The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-09-23
Hoover Asserts Economy Will
Save Million American
Lives.
Allies Demand IS GREATER
People Urged to Cut Down Food Con-
sumption One-HaIf Pound
Week So as to Win
in 1919.

I OcpL. COT OOu huHiih
istrator Hoover called upon the ma
ton to aid the American and allied
| armies to strike the final blow in 1919
/ by adopting new food conservation
program that will entirely eliminate
| waste and over-feeding.
The war can be won and will be
| won next year if the American peO-
pie, out Of their food economies, will
| save the food necessary to maintain
the strength of the armies and allied
civil populations, Mr.. Hoover de-
clared.
| If, by failure to save food and en-
able the United States to increase by
one-third its food shipments to France,
the war is prolonged to 1920, the ma
ton is warned it will cost an addition
al millions of American lives.
Must Eliminate All Waste.
1t is necessary, the food administra-
tor said, to increase American food
shipments to Europe by 5,73O0OO tons
next year. To 10 this the nation Is
| asked to reduce it's consumption OF
| breadstuffs and meats one-haf pound
| a week for each person. No wheat
less or meatless days and no ration
| ing system will he necessary If the
nation entirely eliminates waste.
'There Is no prospect of proper
ending of the war before the cam
paign of the summer of 1919," said
Mr.. Hoover. ITO attain victory we
must place in France 100000 fight
ing men with the greatest mechanical
| equipment that has ever been given to
any army. While we expect the pO-
sition on the western front may be
! improved, from military point OF
| view, between now and then, there can
| be no hope of a cOnsummation of the
end that we must secure until an
other year has gone by.
Enough if There Is Economy.
"On balance our resources are no
greater than last year. We find, how
ever, that we can give an increase
In food supplies Of 5.73O,OOO tons over
last year, and still have margin
over the amount necessary to maintain
our own health and strength.
Half Pound Per Person.
"Of our own products we must Sc
cure q reduction In consumption and
| waste in the two great groups of, first
breadstuffs and, second, meats and
fats-that is, in all bread and cereals.
beef, pork. poultry, dairy and vegeta-
! BILE oil products. The average con-
sumption of our people of breadstuffs
| 20 oh c3v dc
and Of meats and fats to four pounds
| q week for each person. A reduction
in consumption Of less than one-half
pound per week per person In each Of
these two great groups Of foods would
| accomplish our purpose. We wish to
emphasize, however, that we do not
| want curtailment in the use of milk
for children.
"We need even greater simplicity Of
living than last year amongst all that
section of the community to whom
| foodstuffs are secondary item In ex-
penditures.
Rationlng Not Yet Necessary.
| "This is not rationing-a thing we
never will have If our people continue
to support US Us Ii Cue past
1--WE have so arranged the interna-
tional food program that, except for q
moderate substitution Of other cere-
ais In bread. 1t will not, we hope. be
necessary to substitute one foodstuff
for another, nor to resort to wheatless
and meatless days. What we need Is
| TO reduce directly our consumption Of
all foodstuffs, laying especial empha-
sis on the staples. The allies are in
need of all the surplus of the great
staples that we can provide.
TT Is necessary that every family
in the United States study it's food
budget and food ways to see If 1T can
not buy less, serve less, return moth
ing to the kitchen and practice the
gospel of the clean plate"