The Alaska daily empire., 1918-05-02
The Anniversary Occurs on May 7th, and Is Urged for the Saving
 of Food.
ALASKANS ARE PRAISED
Federal Food Administra- tor Expresses Appre- citation of Coop
 eratiOn.

The Federal Food Administrator
 for Alaska expresses sincere appre- clation for the hearty cooperation on the part of all residents of the Territory in the food conservation program. A great deal has been ac- complished. Most encouraging are
 the reports of saving in the homes:
 sacrifices are being made to. com | ply with the food rules and regu-
 lations by public eating places and dealers in food commodities. The United States Food Admins tration declares that breadstuffs are now needed by the Allies more than at any time since the war started, and asks for the utmost saving | of wheat. May 7th will be the anniversary of the sinking of
 the Lusitania. On that date we shall probably be entering the most serious period of the war, especially from tte food standpoint. It, there fore, seems fitting that we make a special effort on that day to bring l our people to a realization of the gravity of the problem we are now | facing.
 Twelve months ago the United States ceased to be a neutral na- ton. By entering the war we tac- | tly pledged the Allies our fullest 1 measure of support They needed
 men, thousands of them-and we
 are sending them. They have to have food, hundreds of thousands of ! tons-and we have been sending it. l Their need is greater today than it
 has been at any time since the war | cloud first broke. They still need
 men, but they must have food We
 can send millions of men, inexhaus- | tible supplies of ammunition-but | they will be of no avail if we fail to support the troops over there
 and the people behind them. If
 the food fails them, they will fail We know now that never have the Allied nations faced grimmer struggle for existence than con- l fronts them today. We know that l only to America may they turn for toeioldHCc oO great HdS DteH lHe toll of the U-boat that every ship
 must be made to work at full ca pacity. Every vessel must make the greatest possible number of trips, travelling to the nearest source of supply-America. If the source of
 their ships must go farther from
 the scene of conflict. It means a diminution of food. And that means m approach to staryation-failure, defeat
 The strength of those people over
 there depends solely upon us. Starving people cannot uphold their
 lrmies. And the armies, even if
 they are fed, cannot be kept in
 the field if the men know that pri- vation and want are added to the suffering back home. The knowl-
 edge that their women and -chil- 1ren were starving would rob them of the spirit which has maintained their determination to stand un- yielding before the onslaughts of Prussia.
 We must face the fact that there is not in this country enough food
 to meet the actual necessities of Flu
 rope if we maintain our normal consumption. We must feed them
 but we have left in America only
 the amounts which would normally
 be consumed before another harvest We can export only what we save.
 If our savings are small, Europe
 will be underfed-the war will be lost
 The greatest need in Europe to- day is for wheat. They must have | millions of bushels. Seventy-fve million bushels, on the first day of this year, was needed to tide them over until July 1.
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