The record., 1918-02-14
County Food Administrator.

l have been appolnteuds dsF eueral
Food Administrator of this stcounty,
and the purpose of this article is to
try to clear the atmosphere}ot some
of the misaprehenslons as to the
purpose, scope and powers OF this
new department of our government.
| We are told on the high authority
of President Wilson and all those
having in charge the Federal Food
Administration, that the sole pur-
pose of this department IS to con-
serve the food supply to the end
that we may win the war This
statement, If true, and no one can
doubt It, challenges the attention of
every intelligent, patriotic man and
woman, and fully justifes all the
government has done or may do, to
stimulate production, regulate the
diet of our own people and control
prices.
We are assured, by those IN 20
sit1on to know, that if the govern
ment had not taken this matter in
hand, that we would now be paying
at least thirty cents pound for SUI
gar, forty dollars per barrel for -four,
while pork, beef and all animal fats
would be entirely beyond the reach
OF any but the wealthiest. This
would be the inevitable result Of
conditions brought about by the
war, which IS understood by every
Intelligent person, and needs no ex-
PLANTATION.
Flour, sugar and fats are indis-
pensable to our soldiers and the al
lies. To the end that this may be
fully appreciated and that every
home may be enlisted in conserving
these commodities, by substituting
others just as nutritious, Woman's S
Organization has been formed, un-
der the efficient supervision Of Miss
Sue Barkley. Every woman should
identity herself with this organiza-
ton, and assist il the distribution
of information to the homes of
the county as to the gravity of the
food supply situation. This is one
Of the most important phases Of
the work and it is the duty of the
County Food Administrator 10 see
that the Woman's Organization is
perfected and every woman is given
chance to enlist In this great work.
[ have no fear the women will fail
to respond to their country's call to
service. They are as much part
OF the machinery of this great war
as the soldier in the trenchSs, and
when did Amsrica ever cal en her
womaS3Cd for service and sacrifice
and fail to get measure heaped up,
shaken down and running over.
Il is the duty of the Woman's Or
ganization to see that the Food Ad :
mlnistration as to diet on certain
days be followed as closely as pos
sible. Mr.. Hoover asks the house
wives of this county serve no wheat
bread in their homes on MONDAYS
and Wednesdays; no meat on Tues
DAYS and during the-other four days
they have one wheatless meal and
one meatless meal each day. He
asks that no pork be served on Sat-
urdays. This means some neon
venienCe and some sacrifice, to be
sure, but the sacrifice called for here
"is but the dust of the scales and
the small dust of the neasure;D com
pared with the sacrifice that the bows
are making who are leaving home.
friends and country to take their
place among strangers in the battle
lines in France.
1t is no part of my duty to be-
come ofhcious IN the domestic af-
fairs of the homes of the county
MOI shall l do so. Rules and regu-
lations governing the sale and use ot
certain commodities will be issued
from Washington from time to time.
[ shall give these publicity through
the newspapers of the county.
Where any one IS in doubt as to the
appi cation of these rules | shall be
glad to take the matter up and if ]
have not the information will refe.
it to those II authority. Some OF
these rules, especially the Fifty ift,
ule has caused a great deal of cor.
fusion. l se.ms had t. adjust
to a rural community whgre q grea
many people produce their own tloul
substitutes. l am trying to get {
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