Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-27
SAVE FOOD TO HIT
VITAL BLOW IN 10
Hoover Says Economy Will Save
Million U. S. Lives.
WILL SHORTEN WAR A YEAR
Administrator Declares 1t Is Necessary
to Increase Shipments to Eu-
rope by $4,000 Tons
Next Year.

Washington, Sept. 23.-Food Admin
istrator Hoover called upon the ma
ton to aid the American and allied
armies to strike the final blow in 1919
by adopting a new food conservation
progrom 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 American lives.
Must Eliminate All Waste.
1t is necessary, the food administra-
tor said, to increase American food
shipments to Europe by 5,730,000 tons
next year. To 10 this the nation is
asked to reduce its consumption of
breadstuffs and meats one-half pound
4 week for each person. No wheat
less or meatless days and no ration
ing system will be necessary if the
nation entirely eliminates waste.
There is no prospect of proper
Nnding of the war before the cam
paign of the summer of 1919" said
Mr.. Hoover. "To attain victory we
must place in France 3,500,000 fight
ing men with the greatest mechanical
| equipment that mas ever been given to
any army. While we expect the po-
| sition on the western front may be
| improved, from a 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.
Question for Every Day.
"If we are to accomplish this end
in 1919 we will save a million Amer
ican lives that will be expended if we
have to continue until 1920. To give
this final blow in 1919 we have EGt
only to find the men, shipping and
] cQlDlllCAI 1OA IIllS SIStIAI1S OuI
this, army, the allied armies and the
allied civil population must have am
pie food in the meantime if we are
to maintain their strength. We can
do AL these things and I believe we
can bring this dreadful business to an
end if every man, woman and child in
the United States tests every action
every day and hour by the one touch
stone-Does this or that contribute to,
winning the war?
1.-THE food program is no small part
of this issue. To provide ships for our
army we have not only to build all
that we can but we must have the,
help of allied shipping In order that
the allies may provide this they must
take food ships from The more distant
markets and place them upon the
shorter run to the United States. We
must decrease our imports of sugar,
coffee and tropical fruits.
"Under these conditions the demand
upon US is for larger supplies.
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
2 in food supplies of :. 100000 tons over
last year, and still have a margin
over the amount necessary to maintain
, our own health and strength.
: Half Pound Per Person.
t "Of our own products we must Sc
e cure reduction i'll consumption and
: waste in the two great groups of, first
s breadstuffs and, second. meats and
D fats-that is, in ali bread and cereals,
d beef, pork, poultry, dairy and vegeta-
e BILE oil products. The average con-
t sumption of our pe3ple of breadstuffs
t amounts TO about 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
e pound per week Der person in each of
t these two great groups of foods would
Il accomplish our purpose. We wish to
}, emphasize, however, that we do moi
) want curtaiIment in the use of milk
/ for children.
L "We need even greater simplicity OF
living than last year amongst all that
e section of the community to whom
e foodstuffs are a secondary item in ex
T penditures.
II Rationing Not Yet Necessary.
" ''This is not ra-ioning-a thing we
i never will have if our people continue
u TO support us as in the past
e I'VE have so arranged the interna
tional food prograll that except for 6
moderate substitution of other cere
e ais in bread, it viii not, we hope, be
1t necessary to substitute one foodstuf
e for another, nor to resort to wheatles,
i and meatless days. What we need i.
70 to reduce directly our consumption o.
S all foodstuffs, laying especial empha
v sis on the staples. The allies are il
e. need of all the surplus of the grea
II staples that we caI provide.
J. 1T is necessary that every famil,
ID in the United States study its fOoC
r budget and food ways to see if it can
le not buy less. serve less. return moth
e Ing to the kitchen and practice tht
gospel of the clean plate"