The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-16
Official
Food NeUs
Issued by
Federal Food Administra-
ton for South Dakota,
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
c. N. HERREID, Administrator.


Starvation forced the unconditional
surrender of the central powers. Food
won the war. Today, excepting the
military forces, no one in any country
In Europe has enough food; and ac-
tual. frightful, devastating famine
stalks abroad in Russia and all the
vanquished countries.
From the educational campaign dur
ing the week commencing December
LIST, called World Relief Week." u
government expects a nationwide
patriotic, humanitarian response.
When the Inter-allied Food Council
met last summer, Mr.. Hoover, repre-
senting the American people, gave this
promise:
Make your calculations for victory;
draw up your needs for necessary
foods on the basis of what a be
shipped; pay no attention to how
much is more OIL less In America; we
will send what you need. We have 1t
or We will find it."
The allies gave full faith to this
promise. America made good last
year, sending 121, zoo, 900 bushels Of
wheat more than it's reckoned sur
plus, and sent it, by saving.
The allies again dashed forward,
reinforced with American soldiers
and sure of Americas promise Of sup
port.
The starving enemy collapsed.
When Hoover first made his famous
statement that Food will win the
war" Americans did not fully realize
it's significance. Today it is conceded
in Europe that food won the war. The
central powers had the man power,
the muitions of war,-everything but
food, while the allies were supplied
with food and had the pledge of con-
tinued supplies-all from the loyal
Americans who faithfully complied
with our food conservation regula-
tons. 1t is now clear that those who
secretly did not comply with the food
regulations were actively aiding the
Germans, Austrians and the Turks,
and their treason to our government
is known in every community. The
loyal women of America who saved
the millions of tons of food for the
allies did as effective work to win the
wal as if they had been in the
trenches, and | have no doubt to the
loyal, noble, effective war-work of the
women may be credited the over
whelming majority for women suf-
frage in this state.
The appeal to save food for fam
ished Europe is intensified by the re-
cent war developments.
But as the loyal Americans saved
food to win the war, so now all should
save food, voluntarily, to save Europe
from impending famine. 1t now ap-
pears that the specter starvation
among the Central Powers is far more
serious than eve suspected by the
allies. Even in Russian and the Bal
kins there are millions starving and
slowly dying. AS a people we must
continue to save, and help feed ia
mine stricken Europe.
South Dakotansi We have now
reached a condition in which we must,
will true American and Christian for
titude, return good for evil, and save
food, even for the furnishing Germans,
Austrians, Hungarians and the Turkai
The food conservation campaign
must go on. 4 world composed in
part of vanquished, furnishing millions
is not a world safe for democracy
CHARLES N. HERREID,
Federal Food Administration, South
Dakota.
Aberdeen, s. d.