Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-07
PEACE WON'T HALT
FOOD CONSERVATION
Hoover Says That Eating Places
Must Save Or Go
Without
CEREAL SUPPLY LESS

National Food Administrator Her
bert Hoover, announces in message
addressed to the managers of public
eating places, that present peace dis
cussions will not affect the food con-
servation program this winter.
The food administration, it is stated
relies upon the voluntary cooperation
of the proprietors and managers of
the hotels and restaurants in the new
orders just issued and commends
them for their willing service last
winter.
Conserve Or Go without
Sugar, -four and other supplies, it is
stated, will be cut off from such eat
ing places as refuse to obey the rules
with the patriotic majority.
Qi:It has not been deemed advisable, F"
says Mr. Hoover, "or necessary at the
present time to actually license the
operation of publicating places, but in
cases where the patriotic cooperation
of such public eating places cannot
be secured by other means the United
States Food Administration will not
hesitate to secure compliance with its
orders through the control of the dis
tribution of sugar, -four and other
food supplies.
I'VE can bring this terrible business
to an end this year." says Mr.. Hoover,
"if every man, woman and child in the
United States tests every action every
day and hour by the touchstone-does
this or that contribute to winning the
war?
1.-THE food program is no small part
of the issue. To provide ships for our
Army we have not only to build all
that we can but we must have the
help of Allied shipping. In order that
the Allies may provide this, they must
take food ships from the more distant
markets and place them upon the
shorter run to the United States. We
must decrease our imports of sugar,
coffee and tropical fruits.
Under these conditions, the de-
mand upon us is for larger supplies.
The conferences on food supplies and
shipping we have held in Europe en-
able us to estimate our burden.
Compared with previous years, the
Allied civilians and armies and our
own armies, the Belgian Relief and
certain neutrals who are dependent
upon us require 5,730,000 more tons of
foodstuffs than last year.
THE program means further self
denial for the Allied nations next
year. They are making this sacrifice
in the common cause. We must main
tain the health and strength of every
human being among them or they will
be unable to put their full strength
alongside of us for the supreme effort
"At the Presidents direction / have
assured them that in the common
cause, we eat at the common table,
and upon entering these conferences
in Europe We promised that whatever
their food program called for from us
we should fulfill.
Cereal Production Less
I'm our survey of our ability to
meet this promise, we find that while
our wheat production this year is
better than last year our cereal pro-
duction is less. We have had severe
droughts through many sections.
ION balance our resources are not
greater than last year. We find, how
ever, that we can give this increase
in food supplies of 5,750O00 tons over
last year and still have a margin over
the amount necessary to maintain our
own health and strength.
1.-THE Allied table will be no better
than ours, for the Allied people are
denying themselves more in order to
transport our soldiers. We can do no
less than fill the ships they send us.
I'VE shall apparently have sufficient
sugar to maintain the present con-
sumption and take care of the extra
drain of the Allies. We can secure in
sailing vessels the coffee we need if
no one makes an overthrow.
"Of our own products we must Sc
cure a reduction in consumption of
breadstuffs and meats and fats. The
average consumption of our people of
breadstuffs amounts to about six
pounds per person. A reduction in
consumption of less than one-half
pound per week per person in each of
these two groups of food would ac-
complish our purpose"