Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-19
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER.

Iarger part Of the world from hun
ger, the United States Food Admins
tration will devote every energy to the
fuller saving Of food from now until
June.
John NJ. Parker. Food Administra-
tor for Louisiana, returned to his office
Monday after week at Washington,
where he attended a war council Of
the State Food Administration with
their chief, Herbert Hoover, aud his
staff. The above was the concrete con
clusiou ne drew from the session 5 re
ports and resolves.
Five national experts who had just
completed personal surveys at and he
/ hind the battle lines in Europe made
/ their first statements to the meeting.
/ The story Of the suffering they saw,
their analysis Of the situation 5 needs,
roupled with the knowledge Of 'thc
/ food shins sunk and the loss of food
stufrS in other WAYS, aroused the Ad-
ministrators 10 the imperative ncccs
/ Sitv of speeding up their work and OF
stirring the people TO complete coop
Grafton. Mr.. Parker, like the other
/ Administrators, came back home i'm
pressed with tlc duty of forcing re
suits.
Wheat. meat. sugar aud fats must
/ hc saved in larger quantities so that
/ the armies can be sustained, and the
people behind the armies protected
against famine. 1t Is not a question
Of irving. said Mr.. Parker, but of
doing if. MratIcsS and whcatlcSS days
must he observed. Tuesday and Friday
are mcatlcss days in Louisiana. The
GOOD Administration has added Satur-
dav rs porkIcSs day, and it also asks
that there be one meatlcsS meal on
each of the other days of the week.
Wednesday is whcatiess day. It is
urged that there be also a wheatless
meal on each of the other days. The
wheat crisis is so acute that all bread
for al the meals will soon have to be
made of mixed -four, so as to save
more wheat. Tle nation : surplus has
all been shipped, and the wheat on
hand must be divided if the soldiers
are to be fed before the next crop
.oms in To make surcr Of this, the
conservation will be done at the mills
Mr. Parker saws the conservation
days are being kept more sacrealy by
| the hotels and restaurants Of the East
! They must be kept as strictly by the
eating places in Louisiana, not because
the Feast is doing if, but because the
welfare of the nation demands it
| There is no more excuse for ignorance.
and disregard now must be considered
| defiance of the nations will or disre
| gard of the nation s need. Nobody i'll
the latter category should be tolerated
in this country, and he felt sure that
the patriotic people of the state would
see to it that no snch public enemies
were permitted to operate. The peo-
pie are further concerned because the
slackrs hav claimed public pressure as
he obstacle to their observance of the
food regulations.
The Food Administration proposes
| to employ more drastic means to curb
disloyal caterers and oppressive and
profteering food merchants. Even
where there is no direct power to pun
ish the Food Administration will eXcr
else its authority to prohibit licensed
wholesalers from selling supplies to
| the caterers or dealers declared un
fair. Mr.. Parker was told at Washing
ton that President Woodrow Wilson
would back any action taken by the
Food Administration, issuing executive
orders to close establishments under
the food ban and keeping them closed
until the end of the war. Mr. Parkel
wis in hopes that there would not be
any such places in Louisiana.
The Food Administration is still de
pending largely upon education and
voluntary co-opera zion, and is constant
ly receiving gratifying evidence ccl
filming its faith. The campaign OF
education will be expanded and ener
gized, Mr.. Hoover has promised tC
send several of the distinguished mer
who toured tle battle zone. Other ma
tional SPEAKERS will also be detailed
A speakers bureau will be organized
here, and many prominent lawyers
teachers and other citizens have al
ready volunteered. A special director
of food conservation will probably bC
selected. The pledge card organiza
ton will serve as a basis for the build
ing up Of a system which will hav,
administrative authority to apply di
reetly and quickly in each parish ant
community There will be no lack OF
seeding up, because Mr.. Parker feel,
sure that the state desires to stand a,
Ugh in patriotic cooperation as il
did and does in tle. pledge card drive
aud iii other war phases.
The main thing is that there is
p great war going on that liberty is a
stake, that the war must be won, thai
food will win the war, that food mus
e saved, and that it will be saved. Elk
euses are not in order, and they vii
not be countenanced in Louisiana am