The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-01

Much. az the ill-advised propaganda
being circulated about Il threatened food
, shortage In this country may very
properly h" classified Us little less than
hvStrria America is in on immediate"
danger of starvation.
The intelligent answer to any posi-
hlity Of food shortage In America Is L"
hr found in the rational conservation
Of fuodStutfS. not in theoretical Tapnr-
| ings. Certainly II will not be accom-
; plishcd by q complicated md multitu-
dinuus arglomrratiou Of incxpertcnc"S.
! impra ctical. Realistically visionary and
, ethcrwisc more or less unuualfied and
inefficient commissions. committees, eu-
reaus. ctcetcra- and infnitum.
Th" country already has been made to
vince gri"vnusly under tho pinch Of
panic promoted hy this brand OF iucom-
pet"ut rXrcrimrnters and promoters or
! falls" alarms In food famiucs. Tho poo
pie Of the United tSatcs always Will
! havo cuough 10 eat. provided tho pro-
ducts OF tho farms arc intelltgently
conserved and distributed. And. like
wise provided these products be At all
| times ohtainahlH at reasonable. not ex-
| turtIonate prices.
The present Kaleidoscope aggregation
OF hystercal helps for hungry human
ity have u dat" succeeded in giving a
most cnlightrninS and altogeter re-
markahlc DEMONSTRATION of precisely
how not t. accomplish either of these
. cuds: an exhibition of fuss and. futility
wandering purposcly and aimlessly in
the dreadful dark OF unfamiliar by
ways.
The most notable. II not notorious.
achievement SO far attained by these
buycaucrats so brarcly striving 10 solve
the situation for tho salvation or
i "StarvinS" America is their determined
devotion to the dccrcmcnt Of the
worlds papcr supply by their promis-
cuous!y published pamphlets for public
perusal. sans precedent and sans pur-
pose or potency.
A one-timc cabinet member in conf
mcntinS on a panicky situation remark
Cd. The only way ~ resume IS to re-
sumo" The only way 10 conserve food
is to conserve II. And VIC can succeed
In doing IT, only by doing it. There Is
no other way. Reams OF rhetoric and
propaganda Of prettily. phrasrd plati-
tudcs will not feed n hungry American.
There is but one way. and that way Is
spelled Works. not Words.
There is Justification FOR here quot
ing al ancient saw. because it so per-
tinently applies 70 the present food stu
alton. This old. familiar saying tells
us that We eat what VIC can. and what
We can't We can" II may be question
Cd if you can canvass Il more candidly
canny or canorouS canon on canning.
cannot. And I am a Gamer
In all seriousness. however. canning
contributes the common sense solution
10 ono Of the most important phases
Of the American food problem to-day.
Not alone America. hut the entire
world has como TO he depcdnent upon
! the Gamer for its food supply. Fully
as much so as it is upon the farmer and
the cattle raiser. If the American can
ncr. by virtue OF unwarrantcd edicts
and regulations. should be put out OF
business. there Immediately would be
presented a tangible and very real
foundation for fears Of a food famine.
Unless America employed to the full
its facilities. for modern canning and
packing operations. 1t would be quite