The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1918-05-24
FOOD OFFICIALS FROM FAR ENDS
or TEXAS MEET IN HOUSTON
County and District Food Administrators Numbering
325 Confer With Peden and HalIowell in Memo
rable Two-Days' Session-Texas Performing
Vast Service and so Acknowledged.

wheat a. badly a. that We will DO VITA
out wheat until the new crop comes "
50 We sent out q QUESTIONABLE 70 -
the people Of the State really wan..u
% this -not request for them 70 uo
u mine YOU. but = oue.sion a.nd,, 70 r.aIIy
were and 70 see u Il was advissols 70
suggest 10 the people that they 90 WIN,
out this coIamodliy which We have Az
soften used To- The answers came W
without one exception. without one w.
70 an ahstlnsnes Of - days or possibly
y days The only discussion was as 70
the time. a. every one said 'thAt itn
long enough. Let's % without u until the
next crop comse. IN
I 70 xsss sanI ss $50
"Ar Hoover sent a cablegram 70 Perish
lne and he got that news Just before OUT
boys IN that sector went into THIS treAt
hattie and knov that that news from
home pct = litle more pep and I. , ,,us
more spirit into the thrust Of their bayo-
Nov this Is a proud moment for me
when look =, the fAces Of my eo-work.
ers. but I take no credit for the work
Va, s,y are r., s s II ' 2, . you ss9.
there Ycur hearts are in the risht
i want to iAse mt, occasion to thank
you one and an from the bottom o. my
Tor your pronp; and eirnegt response 10
ever can made ufon you loa ssye
found none q thtst cails ohitc ilqnable.
visitors traveline ever TIE stAte. q
rather over the Crliet states have told
Us NAT TEXAS v.s EtfhsIs better o.,
know whether o. not that 10 true, o may
BE- a mistake. bat l Van; yaa % snew
that We are "a re itA. NJ. haNqN-us
We are iAE1e tkls iflrr atra1lsy We
arr doing or Level hss; Ari - Ne So
ing % elntrat Q e. or s'ssi unul me
John v. Htnsuel. N his ttsfss, aid.
Mr. Wlei1 car rrtsi,f1i srtE Nhat
he vas ahrlf uht1 tt tfEfa ~ Hover
70 come 10 his cfi11try % has re f1ql
administraiian Mr Hrsrsr c--stniet
promptly siiA rtig t1t 11llilftii'-t nat
he psrs1raly y a1ape5 g sf-fs EitAout
com psnsatiur ara g. hi lsT-r iisi 70
serve On re s1r1s inFs a. tt1ss Who
would vul1ritsf itsi- atrFltts a-1 enter
The work - utr uerttrt ar. enter the
Now that the at--l lsirt-i,r. .1s passed
through the period q srrl; zltlon with
LOO employees. fttt c---ly Tod admin
lstrhtors throurtout IN cclriry, perhaps
a total of set volunteers and many
others working and accepting only sui.
nclent 20 provide Tor the necessities Of
lie. Il Is possible 10 look back upon the
last ten months with great satisfaction
az the work accomplished.
HOW herbert HOOVER
ORGANIZED FORCES.
MI, Hoover knew that he could not slt
In Washington and understand local food
problems In Is States 20 he decentrallzed
the work. which has resulted In the APP
polntment " a Of as sterling war work
ers, federal appolniees. MS the country
has ever seen In lts history, and, gentle
men. Mr. pedtn IL rFhi In the front rank
80 much for the organization. except
perhaps 10 add that every one Of the
heads 0f the i0'dlvlslons In the Washing
ton organization now realizes that With
out the statewide organizations, their
work In Washington would count for
nothing. and let me assure you that not
only NJ. Hoover and those Of us In the
States administration division, but work
ers AN through the administration have
a knowledge " what II going on In tho
States In a greater degree than you may
realize
when We knew last summer That thou
sands Of head Of cattle were starving In
Western Texas and that nobody seemed
10 be- taking care 0f the situation, Mr.
Hoover. acting M h. always does, cut red
tap 20 pieces As was quite fortunate.
MNa NfNfN was w " MHNlllNNNH W hANN AlillM
and In q very few days 1900 tons N cot
ton seed cake was delivered at Galveston,
consigned 70 one Of the neutrals II was
Immediately Communicated. Rice straw
as rnuFhage was obtained from the Beau
mont section Gentlemen. I think you will
agree that that prompt action OF Mr..
Hoover and Mr. peden wes instrumental
IN saving perhaps 2,00J.000 10 1900, 900
cattle Texas has been given the credit
Of that because II could not have been nc-
complished without the emergency work
II Mr. pedcn.
WHEAT rs NEED
OF ALLIED NATIONS.
Nov we are faced with a condition
which makes our conservation message
wheat, wheat, wheat. France before the
war was the largest bread-eating coun-
try IN the world. The total intake Of
bread was 50 per oent-oyer onc-half Of
all she ate was In the form Of bread OF
course her crops have been failures, Re
fore the war she raised $4,000 900
bushels Of wheat. This year 1890 900
bushels. WHY She did not have the
men and you know what has happened to
them. 800 900 killed and an equal num-
her disabled-5,o0o. 900 men. BASED upon
populati that 100000 Is the equal Of
5000. 900 Of our own men. Think Of that
100000 Of our own men. Killed and
disabled. And then try TO picture ua in
Frances position OF needing the only kind
OF bread she knows how TO use, the only
kind OF bread that she can get into her
soldiers knapsacka. and ask yourself
what we are going 10 do about II. Now |
did not come from Washington TO tell you
what to do, because you, gentlemen, have
led the world When on March % Mr.
Hoover received the telegram from Mr..
Peden about the action % Grimes county,
Texas Il gave US new life. And I want
to congratulate the administration for
Grimes county who, ! understand. Is also
administrator for the twelfth district.
Following that wonderful message
came that other message that Texas had
gone on a wheatless basis for rs days.
This has resulted In millions Of pounds
Of flour being turned back into the trade
and actually into the if0-pOund jute sacks
Tor export 10 our allies and 10 our own
boys abroad. You have a rlght to con-
graduate yourselves and to feel that you
are members Of winning team since the
food administration has passed through
H. period of organization and ~ now
hlossnmlng out and doing the work for
which u was organized.
Mr.. MOWERS MESSAGE
TO TEXAS WORKERS.
Just before leaving Washington ask
cd Mr. Hoover n be had anything par
ticuiar that he would wish 10 say To this
uihcfinF Tie said. Yes. Give them the
message first OF gratitude and then Of
encouragement, gratitude for al that
know Texas has done and will DO In rs
effective il1untercHted way IN practlclng
aef.dauinl on this whole food congcrva-
tlon program. md cncourarumcnt be-
cause We see daylight u we can continue
10 ret the ships
Il will take the Texas yell back to
Warrington With me and tell Alr Hoover
that | have a uesaaru from thla bound
'cft eirplro a Tho Southwest that Tesnl
all 20 without wheat for a period u Is
Gays. and lcrgor u neec,safy