Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-27
WASHINGTON CUTS
RED TAPE IN ITS
FOOD DEPART MENT

1neton mas CQI loose WIN 1etcl-
mlnation to do his utmost toward
winning the war The nations capital
is sure one busy beehive OF war &C
tivity these days. DOllar-a-year men
10 humblest workers IN every depart
ment are at il feverishly from early
morning TO late al night, all seem
ingly imbued with the same idea Of
WE MUST WIN. and al working with
the same splendid enthusiasm which
spells success
This is the impression brought
home from Washington by George II.
Smalley, executive secretary of the
federal food administration for Ari-
IONA. who re-esented the office at the
recent conference OF food administra-
tors for the several states.
This conference was called for the
purpose Of clearing up many perplex-
ing problems as TO the enforcement
Of the foCd control act and 10 outline
the work sOr the coming year ex
planned Mr.. Smalley today. and with
al others in attendance l feel that the
inspiration which comes from asso
citation Of common interests and the
coming IN touch with the mastery
personality CT Mr.. Hoover repaid a
hundred-fold the inconvenience Of
bres king our way through the eastern
snow and ice 10 attend the sessions
IN addition to attending the meet
ings a part of our education was 10
peep into every phase CT war activity
ard every means TO make this an easy
task was placed at our disposal
Startling progress IS being madaI
alcng inventive lines. The new wire
less telephone has been perfected to
such 2 remarkable degree that il is
now possible for the human voice TO
carry through space without the aid
of wire TO the Panama canal and
Hawaii and daily talks are exchanged
with Paris. The experimentOrs are
now perfecting the same method of
communication with Tokyo. Japan OF
more practical value. perhaps. is the
adaptation of new discovery which
viii allow an airplane so high in the
air that il cannot be seen with the
naked eye TO wireless a message to
the intelligence station below and in
the same way two OF more machines
in the air can communicate with one
another within a radius of several
thousand feet. the vibrations of thel
engines having been entirely over
come BY American genius.
As an indication nj the swiftness
with which new problems are met as
soon as they arise: The Germans have I
invented a new gas IL is colOrIess /
and odorless and more deadly than
any ever used by them before. it is |
sad The American answer is a deli |
cate instrument placed in front of the /
trenches. which with uncanny &C
cUracy detects the approach of the
gas as it steals ever No-Msn's Land. /
and gives instant alarm. so that the
gas masks may be donned in time TO 1
prevent wholesale slaughter
The deadly submarine is now nett
with an American device which de-
tects its presence at great depth and
allows depth bomb TO be deposited 4
with unfailing fatality to the enemy.
And with all this progress in thei
line CT invention. actual production is /
increasing az a rate that can hardly
be cOmprehen6ed The Liberty en-
gines are proving a big success and
sirplanes equipped with them are be-
ing turned out by the thousands. Great
Britain has placed an order for 1000
airplane engines to equip machines
hich viii have a minimum speed Of
$50 miles an hour The daily produc-
ton. we are told, is equal in dollars /
and cents TO the combined daily pro- /
ddction of all the railroads in the
United States. On my return our
train passed through the munitions
districts of Pennsylvania. In one of
the yards shells were piled as far as /
the eye could reach ~ both sides of
the track. and it took the. train some
rrinutes to pass through this particu-
lar sea OF shells"
Referring to new food conservation /
plans, Smalley said: The addition oil
another wheatless day will soon be
made This rs been mace an absolute
necessity by virtue of the fact that in /
the face OF an apparent government /
shortage in the wheat crop to be har-
vested next summer. the government
mas contracted TO deliver to the allies
loO-oOo-o0o bushels of wheat to keep
them going over there.
One thought which the general nub-
lie does not seem 10 have grasped in
this connection IS that every pound
OF wheat furnished our associates in
the war means the saving of Ameri-
ran life II was pointed cut TO US
that the clearly defined policy of this
government is to furnish sufficient
troops in the trenches to take the
nlace % those incapacitate1. thus
maintaining the present total Of forces
against Prussianism. If the forces of
England, France and Italy are allowed
% become weakened through lack of
food which the United States has I'M
dertaken TO furnish. it means that
iust that many more American BOYS
must be rushed into the actualitfes OF
warfare, whether they are fully sea
Soned FOR the ordeal or not. And while
Uncle sam intends to b in this war
with TIE bayonet as well as the food
sacE. the more he can use the latter
ne less he will he Obliged - use the
former. This is the purely selfish
riewDOint of the question which
~aouid SPUR on 70 Greater efforts than
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