Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-03-27
FOOD SHORTAGE
CAUSE OF ALARM
CONGRESS AROUSED BY STATE
mENT MADE BEFORE AeRIcUL-
p TURAL COMMITTEE.
ATTACK USELESS PRINTING
Change Made That Warehouse in
Washington Is Overlooking With
Documents That Will Never Be
Used.
BY ARTHUR W. DUNN.

Used.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington.-It seems to be abso-
iutely necessary to issue constant
warnings to the American people about
the saving of food. And yet, so far
as observation goes in the national
capital there has been no very great
attempt to curtail the use of food
stuffs, except so as to comply with
the requests made by Food Admins
traitor Hoover in regard to mStless
and wheatless days. There is still in
sight in the markets and the stores
plenty Of supplies. apparently, and as
long as money is quite free the peo-
pie are likely to buy those supplies.
While Mr.. Hoover issues n note of
alarm from time TO time, the real
scare has reached congress, and par
ticularly those senators and repre-
sentatives who have been investigat-
ing the food situation. The members
of the agricultural committee of the
senate have been really alarmed by
statements which have been made be-
fore them, which so far have not reach
ed the general public. Several of the
senators are particularly anxious about
the meat supply, and Senator Kenyon
of Iowa. who has given a great deal
Of attention to the subject. feels that
there will be a meat famine in the
United States within n year. even If
every possible means should be adopt
ed to increase the supply.
''The people have not paid enough
attention TO production" is the con-
cluslon of Senator Kenyon.
Senator Smont of Utah. for the most
part a very diligent senator In OPP
posing useless printing. was asking
in the senate &c have some pictures
printed as a part of the report of the
Panama railroad commission. Most
of the senator's thought he was ask
Ing TO have the report printed. which
under the law must be printed anyway.
AMI this caused Senator Poindexter Of
Washington to ask: "Wlll anybody
read itf'
whenever anything appears print
ed as a senate document" remarked
Senator Thomas Of Colorado. at is
buried In the archives and buried for
ever" He then told the senate that
the government had rented a ware
house somewhere IN the outskirts of
the city of Washington and it was
filed to OVERLOOKING with documents
printed by the government that are
not used. and never viii be used.
Then Senator Gronna of North Ia
kota took a hund in the discussion
and complained bitterly because he
was deharred fr~@1 having petitions
Of his constituents printed In the Con-
gressional Record on account Of the
shortage Of paper and yet tons and
tons of these unread documents were
being printed by the government.
There continues 10 be talk in con-
gress about graft and extravaganza.
and so far It has been kept out Of the
range Of party politics, for Democrats
as well as Republicans Join In the crit
icisms. Some members Of the DON'T
uant party are inclined TO make light
of the alleged extravagance In con-
Quoting the war, while others say that
no war was ever waged yet which did
not mean extravaganza on account of
the necessity for speed in procuring
supplies.
Talk about that old saying. THE
old flag and an appropriation said
one Of the prominent Democratic SEN
ators, eve have not only got the flag,
but we are getting the appropriations"
"And you are making the Republic
ans look like pikers. although you crit
Icized us day in and Jay out when we
were in power" WIS the reply Of one
Of the Republican senator's.
Just what interest has been hold
ing up the bill 10 set the clock ahead
and save an hour Of daylight is not
apparent. but for some reason or other
this measure has been held up In the
house after passing the senate many
months ago, and has not yet become a
law. So far as can be ascertalned
nearly everybody is for II, or at least
no one Is against II. The national
chamber of commerce has made
canvass Of It's members. and they seem
TO be almost unanimous In favor Of
the measure, and what is more. they
have found half n hundred good rea-
sons why it should pass. This may be
like other measures which have very
strong apparent support. but upon
which there is no affirmative action.
A campaign is now under way which
Re intended to encourage the use of
the English language in America. 4
recent statement says that 100000
people In America are speaking more
than 100 different languages, not one
OF which is English; that thousands
Of aliens in our training camps are
yet unable to understand military or
ders and directions More than LOO
newspapers and periodicals are printed
in foreign languages. Of which more
than 700 are written for and read by
esnigrants from countries with which