The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-04
assembly room OF the Ohio valley Traae
end Labor Assembly,.
Should Mako Sacriflcea.

not been ordered ~ eat certain things.
and not ent others. We have not been
given bread and butter and many other
food cards. ms in uthC" countries. No.
MIR, Hoover has only asked that VIC help
Inv doing cortain things. 1t Is more
Than right wo should sacrifice q little
food for our boys and for the soldiers
Of France and England. who have so
valiantly fought TO mako the world safe
for democracy.
''Tho people Of tho United States are
asked to help feed tho starving mil
lions Of France. England, Belgium.
Italy and Portugal. They havo bccn
bearing tho brunt Of this conflict. and
now that wo arc In 1t, we arc thoro
TO win, and to win we must send food
as wolf ns our boys. The people Of tho
lighting allies were roady 10 make pcaoe,
and would have dono so had We not
entered tho WIZ. Had they made peuco
autocracy would havo ruled Europe. anu
Il would only DO n short time until the
kaiser would be ruling us.
You max why must we send the allicH
food? We must send them food "a hun
drcds Of thousands are starving IN tho
war stricken countries. To do th!H we
must send tho food which will rake the
smallest shipping space and still be Of
tho greatest food vnlue. ard there Is
only one thing that must be sont and
that Is wheat flour. Wheat lluur can Ge
packed in q smaller space, and this Is
necessary. If We had moro shipping
facilities We could send moro. but az
wo only have few boats. flour IS the
article to be sent"
AT present there are about two hun.
dred and nifty million bushels of wheat
IN this country. That is our usual con-
sumption In six months. BY July We
must send one hundred million bushels
10 France, England and our other allies
una besides this must have our own
needs filled. Our neutrals. too, must
have wheat or else buy 1t from Ger
many. and thus become another Of our
enemies"
Must Feed Our Allies.
we must send Go00o,Oo0 pounds OF
beef and ten times as much pork. Men
who fight must have nourishlnent and
meat is what they want The people
OF Europe have killed nearly all tho
cattle since war WAS declared, and It Is
up to us to supply them. England
Franco and all the other nations need
meat. We can easily do without pork.
The Jewish people have been doing
without pork for two thousand years.
Why can't we do without for short
time. Fork Is the best meat we can
send TO our allies. as 1t the easiest to
send and nourishing and beneficial in
other ways. Refrigeration Is great
item in shipping meat and IN this way
pork in It's many forms as hams bacOns
and lard. has an advantage.
Another great article which we must
send to Europe is animal fats in its
several forms. as butter. lard and oleo-
II, .l.. I1I
by the soldiers but by tho little chill
drcn Of the warning nations. 1t has
hecn estimated there nre but few thou
sand OF the hundreds Of thousands OF
children under seven years Of age living
In Belgium. VIC could do without some
of our uses and it Is up to us 10 do it,"
Mr.. Fort told Of the reasons why we
should cat cornmeal. rice flour. Potato
flour, corn starch and many other Ger
ials He told Of the food value. and
showed we would not suffer. He told
Of the need Of coal in England and its
cost. In Italy coal is selling for $3.50
per ton and in England for SllO per
ton In London and other English
cities. coal is not used for cooking or
baking III ALL, said Mr.. Fort.
He told Of the existing conditions in
AGRICULTURAL countries of Europe. Even
the women are farming In France, and
Il is not an uncommon sight to see three
women drawing q pillow. and another ful-
lowing. E"c7l the horses have been
taken to war. Women arc working In
the munition works sixteen hours a day
and in other countries prisoners OF war
are working. The Germans have more
than 4.o00,n00 prisoners farming and
their food supply is not very discouraG-
ing"
France with a population Of forty
million has raised an army Of six mil
lion men, Of which hall thai number
arc not in the service. 1,S00.n00 have
been killed. and 100000 have been dis
ablrd for further service. England with
q population Of 45.000.oO0 has sent an
army Of 100000 In the battles. Of Eng
lands army two million lives haze hccn
lost Yet VIC country or lh5.hpH,oup
ncrsons or iWo and half times as
many as England have only l,3ne.00o
i- uniform. TO make sacrifices ms
France has done we must put six and
n half times as many mon In tho field.
or about 5000. 900 men," told Mr.. Fort.
Mr. Fort then told how VIC can save
He told Of ono experiment where the
supcrinte ndent Of Il certain raclrS IN
New Jersey employing four hundred
men had gone through thr lunch room
and gathered u pthe bits OF food which
tho men had thrown away. no; wanting
to carry It homo. When weighted II
WIS found there was enough meat ana
bread 10 make a lunch for forty mon.
IJe toI1 this as on example If waste
fulncss. not inteuticnal. but thnuGntlcSs.
American Soldiers Conserve Food.
, Yin smoke Of an experiment with III"
bovs Mt Camp Shelby. llattirshurg where
number uf Wheeling hoy&. arc sta
toned. Ono officer was named rs rnnser-
Walton Officer. 1t WAS. his duty I" hcIr
conserve the camps bread supply ANA
he ordered TINT smaller amount nc
r,ynn each man. hui each man could get
more If he so desired. At the end or
The first day & WIS found thht moro
! ,hnn Il ton nf bread had been saved.
since then the percentage has In
| creased to more than tw" tons and lS
Increasing daily. Thcs" men know the
responsibility Of TIN. war. and although
,hry were wasting food They wrr" doing
en- without knowing it. Their" nrr "I.nN0
mon nj this camp. or about halt the
,onulntion of the city uf Wheeling. W"
nrc wasting more than Tho boys nj camp
and It is un 10 us l" stop it as nurh as
pnSslhIc The two tons Of bread saved
will feed ten thousand soldiers of
Franco for ono day. and il this number
is saved every day Nc will certainly u"
doing oar bit. Other cities Hl the Unit
cd states will have 10 he saving II lhoE
are TO hrp.
In conclusion" Mr. Fort said. l wish
To ask Suu To 20 "a your homes ana Try
| to do your bit. You are in position
Ia tell nIh"r persons. aul will you d"
-" If is un To- each and everyone of
! MS Ia hclr If "" ar" tn win aga inst nu>
; turrary. and VIZ must deprive ourselves
! of mnuy things In du our share.
Answers Many Questions.
! Mr.. Fort then invited any person I"
ask amy pucsI ions and 1t" answered many
| concerning .tlIc food adminiSi ration =
work here. liz wi1llnply answered ali
J and his address, ended with n Snriai