Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-11-01
TASK STILL MORE DIFFICULT
General Reduction In Use Of All Com
modItles Not So Easy as Con-
serving Particular Thing.

use less OF all 1000; save all along
the line. That, briefly, is the con-
servation program Of the Food Admin.
istration for the coming year.
Last year there were wheatless days
and meatless days, but this year the
people of this country will not be
asked to stop eating any particular
food. The program will be one Of
drive on unnecessary consumption
waste.
To those who want to be told ex-
atcly what they should eat and what
they shouldn't eat it may appear some
what nebular to say the Food Admin.
istration wants them to reduce all
food consumption to the minimum
point Of public health and strength
But the Food Administration Is conf
dent that such a program will be car
ried out.
Return to Old Principles.
"A program of this kind is a return
to many of the principles enunciated a
year ago and which have been more
or less lost sight of in the attempts to
substitute In order to gain first one
position after another" said F. B.
Mumford, Federal Food Administrator
for Missouri "A year ago the Food
Administration asked the American
people to reduce all unnecessary con.
sumption and waste. We preached the
gospel Of the clean plate. And that Is
the gospel we want to get over in
every household in Missouri this year.
If we can get it over it will have bet.
ter total result than any plan of sub
stitut ons to fill specific programs.
"Mr. Hoover believes the housewife
has got to the point of education on
food questions that will enable us to
tell her to use her own judgment and
get along with as little as she can. He
believes she will show more pride and
more national service in it If she is
given a general job to do than If
everything were laid out to her step
by step.
"The Food Administration is not let
ting down in the food program. This
should be understood distinctly. It is
asking more than ever before. It 10
easy enough for people to keep q
meatless dayi 1t is not SO easy for peo-
pie to reduce their consumption OF
meat. And we are going to ask for
the difficult service and not for the
easy one"
1t Ia Mr.. Hoover's opinion that IL
every man, woman and child in the
United States tests every action every
day aud every hour by the one touch
stCne-does this or that contribute to
the warH-Germany can be beaten in
tn great Allied campaign Of the sum-
mer of 1919. Before next summer
there is no prospect Of a proper end
ing of the war, he believes.
What Must Be Accomplished.
To attain victory and bring this
| dreadful business to an end" the fol-
lowing must be accomplished
More than 100000 fighting men
must be placed in Europe; we must
supply the greatest mechanical equip
ment ever given an army; we must
provide ships for our army and, to do
this, cut down our imports of sugar,
coffee and tropical fruits; and we
must keep the Allied population in
ample food by shipping this year
l,O50,OOo tons more meats, fats, dairy
products, etc, than last year, $500, 900
tons more breadstuffs, $4,000 tons
more sugar and 100000 tons more feed
grain.
Even this program means further
self-denial Of the Allies |ncxt year.
They are making this sacrifice in the
common cause, Mr.. Hoover said. We
must maintain health and strength
among them, he declares, or they will
be unable to put their full strength
alongside our own In the supreme
effort
Less Consumption and Waste.
I'VE must secure a reduction in the
consumption and waste in the two
great groups Of breadstuffs and meats
and fats--in all breads and cereals,
beef, pork, poultry, dairy and vege-
table oil. The average consumption
of our people of breadstuffs amounts
to about six pounds a week, and of
meats and fats to four pounds week
for each person. A reduction of con.
sumption to less than one-half pound
a week person in each of these two
great groups of foods would accom-.
plish our purpose. We wish to EN-.