The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1918-09-28
HOOVER OUTLINES
SAVING PLANS
Says America has 5,73O,OOO Tons More
for Shipment Than Last
Year.


Washington, Sept. 24.---Food Admin
istrator Hoover, in a statement Is
} sued tonight outlining the food con
Servation program recommended 70:
the American people during the com
ing year. said the United States was
prepared to ship 5,730,OO0 more tons
of foodstuffs to its armies and allies
than last year and still have margin
over the amount necessary to maintain
health and strength at home
This great undertaking cannot be
accomplished, however, Mr.. Hoover
emphasized, without due regard to the
importance of saving by every person.
Even under this international food
program, which means further self
denial by the Allies, the Allied table
at best Mr.. Hoover said, will be less
than ours, for their people are de-
nying themselves more in order to
| transport our soldiers.
1--WE can do no less than fill the
ships they send u.s. he added.
With no prospect, as he saw it, of
proper ending Of the war before the
summer campaign of 1919, the food
problem, the food administrator de-
clared, is 10 small part Of the issue
The Allied civilians and armies, the
American armies, the Belgian relief
and certain neutrals who are depend
ent upon the United States, will re-
qure 17,5500 tons of foodstufs for
TIE year beginning July /. This, in
round numbers, will include meats and
fats, 100000 tons; breadstuffs; TO-
100000; sugar, 1,850,000, and feed
grains, mostly army oats, 100000.
There will be no food rationing in
this country so long as the people con-
tinue to conserve as in the past Mr.
Hoover said nor will it be necessary
he hopes, to resort to wheatless and
meatless days.
"Of our imports" Mr.. Hoover said,
1--WE shall apparently have sufficient
sugar to maintain the present CON
sumption and take care of the extra
drain of the Allies from our markets,
instead Of compelling them to send
their ships to the Far East. We can
secure in sailing vessels the coffee we
need, il no one makes an overbrew |
or our own products we must secure
reduction il consumption and waste
in the two great groups of, first, bread !
stufis, and second, meats and fats
that is, in all bread and cereal, beef, |
pork, poultry, dairy and vegetable oil |
products. The average consumption of |
our people OF breadstutfs amount to |
six pounds per week and OF meats and |
fats to four pounds 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, how
ever, that we do not want curtailment
in the use of milk for children.
I'VE estimate that nearly 9,O00O0O
people eat at our public eating places
hotels, restaurants, boarding houses,
clubs, dining cars and so forth The
food consumption in these places I
IS larger than in the average homes. {
We are asking the proprietors and ;
employees of these institutions to {
undertake in many particular ways ;
more strict programs than last year
and we are confident that they will
do this.
This year, as last, believe we
AN accomplish the necessary ends by
action OF our own people
The willingness TO assume individual
in this matter by the
'ast majority is one OF the greatest t,
proofs OF the character and idealism i
Il our people, and | feel il can be Y
onstantly relied upon. Our simple v
ormula for this year is to further re- {
luce our consumption and waste OF n
IL food. We have so arranged the in y
food program that. except Il
or a moderate substitution OF other S
erals in bread, it will not, we hope, Il
e necessary to substitute one food q
tuff for another, nor to resort to b
iheatless and meatless days. What we b
eed is to reduce directly our con S
of all foodstuffs. laying es-
ecial emphasis on the staple. The b.
lilies are in need of all the surplus of Ct
he great staples which we can pro II
ide.
at is necessary that every family in S
ne United States study its food bud 0C
ct and food ways to see if il cannot e
NY less. return nothing to the kitchen al
nd practice the gospel of the clean
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