Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-25
ALL WRESTLING AT THE CAPITAL
 THESE DAYS
SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM IS EVERYWHERE APPARENT SAYS RIORDAN; JUST CONSERVE FOOD, HOW EVER TO WIN WAR.

one is whistling these days in Wash 'ington," says Timothy A. Riordan, federal food administrator for Ari- zona, who has just returned from an important conference with Herbert Hoover, which was attended by ali state food administrators.
 There is a wonderful spirit of optimism in the air at the national capital said the Arizona food head. Tt Is in marked contrast to the rath- CT melancholy atmosphere which encountered on former visits. Walk ing along the streets one is impress ed the very first thing that everyone is whistling a merry air of some sort. You hear 1t in the hotel Hobbies, offi- ces, everywhere. Why even the presi- dent has the whistling habit, these days, they say. In one of the rail- way offices the whistling got to be such nuisance that they had to put up a Don't Whistle sign.
 "The whistling habit is doubtless a reflection of the cheering news from the front. Everyone seems confi- dent that we have really started on the big drive toward Berlin, although it is safe to say that the war will last another year at least, and perhaps longer. At any rate the food ad- ministration is laying its plans for another full years activities.
 And during this year." continued Mr.. Riordan, we must conserve more than ever before. Last year, or rath- CT during the first year of the food administration we sent l0,0O0,000 tons of foodstuffs to Europe. Mir. Hoover learned while in conference with the ! foreign food controllers that the food demands of the Allies for the conn ing year will be in the neighborhood of l5,000,000 tons, and this translat- cd into terms of individual effort means that every person will have 10 increase his efficiency of conser- vation by 90 per cent.
 Mir. Riordan went on to say that while the program last year was con- fined 10 certain particular lines, the conservation scope will be broadened to include all lines, that thrift and economy may be practiced in every thing during the coming twelve months, and that while heretofore the house wife has been asked to observe meatless meals or wheatless days, in the future she will be asked to re- duce the consumption of all staple commodities and to use her own methods and her own judgment in so doing. This system, it is pointed out. will be far more difficult and require much more thought than the old pro- gram.
 Will there be any let up in food conservation:" Mir Riordan was ask cd
 He replied emphatically that there would be none He said that one of the largest problems before Americu and the food administration today is the building up of large reserves. De spite bountiful harvests food adminis- tration officials were unanimous in declaring that food conservation must be intensified as never before to meet the growing damands of our fighting forces and the civilian populations of this and the Allied countries. Re- serves must be laid up against the possibility of future crop failures or unforeseen contingencies, which may arise at any time.
 As to the sugar situation Riordan said that the honor ration of two pounds per person per month must be continued and that probably there would be no change in his program for several months. The vital need flor transatlantic shipping. he said is primarily the cause of this decision.
 Hoover congratulated Riordan on the organization which he has built mp in Arizona. giving especial credit to the county food administrators and their deputies, through the following special message which Mir. Riordan has sent out to all heads of county organizations:
 q wish you would express to each county food administrator of your state the great appreciation we all have for the fine service they have given our common task. l was par ticularly struck by the repeated oc- casions during our recent conference, when such expressions arose as We can. and must depend upon our county administrators for that or "our county food administrators will put that ovcr." or Our county food administrators have done this or that" All these expressions recalled to me the relations of the army staff to the men on the firing line and wish you would take opportunity to thank them in my name for their great service to their country and her people at home.'
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