throughout the state have immediate
" improved iii the strict observance
Of the special days for the saving OF
the foods named. In New Orleans
the custom is we'll nigh general, and in
the country the travelling men report
that the practice is similarly becom-
ing the rule. One commercial hustler
operating in north Louisiana estl.
mates that ID the places he visited at
least rs per cent saving was effected.
Posters and special notices were
prominently displayed and numerous
IL given out, and were serving to ed
ucate the homes as well as transient
guests.
The movement to foster the sheep
industry in the south, one OF the re-
suits Of the conference OF southern
food administrators at New Or.
leans, is gaining momentum all ove1
the country. The specific measure
advocated was a federal war tax or
dogs, the latter being the great draw.
back to sheep raising in this section
John M. Parker, as the mouthpiece OF
the meeting, asked all the admins
traitors in the United States to urge
their congressional delegations to vote
for such a law, and he has received
favorable replies from all but one
That one, by the way, is from ths
south, and pleads local conditions
However, it is expected that his hesl
tation will be overcome and that the
Food Administration will present
united front. Further action will b'
shaped at the conference which; tn,
food administrators will hold will
Mr.. Hoover at Washington, Januar.
8 and 9. There will be other impor
tant subjects before that meeting
such as more drastic dealing with tn
merchants and dealers who have bee
| lax in carrying out the requests an
regulations Of the Food Admlnlstra
ton. Ample time and opportun1t
have been given for them to adjus
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