The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-10-25

iCod consumption TO the MINIMUM
point Il public health and strength.
But the Feed Administration is conf
dent that such a program viii be ca'
ried cut
Eaturn to lid Principles.
a program Of this kind IS = return
10 -.anv Of the principles erunciatcd a
year age anG which have ben more
or less lest sight of N the attempts 20
substitute in CIDER t. gain first enc
position after another =2id =. 3.
MUnf-ri, Federal I'D A's-ini5trat0r
lor Missouri. "a yea" 80 the FJgd
A5nf-iatrat;-n asked the American
pe2pil = reduce al urroc, ss@Ty en-.
sumption and waste. We prealhs.! lie
gospel I the clean plate. ANA mat is
the GC.DeI we want /. 81 ,yor :.
very household IN Missouri his year
Il We can get it over it VIII have bot
ter total result than any Diar of sub.
stitUtions to fill specific programs.
MI. Hoover beIieEes the h5usowi
has set to The point / education Or
Iood questions that will enable us +
tell her to use her own judgment and
get along with as little as she can H
believes she will show more pride and
more national service in it if she is
given a general job TO de- than if
everything were LAID 5ut to her step
by step.
The Feed Administrator is not lei
ting dawn in the fooi program. This
should be understood distinctly. It is
asking more than ever before 1t is
easy enough for people t. keep d
meatlcss day; it is net 50 easy for PEG
pie &c reduce their CGnsuu pticn IF
meat. And We are going to ask for
the difficult service AID not for the
easy me"
It is Nr. Hocyer's op!aion that i.
o. cry man, woman AM child il the
United States tests every action ever
daE and every hour by the 1ne touch
stcnc-:!,os this IT that c-ltv.2ute .
the war?-Germany cai. be beaten III
III great Allied campaign Of the SUM
me- Of 1919. Befcrc next summer
there IS nc prospect Of a proper end.
in; Of the war, he believes.
What Must Be Accona!ish~d.
t. attain victory ard bring this
dreadful business t. az end,' the 9oi-
lowing must be accomplished:
Mere than 100000 fighting -;sn
must be placed in Europe; We must
supply the greatest mechanical equip
ment ever given an army; we mast
provide ships f-T -ur army and, tC d.
his, cut down Jur Imports Of sugar
coffee and tropical fruits; and We
must keep the Allied population in
ample f.Gd by shipping this year
1,C53,00G tons more meats, fats. dairy
products. etc. than last year, 100000
| tons mere breadstuffs, go, SEQ tens
more sugar and 10000 tens 1ore feed
! grain.
Even this program means further
seIf-denial Of the Allies next 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 VIII
| be unable TO put their full strcngt..
alongside our own in the supreme
effort.
Less Consumption and Waste.
I'VE must secure a reduction IL 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 yege.
table oil. The average consumption
Of cur people Of braaGstuffs amounts
tc about six pounds a week, and @!
meats and fats to four pounds a week
| fer each person. A reduction of con
| sumption TO less than one-half pound
week a person in each of these two
| great groups OF foods would accom-
/ plish our purpose. We wish to EN-
/ phasize, however, that we do not want
curtailment il the use Of milk for chill
| dTel.
This is not rationing, a thing We
will never have if our people continue
to support us as in the past. We are
simply making an appeal to the intel
Il ligence in the homes Of America Il
work out for themselves the means