Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-04-18
FOOD CONTROL
means VICTORY
European Shortage Places Prob.
lem Before American Govern
ment--Farsighted Policy
Adopted.
NEED 100000 Blu. WHEAT.
Food Administration Asks Aid OF
Every American In Gigantic
Task of Feeding Millions.

II Is the food problem over there
| that makes n food problem over here
! # we wished 10 be supremacy selfish
| and supremacy shortsighted--we could
90 on cHting as much as we like and
whatever we like. without much diff
Guilty or interruption-at least, until
the Germans came
But we are not doing things In that
selfish and suicidal way We are try.
ing to make "a great common pool OF
all of our food. and all of the food OF
the allies. and all OF the food we can
get from South American and other
ueutrals. and dividing 1t up fairly
among America. England. France. Bel
GUM and Italy.
This does not mean thnt all OF the
people In the great pool are going to
have the same ration, but means that
we are trying TO arrange to have
enough for everybody, so that the sol.
diers-our soldiers and their soldiers
Will be well fed, as they have to be
to fight hard and continuously, and
that the munitions workers and the
workers ~ all the other necessary IN.
dustries and the men and women at
home VIII all have enough to keep
alive and wen. 1t is absolutely neces.
sary To do This II the war Is TO be won,
and we are going TO do II. but II means
planning, working, arranging cooper.
atins, being careful. not wasting, saw
ing.
And It means that each and every
one OF us has got TO help
Now. we have enough and more than
enough food for ourselves, and the
Government Is going 10 see to II that
we keep here at home a sufficient sup.
ply of every essential kind of food to
support our people. But over there
they simply have not enough. Lord
Rhondda, the English food controller,
recently cabed the American food adj.
rinistrator, that unless we can send
the allies before the next uropean
harvest 100000 bushels Of wheat in
addition to what had been sent up to
January I OF this year he could not
assure the people OF the allies that
they would have a sufficient suppl OF
food to carry on the war.
He did not say anything in this cable
about the other food necessary. but
he has told of these needs In other
cables--and by his actions in England.
For example, his latest regulation
compels reduction OF meat eating In
the United Kingdom to maximum Of
one pound per week per person. this
pound including the bone and other
waste parts in the meat as bought in
the shop
The allies must have more wheat,
more meat, more fats, more dairy prod.
ucts, more sugar Their harvcsts were
very short-FranCe had less than halt
her normal crop of wheat-aud the
available shipping Is small In amount
and constantly being lessened by sub.
marines. so that II is now practically
impossible to use any ships for the long
voyage necessary to bring food from
Australia and other remote markets
The food must come chiefly from
America In specific figures it Is nee
essary for US 10 send 10 the allies
100000 tons of foodsulrs Il month
This is great responsibility and a
great problem. The food must he
found, and also the ships to carry IT,
II IS being done, but can only continue
10 be done by the help and fun co.
operation OF all of us over our broad
land We must produce and save
more
To supply the wheat necessary until
the next harvest. we must reduce our
consumption by from one-fourth 10
third; we must cut down our usual
average consumption OF meats and
fats by from 10 20 Il per cent and
aalry products by about 10 per cent.
over there they are tightening their
belts and doing everything they can.
They are eating war bread they are
cutting down their sugar In England
to two pounds per person per month.
and IN France and Italy 70 one pound
how much are you eatinE?-and they
are using ration cards Tor most OF the
staples We must meet sacrifice with
sacrifice II we don't, we are helping
10 lose the war instead OF helping to
win Il.