The Brunswick news., 1919-01-11
GEORGIA 'SPART
IkFO0D SAVING
TOLD BY S0ULE
NATIONAL FOOD ADMINS
TRAITOR FOR THIS STATE
THANKS ALL WHO ASSIST
ED IN RENDERING VALU-
ABLE SERVICE TO GOV
ERNMENT.

Ut. AnOrW M. S0uie mas sent oui
the following letter:
The Food Administration has nav
been existence nearly ghteen
months. 1t was one of the nationa.
agenices erected to help the nation
win the war. 1t has performed a
notable service IA this directio..
probably before our armies reached
European soil the food which was con-
served and sent abroad, mainly
through the fine patriotic coopera ton
which the Food Admin !stration re-
viewed from the American people. sus
med the morale of our fighting Al
>s and enabled them to hold the
les Of battle on the Western Front
antiI our boys turned the Ride q
Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel and
decisively defeated and drove tha
German hosts in tumult and disoy;e
from the Argonne Forest.
THE Food Am histraton hes had
many difficult things to undertake
snd has achieved some notable sue
view some of these accomplishments
with pleasure and qualification Wher
! ne call of Lord Rhonda, the English
h 1 Controller, asking for seventy
&c million bushels of addi:iona;
wnu-t was flashed across the Atlantic
with the statement that unless I wa
forthcoming he could not be respon
sible for Abe consequences. the Amer
can people, and notably the people o
Georgia. took from their very mouth
tbe "whit.e bread of freedom and lib
srty" and ate substitutes in it's place
IN order that civilization and Christ
tantty m ght not perish.
"Georgia's contribution in this direc.
ton amounted to the equivalent o
nearly one hundred and twenty thou
sand barrels OF flour, and stands as
historic milestone, marking the ready
patriotism OF our Great Common
wealth.
When you think that in spite OF
the great shortage OF sugar. that tht
American peopie cheerfuiiy wAnt o.
rations of as little as two pounds p:.
capita per month in order that SUI
fsring humanity abroad and the fight
ing soldiers Of our Allies might hav
some of his essential nutrient, II ev,
dences the depth of feeling by VIII g
our people were actuated. 1t IL a WOE
derful thing also that in spite of th
scarcity Of sugar, the rich and poor
obtained the same allotment, Oh
the same bagIs, and at very reason
allie price. circumstances considered
1t is a great thing to have had q !
psTt In such Il glorious enterprise an
H o made some sacrifice for s.
n0b:e end worthy cause
have taken the liberty. therefore
o. ADDRESSING you officially to remir
you, OF some OF the splendid thing
which have been accomplished by tn /.
Food Admin :stration, through the 10y !
al and sympathetic cooperation Of tn
trades, the newspapers, and the peo
ple Of this Empire State Of the South
Whatever has been achieved ia attri |
hutable to you and them, for Ike the
bold. heroic figures who won the
khaki and held the trenches agains,
the most fsrocious onslaughts of the
Germsn hordes you too did your obi !
for civilization" by reason of the
high patriots by which you were act
uated and the unswerv'ng loyalty an
cooperation which ycu accorded /
the officials o the United, States Food
Adm snistration.
u feel that would ha recreant tc
. duty and ehargeable with lack q
appreciation. understanding an,'
II did not take the on
portunity afforded me at the begir
ming Of this epoch making year 1917
10 extend to you my best wishes am.
my grateful thanks for the support
and consideration you extended me
and the Official wNr
whom l have been associated In tn
food work. You have made dif
ficult and trying task pleasant ser
viGs.