Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
THE BANQUET.
Three Hundred Persons Fill Hotel Din.
ing Room.

Three Hundred Persons Fill Hotel DIM
ing Room.
AS a grand finale to the 4sth annual
convention the members of the YER
mont State Dairymen's association and
their ladies enjoyed the 10th annual
banquet Thursday night at the Hotel
Vermont. The menu included some
Vermont raised soy beans which in
soup were delicious Vermont chick
en- was also included in the menu.
Fully 400 persons attended the ban
quet.
Congressman Frank L. Greene off,
ciated as POSTMASTER, and was intro
duced by President Frank H. Bedford
The Congressman read letter from
Governor Graham expressing regrets
at his inability to be present and ask
ing the cooperation of each Vermonter
to the new fuel order. The speakers
were Congressman Porter H. Dale, who
told of war visiting in France, Hon.
Joseph H. Sowerby, representing the
Hoover food administration, and DR..
John M. Thomas. president of Middle
bury College. Briefs of the addresses
follow:
CONGRESSMAN GREENE.
This war will be won. Our problem is not
the war alone but after the war. We must
lay our all, on the altar of sacrifice but
we must not lay our individuality. The
movement towards nationalism is a grow
ing one but 1t must be checked before
Municipalities are turned into the mill.
stone. We cannot begin where we left off
after the war is over. There are things
which threaten the fundamental principals
Of the country, State and community. We
must give all towards the war but we
must not forget our State and community
interests and must work harder than ever
to develop better national, State and COM
munity interests.
CONGRESSMAN DALE.
Our nation is obligated to the men in the
ranks for their courage. their sturdiness
and their manliness All I can do per-
sonally I shall for the men in the ranks.
In France where I was. not a man whim-
pered-not a man had one word of COM
plant They are not suffering for any
thing. My work is now to hammer for
guns, guns Of large calibre, guns of large
size save lives-thats what we have to
have.
Germany's plan is to bleed France white
to do the same to England and then to
crush the United States.
The United States has got to win this
war cost what 1t will. We had to go in
no matter when and now its's up to us.
General Pershing is one of the greatest
soldiers in the world He says little. His
face is steeled. His eyes are steeled and
his heart Is steeled. Behind the cold steel
| exterior is a heart Of great human SYM
patty. His speech at the grave of Lafay-
cite Lafayette, here we are" is compar-
able with Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg
speech.
| At tho training camp I saw many Bur-
Ilingtor boys. ate. slept ard marched with
Thorn. An much as / admire and praise
the French and English troops, oh, what
| n difference the United States boys are.
How superior, how wonderful, how much
| stronger. cleaner and better arc they thar:
| tho other allies.
! !. II. SOWERRY.
Tho challenge OF Germany to t.,!s
democracy was no. that we Dbl no: want
to or could not fight. but that We could
not organize our people 20 fight. In nine
months we have modified 1.549.5l5 SOL
| diers in exact figures up to one wcel
| ago. In nine months we have enlisted
800. 900 In our navy. Mr.. Hoover is giving
his services free and paying his own
! expenses and receives not one cent in
salary. Tho five standpoints of tho
Hoover administration are: First, to
eliminate boarding; second, to stop waste
third. TO eliminate proitcering: fourth.
to provide for our allies. and, hfth, ~
provide enough for ourselves.
III France women car buy only one
pound Of sugar por month and have
hard work to get that. When local
women can get only two pounds per week
, they should not complain. We must elm.
mate boarding and every man, woman
and child must help. Consume your
products as near the place of growth az
possible. New England must eat more
| fish. Don't eat pork. Pork is the only
kind Of meat that can he sent to ouI
soldiers because refrigeration is necessary
for other meats. Seven porllless days are
advocated by Hoover and the war depart.
mont.
The government has had to stop som,
dealers making profits Of large amounts
Merchants and grocers are found to b'
willing to meet government regulations
for the most part. 1t is difficult for deal
ers now to get away from laws. An,
grocer can now demand that you buy two
pounds of cornmeal with each pound o.
sugar. We have only 70 per cent. of oul
usual supply. There is plenty in Java bu
It can't be got There is a real shortag,
for bread to be made Of 20 per cent. graf,
other than wheat. There are other fiour
that are better than wheat for bread
Corn is an American product and Eu
ropeans do not know how to cook 1t or t,
utilize II anyway, so our corn cannot r,
to Europe and our wheat must Franc
must have our wheat, our meat and gu
fats. We have got to send what they an,
our soldiers can use over there and thel
we have got to use what's left. II we saw,
one loaf Of bread week we will save ,
billion bushels Of wheat for our allies Saw
two cents per day and In a year 81, 900,
100000 will be saved for war use There
a new gospel out THE Gospel Of the Clear
Plate" Have an individual serving equa
to an individual appetite"
PRESIDENT THOMAS.
The war is certain to result in grea
changes. Changes came to the countr,
after the Civil War affecting the manne,