The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-23
FOOD CONTROL
 MEANS VICTORY European Shortage Places Prob lem Before American Govern ment-Farsighted Policy
 Adopted. NEED 75,OOO,OOO BU. WHEAT. Food Administration Asks Aid of Every American In Gigantic
 Task of Feeding Millions.
NEED 75,OOO,OOO BU. WHEAT.

It is the food problem over there that makes food problem over here If We wished to be supremely seltlh- and supremely shortsighted-we cOuk go on eating as much as We like and whatever we like, without much diff culty or interruption-at least, until fhe Germans came.
 But we are not doing things fin that selfish and suicidal way. We are try. fHg to make great common pool of all of our food, and all of the food of 5ae allies and all of the food we can aet from South American and other GeutmIs. and dividing It up fairly among America, England, France Bel sium 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 well. It Is absolutely neces- sary to do this If the war Is to be won. and we are going to do It. but 1t means planning, working, arranging cooper ating, being careful, not wasting. say. ing.
 And 1t 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 To going to see to lt that ws keep here at homo q sufficient sup ply of every essential kind of food to support our people. But over there they simply have not enough. Lord Rhondda, the Engiish food controller recently eabied the American food ad. ninistrator, that unIsss we can send the allies before the next uropean harvest 75,ooo,o ,ooo bushels of whsat In addition to what had been sent up to January i Of this year he could not assure the people Of the aliies that they would have sufficient supply ot food 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 reduction of meat eating In he United Kingdom to a maximum of one pound per week per person, this pound including the bone and other waste parts In the meat as bought iu he shop.
 The allies must have more wheat more meat, more fats more dairy prod ucts, more sugar. Their harvests were very short-France had less than hall her normal crop of wheat-and the available shipping is small in amount and constantly being lessened by sub marines so that t is pow practlea Il l impossible to use any ships for the lone voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and other remote markets The food must come chiefly from America. In specific figures 1t Is nee ossary for us fo send to the allies i,lW,6o0 tons of foodstufs q month This is a great responsibility and { great problem. The food must bs found, and also the ships to carry it It Is being done. but can only continue to he 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 to one-third We must cut down our usual average consumption of meats and | fats by from lO to 15 per cent and dairy products by about 10 per cent
 Over there they are tightening their belts and doing everything they can. i They are eating war bread; they are cutting down their sugar in England 1 to two pounds per person per month. and in France and Italy to one pound how much are you eating?-and they are using ration cards for most of the staples. We must meet sacrifice wi h sacrifice. If we don't. We are helping to lose the war instead of helping to win 1t.