The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-25
European Shortage Places Prob
lem Before American Govern
: ment-Farsighted Policy
Adopted.
NEED 100000 Blu. WHEAT.
Food Administration Asks Aid Of
Every American in Gigantic
Task of Feeding Millions.

that makes Il food problem over here.
Ii we wished to be supremacy selfish
and Supremacy ShortSightCd--we could
90 on eating as much as we like and
whatever we like, without much Diff
Guilty or intcrruption--at least. until
The Germans came!
But we are not doing things in that
selfish and suicidal way. We are 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
gel from South American and other
ncutrals, and dividing it up fairly
among America, England, France, Bel
GUM and Italy
This does not mean ,hnt 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.
dicrs-our soldiers and their soldiers
will be we'll fed, as they have to be
TO fight hard and continuously, and
that the munitions workers and the
workers in all the other necessary in
dustries, and the men and women at
home will all have enough to keep
alive and well. 1t is absolutely ncccs-
sary to do this If the war is to be won,
and we are going to do it, but it means
planning, working. arranging. cooper.
ating, being careful, not wasting, saw
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 it that
we keep here at home a sufficient sup.
ply of every essential kind of food to
support our people. But over there
they simply have not enough. Lord
Rhondda, the English food controller
| recently cabIcd the American food ad-
,ninistrator, that unless we can send
the allies before the next uropean
harvest 75,0oo,oC0 bushels Of wheat in
| addition to what had been sent up to
January of this year he could not
assure the people Of the allies that
they would have a sufficient supply Of
food to carry on the war.
He did not say anything in this cable
about the other food necessary, but
he has told of these needs i'm other
cabIcs--and by his actions in England
For example, his latest regulation
comprls Il reduction of meat eating in
the United Kingdom to n maximum Of
ono pound per week per person, this
pound including the bone and other
waste parts in the meat as bought in
the shop
The allies must have more wheat,
more meat, moro fats, more dairy prod
urtS, more sugar. Their hArv"Sls were
very short--f'rHnrc had less than half
her normal crop Of Whrut- and the
avAiHh" shipping is small in amount
and constantly being lcSN"ncd by sub.
marines. 50 chat il is NOW practically
Impossible to use any ships for lc long
Hoyn"r necessary 10 brn,, food from
Australia ana other remote markets
The food must come chiefly from
America I'm Specific figures il is nee
! ess;ry for us to send 10 The allies
l,ln0nOD tons of f0odStuns a month
This is q great responsibility ANA q
Great problem. The food must be
found. and also the ships 10 carry it,
II is being done but can only continue
to b" done by the help and full CO.
operation of all of us over our bread
land We must produce and save
, more.
To supply the wheat necessary until
The next harvest, we must reduce orr
consumption by from onc-f0urth 10
onc-thirl we must cut down our usual
average consumption OF meats and
fats by from 10 10 Is per cent and
dairy products by about 10 per cent.
over thcr" thcy are tightening their
belts and doing everything they can.
They are eating war bread they are
cutting down their sugar in England
to two pounds per person per month,
and in France and Italy 10 one pound
how much are you eating?-and they
are using ration cards for most of the
staples We must meet sacrifice with
sacrifice. If we don't, we are helping
to lose the war instead of helping to
win 1t.