The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-09
URGES MONTHLY
FAST DAY
Senator Smoot Suggests 1t
to Relieve the Food
Shortage
BORAH BLAMES
THE RAILROADS
He Sees Menace in the Draft
Law for Farm

Washington. Feb. 9.-Drastic action
to cope with the food shortage was
urged yesterday in the Senate debate
Senator Smoot suggested monthly
fast day
Senator Borah declared the situation
not due to actual shortage, but TO the
| transportation and labor situation. IF
this draft law is executed as 1t was the
last time" said he, 1--WE are going TO see
a breakdown in farm production
Senator Jones of Washington asked
it every person in the country should not
be drafted to do the work best suited to
the individual
IF the war keeps on that certainly
will have to be done" said Senator
Smoot To-day we find the people of
most OF the nations of the earth on the
strietest sort of rations, and many are
actually suffering from hunger. We have
in our country a food administration
asking our people to observe meatless
days, wheatless days, porkless days, and
TO stop the waste of all kinds of food.
Their warnings should and must be heed
ed. Notwithstanding all that has been
done and as some people say, sacrificed
the work has only begun. If this war
should continue two years longer, | am
afraid there will be a scarcity of food in
the world, and many of our people will
be compelled to go short in order to as
sist in feeding our army and navy and
the armies and navies and people of
other countries engaged with us.
THE American people must be made
to understand that the responsibility of
seeing that hunger is not allowed to
dishearten our allies or to compel neu :
trail countries to seek the absolute ne !
cessities of life from our enemies, rests !
upon rs.
why not have national fast day |
once a month? II every American citizen
would abstain from eating two meals
upon that fast day, the health of one I
hundred million Americans would be ben
fitted, and further, we would have more
If the necessaries of life to send to the
people of Europe, now compelled TO live
IN the shortest of rations.
Lets have national fast day and
~ so doing place every man, woman and
hid in a position to assist our govern.
nent by purchasing thrift and war saw
ng stamps" i1%
A9tHdtOi bpidU utCihltQ HutH ibDu - | ,
,oing to waste and said he did not be-
ieve there would be any shortage if it
we're properly distributed. There are
900 carloads of potatoes in Idaho, he
aid, which because of the transportation
ituation will perish, but it would be
seless to tell the people of his state
hat it is necessary to save potatoes"
Fast days will not meet the situa-
ion,' declared Senator Jones. I'VE will
ave food after it has been produced,
ut il must 'be produced first"
He declared Congress should devise
ome way of making everyone work in
rder to produce more food
Enrolment and agricultural training
unemployed and idle men not liable
, the draft, but capable of doing farm 3
ork," was proposed in bill introduced
the request of the department OF agri Y
ilture by Senator Jones. Its purpose b
to replace farm workers called into
ilitary service and it proposes that the VI
and idle" men designated I,
Iall be assembled in government train i,
g camps in each state for farm course 60
six weeks. re