The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-03-14
Methodist Church was Filled to Capacity
Tuesday Evening and Feeding the Null
titudes" Brings Tears and Cheers
triOtic Song Service and Excellent Or
chestra Music Serve as Fitting introduce
ti0n to Great Speaker.

Its cause in trying TO make the world
free from the fhr.iidom of German
tyranny. The speaker of the evening
was introduced by A H. McLain who
complimented on its interest in the
complimented the audience on It's in
terest in the great work in which
the nation is enlisted, not for seif-ag-
grandizement. but for the liberty and
the bettermeut of the human race.
There were In attendance at the meet
ing as Organizations. the city council.
che chamber of commerce, the c. A.
r., the board of education. teachers
and pupils OF the public schools. Higs
school cadets. the G. a r. drum
corps. the Red Cross and other civic
and patriotic bodies. The speaker
paid an eloquent and deserved trib-
ute TO the sacrifices and enterprises
OF the Red Cross. which he character
ixed as one of the most beneficent or
ganizations that civilization has pro-
duced-
Or. Cairns said that the United
States was In the war from purely ha-
manitarian purposes II desires no
conquests and wants no dominions
He declared. that fhe sword OF Uncle
Sam would put an end to the dam
nation of wnr and that it was the
bounden- duty of every man. woman
and child in America to support the
government in every way possible IN
the enterprise TO which It was dedi-
Gated He urged his audience not TO
complain nboct being compelled to
use substitutes for wheat in their
homes Food economy. be declared.
Is as essential for ths snccees OF our
canse acroes The sea ss the output OF
our munition factories. without it
the enemy may win and the liberties
for which our ancestors struggled for
centuries be destroyed.
The people of France get twenty
per cent wheat flour in their bread
In this country the food administra-
ton allows us seventy per cent of
wheat flour for all cooking purposes
In Roumanis 100000 Of starving
men. women and children are stretch
ing out their arms to US and asking
for bread Other millions OF poverty
stricken people in Belgium. France
and England. closely associated with
US In the struggle against the en-
croachments OF the Huns. modern
Coths and visigoths. are hooking to us
for foodstnffs to prevent starvation.
We are wasting in this country every
year 500. .ooo. coo worth OF food for
which the world is crying. In some
tamilies this wsstage is as much as
thirty per cent: the average is seven
per cent We must save this for hui
manity or civilization viii perish from
the earth. There is wheat IN Austral
la. India and Argentina. but It Is not
available for the hungry millions OF
Europe for the reason that there are
no ships to transport it. A little is go
ing from ArSentina. but the quantity
rs Insufficient to meet the needs OF hu-
manity. Ships are being sunk so rap
idly by the enemy's submarines that
il is only. by making short and quick
voyages that cargoes can be delivered
rapidly enough to even minimize the
cravings of hunger among our friends
In Europe. Conditions are such that
the burden OF feAaing the world de
wolves largely upon the United States
and Canada WIN We be found want
ting in the great emergency is the aues-
tion that confronts the government
The National Food administration is
doing a heroic work in its endeavor to
solve the problem before 1t. The people
OF the country arc responding nobly
to Its appeals for help. The plea is
Save. Save. Save. Only by the most
rigid economy in the use of wheat