Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-05
u. s. Must Increase
Her Food Economy

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This IL what | meant when | said that
ours was defensive position, with the
enemy occupying strategieally the Of
fensiye.
Nor did mean to infer that the
starvation point had been reached in
England, France and italy. ! meant
what Hoover explained was his course
in Belgium. lie said no, these people
are not starving this very moment and
it is my bushes to keep them from
starving
AS a matter Of fact the people Of
England, France and Italy are, with
rare exceptions, living now on very re-
duced rations and these will undoubtcd-
ly, because of crop shortages. he further
reduced before summer. Nothing will
break down the morale Of the civilian
population quicker than semistarvatiun.
and this IL especially true of people
heretofore accustomed to an abundance.
at is squarely up to the people of
the United States, therefore, To furnish
the deficiency between food enough and
starvation. We have the food, but we
are now wasting enough daily to satisfy
our Allies We've got TO stop this
waste. our Allies must he kept up to
fighting strength physically, and we've
got to supply this strength.
THE big hotels and restaurants in
our cities have not done their part and
their prosperous--some of them, | re-
gret to say, war-prosperous--patr
have not encouraged them to cut down
their menus. specially on staples.
But. in the last analysis, 1t is to the
homes and the cooks of the well-to-do
that we look for real conservation ana
economy in staple eatables. This respon-
sibllity must, to a large extent. be volun-
tarily assumed, as Il law will probably
soon be passed taking care Of all public
eating places"
Doctor Taylor who is the guest OF
Jay Cooke. local food administrator.
during his stay here, added that no plans
for general ratiOning in the United
States had been considered by the
Washington authorities.
Every official American" Doctor
Taylor said in his speech last night,
every naval officer. every cabinet mem-
Der should go to Europe IL only Tor
day. because at n distance of 5000 miles
you cannot know what is going on. you
cannot sec the flicker of fear in their
eyes. There has been no serious strike
IN Germany There will be no rerolu-
ton In Germany. Six mcnthS ago--and
you never heard OF II on this side of the
water--thcre were disturbances on the
English docks ten times more perilouS
to the Allied cause than the recent
strikes in Berlin. Germany will not col
lapse. Germany is as cool now and as
methodical If not quite as assured as
she ever was.
The strikes. in Germany were either
,rt, iaI a - ho al go
deliberately arranged by the Govern
ment Europe is dazed, misled by false
hopes. The German firmly believes that
half of London has been laid waste by
Zeppclins. The average Englishman be-
lieves that people are dropping dead
from starvation in Berlin.
The trumps in the game--almost all
the trumps have been played by Ger
many. II will not do for US to deceive
ourselves now as the Allies have been
decciving each other and even their own
people. They made mistakes and they
took things as they came. but they have
had some time at least to make up for
il The difference Of our present posi-
tion Is this--that we have no time to
make any mistakes. If We make the
mistakes that the Allies have made we
lose--and II we lose the rest Of the world
will go down with US :"
MEETING OF SOCIETY FOLK
Mr.. and Mrs. Stotesbury had called
the meeting of society folk TO consider
methods of household food conservation.
The speakers announced besides Doctor
TAYLOR were Howard Heinz State food
administrator. who could not appear be-
cause of n cold f. &. Walcott. of the
Federal food administration, and Jay
Cooke the city administrator. Doctor
Taylor, besides the knowledge gained at
q t,, purtSs "a mi r.sIt 4,