The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-05
WHEELING WOMEN Will LING TO WORK
! AND SAVE FOOD FOR OUR ALLIES


would b.. found NJ a! ;.ucS dom; thar
;lrt towards tn. gigantic problem "a;
if".djtS ,h" starving millions ": Europe.
I'll" m""t!u:, was Hrr>iJ"d ever hy Mrs.
, John y. Gard.'u. who. IL Il very happy
:nann"r. uJtIlu"i ;nr uOJ"'.t and purpose
OF tn. meeting. and GALE, i"r the cleo
ticr II secretary. AND Mrs. ]. j.
Thomas was elected secretary.
Mr.. Og!cbay extended few words "f
greeting TO Mr.. Fort and III" ladi'S
/ present. ~ tn" r"tfcusi"n II Mr.. I"r' >
speech Mr.. OGl"hay WAS called UrrH.
and hr in :, bril-: but enthusiastic and
clear manner emphasized tH!'' .m:p"rta'i''':
, - the t"r,l conservation work. stating
, tilat II" saving OF good u"w from ;h.s
tl;nr forth since iii" food administrative
is putting iIn limit upon III" as" of Iuod-
StuNs depends very lar@riy u?nN III"
women.
.Nit"r his address. which was very
heartily received and r":;,ily app!Iudrl.
%lrs. Garden read 4 special message from
Mr.. Hoover. ana ia" secretary. Mrs.
Thomas. read th" following pledge. y
rl"tin, was mad,.' ri",ic!nS the w"rn, Il
present. and was carried anonymously iy
rising vote. Til" singing WAS lid by
Mrs. Flora Williams.
The pledge - - follows:
The Pledge.
We pledge 10 our country our best
efforts to prevent th.' waste or the sell
fish use Of our food reserves. We pleds"
o"r loyal corporation in carrying cut
the conservation MEASURES suggested By
the government.
And lc' economy sometimes grows
'irksome or Il this $"rvic" works unwei-
come change in our accustomed manner
of living. We will think of these who
have offered their lives for their country
and those whose homes have been dcvas-
tated. We will be glad thar We. too.
can serve in satisfying their hunger. In
renewing their courage. and In re-estao-
fishing their homes"
Mr.. FoCt IN part said:
-Four years ago No felt that all the
great works OF peace. tho perfection Of
our means Of communication and trans
portation. the spread OF education and
enlightenment. III" growth Of 1terna-
tional trade and the consequent min
Cling Of carried national interests IN n
vast web Of mutual observation-disclosures had
made 4 great war forever Impossible.
and serious famine unthiriiable.
Slogan Hit the Mark. .
When the Food Administration started
with the slogan Food Will Win the
War" It sounded an eXaEG"ratiop even
TO many Of us who Silll thought We
the event has shown that did not
greatly ov"rshOot tho mark. Certainly
il is true that our French. British and
Italian Allies might hay" yielded tho
struggle last spring in III" days OF Ger
man military success. II W" had not, by
the savings OF our reopl" raised our
actual export surplus vi 2n.0o0. 900 bush
els 81 wheat 10 actual shipments OF
Ia. n60. 900: If We he'd not increased our
maximum prc-NrRr shipment OF 5000
NO.
month - 395 hnn 400 II April: :; we had
not shipped 30d. 00h.h00 pounds OF con
dcnsed milk last year instead Of our
average before the war "t 100000
pounds.
Register Happiness by Selc-DentaI.
So now the Food Administration maG
fairly take to itself some measure OF
able to accomplish by showing great
need to our people and inspiring them
to meet it with voluntary self denial.
Oh--t's not SO bad. And priccs.whch
nav" st.ll neither puc food outside the
reach OF the working man nor touched
the levels attained abroad. Sugar FOR
instance sold in May ~ an average
wholeSal" p1icc OF $50 hundred. In
the lands Of our allies. the Wholesale
average was slc.59. That onH item
makes Il difference in our annual ma
tional sugar bill Of $500. 100000. The
retail price here Is about II cents
pound. On the continent. excluding Cor
many. which has raised q large crop. il
ranges from IS cents in Franco and 80
cents in Italy. TO s. in Turkey.
Going for Pikers.
Il is, however. Mr.. Honvcr.s declared
policy that during the ensuing months.
and UP until the last second nf the Food
Administrators legal existence. all reg
ulationS upon III: prices which may BE-
!, oh
h" secured by purvey"rs of food shall
be not only enforced. hut enforced with
n strctncss and severity hitherto I'M
known. While most merchants doubt
less will continue their fine spirit OF
cr-oprration. there might he some temp
tacion - merchants Of different degrees
81 size and Importance TO utilize what
ever food shortages may remain, as =
means OF extracting the unjust profits
which heretofore the merchants patriot
ism or tho Food Adm!niSt ration has pre-
vented. Wi;n I'll" probability tina:
wages will come down somewha; almost
Immediately. and rhat even some fixed
incomes may suffer, Il IS unthlnkahiH
that N" prices of tn" necessities or lie
SHOULD pc eN;prtInatcly raised and the
poorer people in o,r communities de-
privet u the food which they require.
What It Means In Figures.
The need is dire. There are today
10000 600 people in England. france
ana ltIly. our dlllcSI IIluttl VI lLioSE
foods must conc from overseas There
arc IS 200 400 people among our smaller
allies in Belgium. Serbia. Treece 70
md, EoumanEn. Portugal. Czecho-Slova-
lila and Jugn-SlovakIa. Of whom at least
tho l7.0O0.O00 in III" cities are utterly
dependent upon outside aid. There arc
IL 600. 5000 ncutrals in Holland. Den
mark Sweden. Norway. SwitZ"rlond and
Spain, all Of whose food supplies are
very short. and some eIsp"rately so.
There are $4,000 900 people in Russia
cr whom $4,000. 900 in tho south arc
north are utterly beyond hope of relief.
/, is almost n moral certainty that 10
n00.O at least of them must die of
hunger this winter. There are 95.oOO.-
400 people in Germany. Austria-HunSary
and Bulgaria. OF whom few but the Hun