El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-10
HEAD Of HULL
HOUSE IS HERE
Distinguished Woman De
livers Inspiring Talk to
FL Pasoans.
and making America

and making America literally the
storehOuse of the world
The problem now is to get the
American people to put the principles
Of the national food administration
into actual practice at their tables. If
every citizen Of the United States
would eat a potato, for instance, in
stead Of slice Of bread for his morn
ing meal and would substitute pota-
toes for bread altogether at dinner,
the problem Of the administration as
TO the wheat situation would be
solved
spuds Must Be Cheap.
TO obtain this result. it is neces-
sary, OF course, that potatoes be cheap
and that there be plenty Of them, and
TO this end the agents Of the admins
tration are seeing to il that the Ques-
ton Of profit TO the producer is made
a secondary consideration, and
whether or not IL will pay to harvest
a crop, the administration is seeing
to it that no food is wasted once it is
raised
"A few months ago there was a
sudden and great shortage Of sugar
in this country. The reason was that
our allies in France and England. Bel
gium and Italy were practically with
out this commodity and their armies
were suffering for its want. Normally
France and italy raise a great pro-
portion Of their sugar, but since the
war the acreage formerly devoted to
sugar has been turned to the prOduc-
ton Of grain
Need Export supply.
Ordinarily England imports hun
dreds Of millions Of tons Of sugar
from this country. but conditions o.
transport and other factors have cur
tailed this supply, and even we our
selves have been largely dependent on
Cuba and the West Indies for our su-
gar supply It is not matter Of COM
mon knowledge that where the Amer
lean people consume an average Of
over 50 pounds OF sugar per individual
per annuru, the French people use only
20 pounds each Thus when even this
scanty supply Of sugar was cut down
the only resource OF the food admins
tration, in default Of transport and
portlonate consumption Of sugar IN
America And this was done
Inconsistencies to Go.
Some dissatisfaction has been
caused by the methods in which the
food administration conducts its work
For instance in Cleveland the other
day, a housewife remarked to me that
while she could not buy a single pound
Of sugar, she could order all the candy
she wanted from different confection-
cry stores, and she failed TO see the
logic in this. She was right, but these
things take time TO coordinate and i'll
viii be a very short time until incon-
sistencies Of this sort are abolished
People Should Know Why
a change should be made in the
policy Of the administration, / be-
leve. in reference TO its taking the
people into its confidence. L am sure
that the great American public would
respond enthusiastically to any real
need on the part Of its allies, provided
only that IL knows that such a need
exists, and is not merely asked 20 20
without some foOdstuffs with no rea-
son being given. I am sure that this
admission Of the people into the why's
and Wherefores Of the actions Of the
administration viii be only a matter
OF time.
Garbage Now Invaluable.
Food conservation is preached 10
women along three lines First IS con-
servation OF material which means
economy in the kitchen. and the saw
ing Of excess fats. and similar sup
plies. That this is being done. is
shown by the result OF propaganda in
many eastern cities. where garbage
contractors have threatened TO relin- /
Quish their contracts owing TO the de-
crease in waste fats, since speaking I
tours by various members Of the food |
administration
Second is the elimination OF waste, I
which means the cutting out OF extra I
and unnecessary portions OF meals ana 4
extra meals
Substitution Important.
Third, and most important, is con-
serTatiOn by substitution. This is one
OF the greatest means BY which a I
can conserve food II J
sufficient is known Of methods and .
combinations Of cereals and other
substitutes the housekeeDer is ena-
bled TO preserve her usual standard /
Of nutriment in cooking and at the
same time economic in the essential
For years and ages past the only
means known TO warning nations Of
up a dearrh in foodstuffsy has
been increased production That this
Is still the only way in which the sit
nation can successfully be met is
shown by the fact that in England is
employed hundreds of thousands Of
women Of its leisure classes in the
production of fOOdstuffs, on the waste
ands Of the island. such as hunting
preserves and estates hitherto lying
die. These women are actually work
ng and are increasing the production
81 the island tremendously
American Women Produce.
i'The same example is being fol-
owed by the women OF our own large
,ities In Chicago and other eastern
senters wealthy and well TO do women
re preparing for a summer Of real
lard work in the fields and farms.
in the United States since the war
legan, 100000 men have been with
irawn from agricultural pursuits. To