New-York tribune., 1918-02-09
Would Benefit Health :,
Aid Allies, Smoot
Tells Senate 3,
People Could Buv
More War sta,n,,
Provisions Now Wa.,.d
Would Make Up Shoa.
age, Says Borah

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.--Dr,s,;.
ton to cope with the food sho,,
was advocated to-day in the e.
Senator Smoot urged a rnontaIy f,s., l,U
20 conserve the food supply
Senator Boran declared IN. s;..
not due to actual shortage, but ~ ,s' ~
transportation and labor Situation ''
"If this draft law is execp.oa
was the last time" said he aw.
going to see breakdown in farm
duction.' p-0
Senator Jones, of Washington .s..
if every person in the country .h.r,
not be drafted to do the wort III
suited to him.
"1f the var keeps on, that certain.
will have to be done,' said Ssn..,,
Smoot. "To-day we find the peonla :
most of the nations of tie earth =,
the strictest sort of rations and u,,s
are actually suffering from hunger v.
have in our own country a food adm;,
istration asking our people to obser.
mcatless days, wheatless days. uort.
less days and to stop the waste Of ~
kinds of food. Their warnings sbou,
and must be needed.
"Not only must we conserve The fooa
supply, but we must put in effect in oul
lives the principle of saving in ordsI
to assist in the purchase of our govern
ment's obligations. issued to meet IL,
unusual demands made upon it to su
cessfully carry on the war and exteu;
financial assistance to our foreir
Allies.
Work Has Only Begun
notwithstanding all that has bees
done, and as some people say. sscr;I
feed, the work has only begun. RI
this war should continue two YEAR
longer, I am afraid there will be j
scarcity Of food in the world and mspy
of our people will be compelled to es|
short in order to assist in feeding oulI
army and navy and the armies an
navies and people of other countrie
engaged with us.
"The American people must be mad
to understand that the responsible
of seeing that hunger is not allowed |
dishearten our Allies or to compel ae|
trail countries 20 seek the absolu1
necessities Of life from our enemis|
rests upon US"
"Whv not have a national fast n
once month. If every American cit
zen would abstain from eating IN
meals upon that fast day the hesh|
once a month? If every American ei|
would be benefited, and further u
would have more Of the necessaries !
life to send to the people of EurupI
now compelled to live on the shoHs|
Of rations.
Lets have national fast day ir|
by so doing place every man, womb
and child in a position to assist sr|
government by purchasing thrift m1
war savings stamps
Food Going to Waste
Senator Borah declared amy amcss|
Of food" was now going to waste ~
declared he did not believe there wcus
! be any shortage if it were properf1
distributed.
There are four thousand carloads q
potatoes in Idaho, he said. which, bel
cause Of the transportation situator|
will perish, but he said It would y
useless to tell the people Of his stat
that it was necessary to save potatoes
EAST days will not meet the sltus
tion," declared Senator Jones. :"
will have food after it has been pr'|
duced, but it must be produced hrsl
He declared Congress should de'ls|
some way of making every one woi
to produce more food.
Enrolment and agricultural tralnlI|
OF unemployed and idle men not hao]
TO the draft, but capable of doing isI
work" was proposed in a bill mtg
duced by Senator Jones at the reque1
Of the Department of Agriculture.
It's purpose is to replace farm Won
ers called into military service, 81
proposes that the unemployed 81
idle" men designated should be assel
bled in government training camps
each state for a farm course OF y