The Coconino sun., 1918-06-21
European Shortage Places Prob. lem Before American Govern ment-Farsighted Policy
 Adopted.
NEED 75,Oo0,0O0 BU. WHEAT.
Food Administration Asks Aid Of Every American In Gigantic
 Task of Feeding Millions.

It is the food problem oyer there that makes a food problem over here. If we wished to be supremely selfish-- and supremely shortsighted-we could 90 on eating as much as We like and whatever we like, without much diffi. culty or interruption-at least, until the Germans came!
 But we are not doing things in that selfish and suicidal way, We are try. ing to make great common pool of all of our food, and all of the food of the allies, and all of the food we can get from South American and other neutrals, and dividing 1t up fairly among America, England. France, Bel gium and Italy.
 This does not mean that all of the people in the great pool are going to have the same ration, but means that we are trying to arrange to have enough for everybody, so that the sol. diers-our soldiers and their soldiers will be well fed. as they have to be to fight hard and continuously, and that the munitions workers and the workers in all the other necessary in- dustries, and the men and women at home will all have enough to keep alive and we'll. It is absolutely neces- sary to do this if the war is to be won, and we are going to do 1t, but 1t means planning, working, arranging, cooper ating. being careful. not wasting, say. ing.
 And it means that each and every one of us has got to help.
 Now, we have enough and more than enough food for ourselves, and the Government is going to see to lt that we keep here at home sufficient sup. ply of every essential kind of food te support our people. But over thers they simply have not enough. Lord Rhondda, the Enolish food controller recently eabIed the American food ad. winIstrator, that uniess we can send the allies before the next uropean harvest 75,0o0, 900 bushels Of wheat in addition to what had been sent up ts January of this year he could not assure the people of the allies that they would have . sufficient supply oi feed to carry on the war.
 He did not say anything in this cable about the other food necessary, but he has told of these needs in other cables-and by his actions In England For example, his latest regulation compels a reduction of meat eating lr the United Kingdom to a maximum O, one pound per week per person, tAii pound including the bone and other waste parts in the meat as bought h the shop.
 The allies must have more wheat more meat, more fats, mere dairy prod ucts, more sugar Their harvests wert very short-France had less than hali her normal crop of wheat-and the available shipping is small in amount and constantly being lessened by sub marines, so that 1t is now practically impossible to use any ships for the lons voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and other remote markets The food must come chiefly from America. In specific figures 1t is nee essary for us to send to the alliel 1.10O0OU tons of foodstuffs month This is great responsibility and [ great problem. The food must b< found, and also the ships to carry it It is being done, but can only continue to be done by the help and full co operation of all of us over our broad land. We must produce and save more
 To supply the wheat necessary until the next harvest, we must reduce ouI consumption by from one-fourth ts one-third; we must cut down our usual average consumption of meats and fats by from 10 to 15 per cent. and dairy products by about 10 per cent.
 Over there they are tightening theiI belts and doing everything they can They are eating war bread; they are cutting down their sugar in England to two pounds per person per month and in France and Italy to one pound how much are you eating2-and they are using ration cards for most of the staples. We must meet sacrifice with sacrifice. If we don't, we are helping to lose the war instead of helping tc win 1t.