The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-29
FOOD CONSERVATION
MUST NOT SLACKEN
Next Week Is Food Week All Over the Country But No
Public Gatherings Are Allowed Here Because
of the Epidemic.

Elaborate plans had been made for
re-conservation week to have been uni
versal1y observed by the schools,
churches, clubs and all patriotic or
CARNATIONS December 2 to z, but ow-
ing to the fact that no public gather
ings Of any sort are allowed in many
sections Of the country, a large part
of the plans had to be done away with
and the newspapers are asked to pub
lish Herbert Hoover's appeal for re-
conservation, and the people of Amer
lea are asked to pledge themselves to
renewed efforts to help feed the many
hungry countries dependent upon our
nation for food.
At conference held at Helena last
week Mrs. Blanche Phillips represent
ed the home economics work in the
county and L. E. Jones as county food
administrator attended. The meetings
were held lat the Placer hotel Nov.
22 and practically every county food
administrator in the state was pres
ent besides large number of home
economics workers.
Mr.. Milne of the food administra-
tion at Washington was present and
strongly urged his audience to carry
to the people Of their counties the
message that the people of the Unit
ed States have still tremendous task
before them in feeding the countries
of Europe.
The peoples in need of our help have
been put into groups as follows:
I. Large allied nations: France,
Great Britain and Italy. Population
126,000,0O0.
II. Smaller allied nations: Belgium,
Serbia, Armenia. Population 74,600,-
900.
III. Neutral states, population A.
100000.
w. Uncertain states, 83,000,00O.
V. Enemy states, $4,000, 900.
Together these populations total
over 400 million people and of this
number it is estimated that there are
about 80 millions who will not need
help, leaving 1863, ZOO, 900 looking to US
for their food supply.
Mr.. Hoover is in Europe making a
survey of the situation and managing
the distribution of foodstuffs sent over
by our country.
Below is Mr.. Hoover's statement to
the people of the United States.
Washington, D. c., Dec. I, 1918.
Again in full confidence, call upon
the American people to set aside Sun
day, December l, and the week fol-
lowing, for the consideration of Amer
ica's opportunity for renewed service
and sacrifice.
Last summer, when the military sit
uation was acute, we assured the In
ter-Allied Conference in London, that
whatever the war-food program Of the
allies required we were prepared to
meet; that the conference need not
consider whether or not we had sup
plies-we were prepared to find them;
we pledged ouselves, by the voluntary
economy of our people, to have the
reserves in food to supply all the
necessities. The ending of the war
does not release US from the pledge.
The same populations must be fed,
and until another season has passed
they cannot feed themselves.
The change in the foreign situation
necessarily alters the details of our
food program, because the freeing
of the seas from the submarine men,
ace renders accessible the wheat sup
plies of India, Australia and the Ar
gentine. The total food demand up
on the United States is not diminish
ed, however. On the contrary, it is
increased. In addition to the supply
ing of those to whom we are already
pledged, we now have the splendid
opportunity and obligation of meet
ing the needs of those millions of peo-
ple in the hitherto occupied territor-
les who are facing actual starvation.
The people of Belgium, northern
France, Serbia, Roumania. Montene-
gro, Poland, Russia and Armenia re-
" upon America for immediate aid.
We must also participate in the pres
ervation of the newly liberated ma
tions in Austria; nor can we ignore the
effect on the future world develop
ments of famine conditions among
those other people whom we have re-
Gently released from our enemies. All
these considerations mean that up
wards of 200 million people, in addi-
ton to those We are already pledged
to serve, are now looking to US in
their misery and famine. Our ap-
peal today is therefore larger than
the former appeal to the "war con-
science" of our people. The new ap-
peal is to the "world conscience,
which must be the guiding inspira-
tion of our future program.
The president of the United States