Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-10-09
FOOD PROGRAM FOR
COMING YEAR
Hoover Outlines Prospects and
Calls Upon All Americans
TO Do Thur Part.


program recommended for the Ameri-
can people during the coming year:
There is no prospect of Il proper
ending of the war before the cam
paign of the summer of 1919. TO at
tain victory we must place in France
three and Il half million fighting men
with the greatest mechanical equip
ment that has even been given 10 any
army. While we expect the position
Oh the western front may be improv-
ed from military point of view, be-
tween now and then, there can be no
hope of contamination of the end
that we must secure until another
year has gone by.
If we survey our ability to meet this
definite promise TO them we find that
while our wh9at production this year
is better than last year, our produc-
ton of other cereals is less. We have
had severe losses through drought in
many sections. On balance our re-
sources are no greater than last year
We find. however, that if we can give
this increase in food supplies in 1919
we will save a million American lives
that will be expended il we have to
continue until 1920 To give this
final blow in 1919 we have not only to
find the men, shipping, and equipment
for this gigantic army, but this army,
the Allied armies and the Allied civil
population must have ample food in
the meantime if we are to maintain
their strength. We can do all these
things, and / believe we can bring
this dreadful business to all end #
every man, woman and child in the
United States tests every action every
day and hour by the one tOuchstOne-
does this or that contribute to win
ming the war?
The food program is no small part
of this issue. To provide ships for
our army, we have not only to build
all that we can, but we must have the
help of Allied shipping. In order that
the Allies may provide this they mus
take food ships from the more distant
markets and place them upon the
shorter run to the United States. We
coffee, and tropical fruits.
Under these conditions, the demand
upon lis is for larger supplies. The
conferences on food supply and ship
ping we have held in Europe enable
us to estimate our burden.
Fill the Allies Ships.
At least the Allied table will he less
than ours, for the Allied peoples are
denying themselves more in order to
transport our soldiers. We can do
no less than fill the ships they send
us.
OF our imports we shall apparently
have sufficient sugar to maintain the
present consumption and take care of
the extra drain of the Allies from our
markets.. instead of compelling them
to send their ships TO the Far East.
We can secure in sailing vessels the
coffee we need if no one makes az
overbrew. OF our own products we
must secure a reduction in consump-
groups OF first, breadstuffs, and sec
ond meats and fats; that is, in all
bread and cereals, beef, pork, poultry,
dairy and vegetable oil products. The
average consumption of our people of
breadstutfs amounts to about six
pounds per week and of meats and
fats to four pounds week for each
person. A reduction in consumption
of less than One-half pound per week
per person in each of these two great
groups of foods would accomplish our
purpose. We wish to emphasize, how
ever that we do not want curtailment
in the use of milk for children.
Economy in the Homes.
Some of our homes, by reason of linn
tied incomes, can not now provide more
food than they should have to MAIN
tain health in the family. They
can not rightfully be asked to make
the suggested reduction in consump-
ton. But the great majority of our
homes can do more than suggested.
We need even greater simplicity of
living than last year amongst all that
section of the community to whom
foodstuffs are a secondary item of en-
penditure.
We estimate that nearly 100000
people eat at our public eating places
hotels, restaurants, boarding houses,
clubs, dining cars and so forth. The
food consumption in these places is
larger than in the average homes. We
are asking the proprietors and en-
ployes of these institutions to under
take in many particulars a more
strict program than last yea md we
are confident that they viii Y .llingly
do this.
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 in
telligence in the homes and public
eating places of America to work out
for themselves the means and manner
of saving.
This year, as last, | believe we can