The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-26

IL world mas ever oee0s 0ocIoSeo W.
". Armstrong. Federal Food Ad
ministrator. for Utah, before . sps
eiai contoint session At the Farmers
Reund-Up and Heussksspses Con
ference At the Utah Agricultural Col
lsgs. Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
Armstrong was to have delivered ~
address on the food situation ct thu
eSsning meeting Of the Convention
last Monday. but ct that time he wal
absent in San Francisco. The special
con3oint session was arranged upon
his return. when he spoke under the
auspices Of both the Extension Divi-
sion and the School Of Commerce and
Business Administration Of the Col
lege.
The largest audience yet assembled
at the Convention greeted Mr.. Arm
strong. Fully eight hundred were In
attendance. So intense was the
feeling aroused by Mr.. Armstrong;
delineation Of the seriousness Of the
present food situation that the fol-
lowing resolution presented by Presi-
dent q. @. Peterson. was unanimous
u adopted:
Resolved: That we. the farmers
and housekeepers Of Utah assembled
1t the Utah Agricultural College. Lo-
gan. Utah. pledge TO the National
and state Food Administration it,
unqualified support Of every measure
adopted. and every measure neces.
sary to adopt In the future. in meet
INC the serious and critical issues
which are now ahead Of the nation;
ara We pledge to suffering humanity
the maximum production from our
flelds and the maximum conservation
a our homes"
Mr.. Armstrong declared that his
teeians Of the future will assert that
lhis var was won on the farms and
n the homes Of America. This war
1ust b. won By the nations fighting
for democracy. for humanity. assert
- Mr.. Armstrong. II we do not whip
Germany. Germany will whip us. We
must not lull ourselves into q feel
ing OF security because the flames
Of war are now confined to Europe.
Il the flames are not put out there.
they will leap the Atlantic and raw
age our fair land. America II today
Standing with her back TO the wall
while the mad dog Of Prussian An
tosracy lesps At her throat.
n stating the food problem now
before the nation. Mr.. Armstrong
said that It was simple In it, state
ment but intricate in its solution,
The solution must be left largely 70
the individual who understands best
the conditions Of home and commun-
III. The problem IL just this: we
must produce more and use less. We
must produee moro wheat. meat. fats
and sugar: we must use less wheat.
meat. fats. - sugar. and We must
use substitutes for those valuable
foods as much as we can. This prob
lem the Food Administration has
sought to solve, as Is fitting In .
democracy. by an appeal to the peo-
ple. Today. the work Of the Admin
istration is 80 per cent appeal and
per cent law.
The fact that during the last IS
years the United States has ceased to
be great food export nation adds
to the gravity Of the food problem.
declared Mr.. Armstrong. Just before
the war this country produced bare
ly enough to feed itself.
The wonderful agricultural organ
ization OF Utah, working co-opera-
lively with the organization of the
Church OF Latter Day Saints. simpli-
fled greatly the work Of the Food
Administration in this State. assert
ed Mr.. Armstrong. With the Utah
Agricultural College at the head,
working through its Extension Divi-
sion in cooperation with the United
States Department Of Agriculture,
and the Farm Bureau, the Food Ad'
ministration was early able to get
q good hold Of the situation in this
State. In everything that has been
asked by the Federal Office. Utah
has been able to respond nobly,
Declaring that It was unpatriotit
TO criticise our national leaders in q
time Of crisis. Mr.. Armstrong CAV;
II az his opinion that the progress
made by the United States since
her entrance into the war Is nothing
snort Of marvellous.
cit Ia wonderful" declared Mr.
Avrn atro,.S sthat In ton months this