Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-05
WEEKLY NEWS YETTER.

( This is the first message sent ont hv
/ Herbert Hoover, United States Food .
/ Administrator. for 1918:
Go back to the simple life, be con
tented with simple food, simple pleas
! lreS, simple clothes. Work hard, pray
/ hard, play hard. Work, eat, rrcrcate
and sleep. O il "Dll couraIcously.
We havca victory to win.
HOOVER"
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l,s;.Y is o,t,,u,izcd bv another me,
+. sare. enc which Harry Lauder, thrI
-...,+ab rgprIi.r. sends IA his friends
in America upon tbc second a,Inivrr-
sarv of his sor', death. i, address Il
a,n.riaIly IN war fotbcrs IikcI himself
and n war mother, like the wife who
cbcyishos with him +,e memory of =
hero. ..Evcry family can save sol
dicr's life NV SAVING an insignificant
amount Of food daily. he saws
Fvarv cuncr If rrnrpv concentrated
g., Frrc-,, q. tbi, time sho~trns the
s+r;,rrIc If Won want to hriYg you-
Irals HON, q, !in soon, help them
victory" He comments that Amcrj-'
ca, scarcely -calizo and has not vcf
IrcaIizcd thn sacrifice required and tn.
terrihlcncsS Of the situation. and D.
Ica.cludcs. .tmorica mas the fate e..
flo worId in if, LanI When il J.
fuIIv ar,,;cI there can be no doubt
"a 70 tLc resrlt.-thc lads over Their
will nat h1yc died in vain
M, c,,.o-r,,,o,i tbr,r,b tbr O2i.r
of uorto+s !. ondoavormr rioht nov
70 learn cvo.tiv how mu,1 food thcr,
is in the country. SO it can advise co
sarvation AVID arrange production an
distribution TO the best advantage 81
dealers in and holder; of food hat
been furnished with blanks upon While
to list their stocks. Those who fail,i
TO receive blanks should secure them
and helm in the work 50 as to make the
statistics complete. Tnc blanks may
he obtained in this section from the
agent of the bureau at New Orleans
r Never. METROPOLITAN Bank BuilG
inc.
The public is awakening more an
more to the knowledge of the nation
! needs. Wheat, meat, sugar and ia
must be had, and no excuse can disrC
gard the demand or diminish the dut.
The hotels and restaurants Throughout
the state have Immediately improve
in the strict observance of the specia
DAYS for the saving of the foods named
In New Orleans the custom is well mig
general, and in the country the travel
I inc men report that the practice IS
similarly Incoming the rule. One cor
mercial hustler operating in NORTH
Louisiana estimates that in the place
0 he visited at least % per cent saving
was effected. Posters and special nc
tices were prominently displayed an
numerouslv piven out, and were servin
70 educate the homes as well as trans
0 lent guests.
The movement to foster the sheep l.!
dustrv in the South. one of the result:
of the conference of Southern Foo
Administrators, at New Orleans. is
gaining momentum all Ovetr the cOun
try. The specific measure advocate u
was a Federal war tax on dogs, the
o latter being the great drawback t.
sheen raising in this section. John
h NJ. Parker, as the mouthpcice of tn
meeting, asked all the Administrator
in the United States to urge their con
gressional delegations to vote for sue
law. and ne has received favorabl.
replies from all but one. That one
by the wav. is from the South, an
nleads local conditions. However, i
is expected that this hesitation will b.
,.orooma aud the Food AdminiStra.io