The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-14
duced to obtain fats.

duced to obtain fats
The food administration relies on the
hearty cooperation of the vast majority
of hotelkeepers and other proprietors Of
public eating places to observe these reg
ulations voluntarily, but is prepared t.
use the full force of its power agains
the few who would interfere with the
success of the plan. A paragraph in the
circular says:
1--WE know that the majority of men
in this class of business will welcome
this enforcement on the ground that il
protects the patriot from the Stacker and
gives the honest man who wants to save
for the country protection from the
wrongful acts of his unpatriotic com
petitors."
Attention is specially directed towards
the conservation of bread and butter,
cereals, meats, fats sugar, coffee, cheese
and ice, to fresh vegetables and fruits
which should be served when possible,
and to unnecessary suppers, teas, lunch
cons and banquets, which are condemned
as Fourth" meals. The food admins
tration desires as few fried dishes as
possible.
Simplified service, with meats and
vegetables on one plate instead of in
side dishes, and only necessary silver
ware, and simplification of the menu and
the menu card are urged as means of
saving not only food, but labor and pa
per. The general bill of fare should be
abandoned because the great variety of
dishes listed makes waste through spoil
age. Simple bills for breakfast, luncheon
and dinner with limited dishes, changed
from day to day for variety, are recon-
also the use of hors d oeuvres,
vegetable salads, fruits, sea-foods, made
over dishes and animal by-products,
which save staples and utilize many
available foods.
The war program discourages the table,
1'hote meal except when confined to
lew courses and small variety, as on the
Continent. American plan hotels should
'equire guests to write orders, and all
menus should be in plain English, act
tally describing the food.
The new regulations affect hotels res
aurants, dining cars, steamships, clubs,
nd other places where food is sold to
e consumed on the premises. In a
Message to the managers of such estab-
shments the food administrator fully
EXPLAINS the food situation with refer
nee to the war, and tells what the people
f the United States must do in the way
f saving food in order to make good the ,
ledge which, authorized by the presi- t
emf, he gave to the allies at the recent t
difference of food controllers. I
There is no prospect of proper end
g of the war before the campaign OF i
lie summer of 1912 says Mr.. Hoover. a
To attain victory we must place in '
rance three and half million fighting v
en- with the greatest mechanical equip r.
ent that has ever been given to any O
my. While we expect the position on
e western front may be improved, from g
military point of view, between now S
I'd then, there can be no hope of con- II
mmation of the end that we must vi
cure until another year has gone by. Y
The food administrator points out that
is accomplishment in 1919 will save a
'st of American lives that will have to al
sacrificed if the war continues until IL
TO- To strike the final blow in 1919 h:
cans that we must not only find the
IN, shipping and equipment for this 81
gantic army but that our own army, w
: allied armies and the civil popula-
N of the allied countries must, in the We
,antime, have ample food if their &C
ength is to be maintained 1--WE can Ct
all these things" he declares, land re
believe we can bring this business to of
end if every man, woman and child
the United States tests every action tn
Try day and hour by the one touch A,
ne-does this or that contribute to co
ming the war;" tn
we must appreciably decrease our
II imports of food, notably sugar,
fee and tropical fruits he says, and
nts out that while our wheat produc-
4 this year is better than last, our
duction of other cereals is less, and L.
resources are no greater than last de-
r. However" he says, "it is possible sol
us to give Europe its vastly increased lar
uirements and at the same time have E.
1argin over the quantity necessary to Be
ntain our own health and strength ".
he food administrator finds we shall H.
arently have sufficient sugar to take CO.