The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-04-18
European Shortage Places PROB
lem Before American Govern
ment-FarsIghted Policy
Adopted.
NEED $4,000, 900 30. WHEAT.
Food Administrator Assss Al ~
Every American IN ol0ansse
Task o. Feeding MiIiionA

10 u the food problem over tnexo
that makes a food problem over here.
II we wished to be supremely selfish
and supremsly shortsightsd-ws could
70 ON eating as much az We Nike and
whatever we like, without much dim
Guilty or interruption-at least, until
the Germans camel
But we are not doing things In that
selfish and suicidal way. We are try
Ing to make a great common pool Of
MI Of our food, and all Of the food Of
the allies, and all Of the food We can
get from South American and other
neutrals, and dividing II up fairly
among America, England, France. Bel
GUM and Italy.
This does not mean hat MI 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. 70 that the sol,
diess- our soldiers and thsir soidiers-
win be well fed, a. thsy have TO bs
10 fight hard and eontfnuously. and
that the munitions workers and the
workers in all the other necessary In
dustries, and the mem and women at
home will all have enough to kssp
alive and well II h absolutely nsces-
sary 10 do this n the war IN to DO won,
and we are going to Do X, but It means
planning, working. arranging. cooper
ating, being careful, not wasting, ~.
ing.
And It means that each and every
one Of NJ has got to help.
Now, We havs enough AND more than
enough food for Ourselves, and the
Government 10 going 10 80 TO Il that
We Keep here At homo sufF'cient sup.
ply Of every essential kind Of food 70
support orr people. Bwt over there
they simply have not enosuh. Lord
Rhondda. the Engiish food controller,
recently eabIed the Americas. food ad-
mlnistrator, that unlsss We can send
the aifies before the nsoet uropean
harvest $4,000, 900 bushels Of wheat In
addition to what had been sent Up 70
January Of this year no could not
assure the people Of the alIIss that
Trey would have q sufsctsmt supply ef
food TO carry on ire war.
He did not say anything In this cable
shout the othar food necessary, but
be has told Of these needs In other
esbsss- sand By his actions IN nngland.
For example, his lmbsst regulation
compsls reduction Of meat eating I'm
the United Kingdom to a maximum Of
one pound per week psr person, this
pound including the bone and other
waste parts In the meat a bought IN
TIE shop.
Ths aifies must have mere wheat.
more meat, more fzts, more dairy prod.
uets. more sugar. Their haxvests were
very shoet-Ffanes had lsss than hasf
her normal crop Of wheat the
avaihabls shipping 10 small In amount
and constantly being lssssned by sub
marines, % that n h now practically
Impossible TO use any ships for the long
voyage necessary to bring food from
and other remote marksts.
The food must come chiefly from
America. IN specific figures n n nee
ASs - W bcu0 % inc allies
!, 100000 tons Of foodstuffs a month
rms 10 great responsibility and a
grsat problem The food must ba
lound, and also the ships 30 carry II
\ = being done. but ean only continue
% be done by the help and fun CO.
operation Of an Of us over cur broad
and We must produce and save
more.
To supply the wheat necessary untfI
- next harvest. We must reduce our
presumption by from one-fourth "a
'ne-third; we must cut down our usual
lverage consumption Of meats ana
ats BY from 10 to 15 per cent. ana
larry products by about 10 Der cent
Over there they are tightening their
'eits and doing everything they can.
They are eating war bread; thsy are
utting down their sugar in England
o two pounds per person per mooth.
M IN France and Italy 10 one pound
low much are you eatingi-and they
re using ration cards for most Of the
tapies. We must meet sacrifice with
acrince. II we don't, we are be,p,n,
o lose the war Instead Of helping "a
vim it