The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-04-27
FOOD CONTROL
MEANS VICTORY
European Shortage Places Prob.
lem Before American Govern
Ment-Farslghted Policy
Adopted.
NEED $4,000, 900 Bv. WHEAT.
Food Administration AsEs Aid Of
Every American In Gigantic
Task Of Feeding MIIIlona

lg ID the 1000 problem over there
that makes food problem over here.
Il we wished to be supremely selfish
and supremely shortsighted-we could
30 on eating as much as we like and
whatever we like. without much diff
Guilty or interruption--at least until
the Germans camel
But we are not doing things In that
selfish and suicidal way. We are try
Ing to make q great common pool Of
all OF our food, and all Of the food Of
the allies, and all Of the food we can
get from South American and other
neutrals, and dividing 1t up fairly
among America, England, France, Bell
GUM and Italy.
This does not mean that all Of ths
people In the great pool are going to
have the same ration, but means that
we are trying to arrange to have
enough for everybody, so that the sol
diers-our soldiers and their soldiers
will be well fed, as they have to be
to fight hard and continuously, and
that the munitions workers and the
workers In all the other necessary In.
dustries, and the men and women at
home viii all have enough to keep
alive and well. It is absolutely neces.
sary to do this II thetwar is to be won,
and we are going tojdo II, but 1t means
planning, working. arranging, cooper.
atink, being careful, not wasting, saws
ing.
And It means that each and every
one lot us has got to help.
Npw, we have enough and more than
enotgh food for ourselves, and the
Government 10 going to see 70 IL Sthas
we keep here at home a sufficient sup.
ply Iof every essential kind Of food 10
support our people. But over there
they simply have not enough. Lord
Rhandda, the English food controller,
recently cabIed the American food ad.
minlstrator, that unIess we can send
the allies before the next uropean
harvest 100000 bushels Of wheat in
addition to what had been sent up to
JANUARY I Of this year he could not
assure the people of the allies that
thsh would havs sufficient supply Of
ssz to carry on the war.
HI did not say anything,inlthis cable
about the other food necessary, but
he pas told Of these needs in other
cablFs-and by fhis actions in England.
For example, his latest regulation
combels reduction of meat eating in
the United Kingdom to maximum OF
one pound per week per person, this
pound including the bone and other
waste parts in the meat as bought in
the shop.
: The allies must have more wheat
more meat, more fats, more dairy prod
ucts, more sugar. Their harvests were
very short-France had less than hall
her normal crop of wheat-and the
available shipping is small I'M amount
and constantly being lessened by sub
marines, so that 1t is now practically
impossible to use any ships for the long
voyage necessary to bring food from
Australia and other remote markets
The food must come chiefly from
America. In specific figures it is nee
essary for us to send to the allies
100000 tons of ffoodstuffs a month
This is great responsibility and 9
great problem. The food must b.
found, and alsoYthe ships to carry 1t
It is being DONE, but can only continue
to be done by the help and full co
operation Of alf of us over our .broat
land. We must produce and save
more.
To supply the wheat necessary until
the next harvest, we must reduce opl
consumption by from one-fourth h
one-third; we must cut down our usuay
average consumption of meats and
fats by froul 10 to 15 per cent. and
dairy products by about 10 per cent.
Over thge they are tightening theil
belts and doing everything they can
They are eating war bread; they are
cutting down their sugar in England
to two pounds per person per month
and ip France and Italy to one pound
how, much are you eating?-and they
are using ration cards for most Of the
staples We must meet sacrifice with
sacrifice. II we don't, we are helping
to lose the war instead of helping tt
WIN It.