The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-07-11
STATE IS PLAYING
FOOD GAME WELL
Federal Administrator Brooks Com.
mends People and Urges Them
10 Renewed Efforts

administrators, noteI men, groCeis ant
tie other types OF business under
control OF the administration. i.
much gratitied at the way Vermont Ii
meeting the war test represented by
The observing OF the administration
rulings and restrictions In 4 state
ment, issued at his ONCE today Mr.
Brooks reviews the state situation as
follows
Your Vermont Food Administrator
returns from two weeks tour of the
State, confident that Vermont on the
whole is standing the test of the time
well and is not only in spirit. but in
fact, living up to the regulations Of the
Food Administration.
| with regulations constantly
| changing, necessarily so because OF
changing conditions in markets caused
! by acts Of the enemy. by submarine.
transportation problems, etc. it is a
difficult task to conform to the latest
rules This unsettled condition calls
for quick adjustment not for real sac
ritice Families giving up boys saTt-
fee; this is merely adjustment to
new conditions, and, for the most, is
cheerfully done. The latest sugar
rules are an illustration.
while we were boasting that the
German submarine could never strike
our shores, II has upset that futile,
easy going claim of ours and has
struck a blow that is felt in every
last home in our broad country AS
a result, it is absolutely required, not
that we should rush to buy sugar be-
yond our immediate requirements, but
that we should all accept the rule now
in force that only two pounds OF SUI
gar be bought at time on the basis
of three pounds per person per month,
or thirty six pounds year; that two
pounds should be so used as to last as
long time as possible. In France
and Italy the allowance is but thirteen
pounds and in England. twenty six
pounds year person.
81 am confident that the people OF
Vermont need only to be shown facts
and the necessity for saving food to
secure their quick and ready adjust
ment to the situation and sincere Co
operation with the administration.
THE farmer for his produce gets q
per cent more today than that last
summer and the housewife buying in
a market pays 10 per cent less. Flour
in Minneapolis sold for $16.75 year
ago; today 1t sells for 1888 TO $1,000 |
a barrel Bear in mind that -four and !
sugar scared in the Civil War to |
$4,000 a barrel and twenty five and |
thirtyf1v cents pound This com
parison of quotations is the keynote to |
food control.
"The conditions stated existed In
the Civil War, comparatively little |
national war in which only the mar
kets OF this country were greatly up
set. Go back to Civil War history and
look up the wages Of that period.
Then realize how much we are being
paid for what we do and how little we
are paying for what we get
Thank God every day for Mr..
Hoover and food control. Thank God
for the British Navy that has kept our
shores free from the invaders.
This is the program OF food con-
troll and results must be obtained.
Vermont is going to live up to the best
traditions and do all and more than
Is expected Of her. Stand back OF
your local food administrator, stand
back of the hotel and restaurant men,
the wholesalers and jobbers, the gro
GERS and dealers, who are all playing
the game fair and open. Back the
dealer who stands true to the regula-
lions even at the risk OF possibleI
harm to his trade. The people who
are so misguided as to fail to back a
man Of this sort can readily be sorted
into two Classes: |.
class l. Those persons, who, be- .
cause Of some good cause are misin-
formed as to the rules, but who are .
willing, when shown what is required
and the reasons why they should do :
the right thing
Glass 2. Slackers, in spirit and ac- :
ton. They should be treated as such.
Some people in Vermont have said |
To hell with the Food Admnistra- /
tion' That Is a seditious statement !
and If stated in ignorance, can be
forgiven II 1t is stated knowingly, !
rom now on such utterances should
De treated as similar cases have been.
The Food Administration is today one
u the strong arms Of the Government ]
and one might as well make remarks
ike the above concerning the Presi- !
lent or the Army and Navy
Your Food Administrator is proud I
IT OF Vermont every day and fully ap-
,reciates the way In which the ma
ority OF Vermonters have complied
With the changing conditions OF the
Food Regulations. Vermont viii, III
NOW, continue to hold her place near
he head OF the line among her sis
er states in the nation wide effort
or conservation.
I'm closing. can only express my
appreciation Of the County and Local 4
administrators, who have done their
Utmost to carry out our policy and who
ave undergone serious loss OF time
rom their respective businesses as a
esult OF their sincere and earnest CO.
"A.