The Brunswick news., 1919-01-12
GEORGIA 'SPART
N FOOD SAVING
. TOLD BY S0ULE
NATIONAL FOOD ADMINS
TRAITOR FOR THIS STATE
- THANKS ALL WHO ASSIST
ED IN RENDERING VALU-
ABLE SERVICE TO GOV
ERNMENT.


the following letter:
The Food Administration has now
been existence nearly ghteen
months. 1t w., ore of the natlona-
agenices erec.ed to help the nation
win the war. 1t has performed
notable service in this directo-
probably before our armies reached
European soil the food whick was con
served and sent abroad, mainly
through the fine patriotic cooperation
which the Food Admin 'stration re-
ceived from the American people, sus
tanned the morale of our fighting Al
Mes and enabled them to hold the
lines of battle on the Western Front
until our boys turned the hide q
Ckateau-Thierry and st. Mihiel ana
decisively defeated and drove th'c
German hosts in tumhlt and diso!le
from the Argonne Forest.
"The Food Am nistraton he's had
MANY difficult things to undertake
and has achieved some notable sue
ces..es We may now look back am!
view some of these accomplishment
with pleasure and gratiflcation Wher
the call Of Lord Rhonda, the English
Food Controller, asking for seventy
five million bushels of addi iona
wheat was flashed across the Atlantic
with the statement that unless t wa
forthcoming he could not be respon
sible for ihe consequences, the Amer
can people, and notably the people
Georgia, took from their very mouth
the "whitia bread of freedom and lib
erty" and ate substitutes in its place
in order that civilization and Christ
.ianity IN 'ght not perish, ..-
'Georgias contr button in this direc.
tim amounted to the equivalent O
nearly one hundred and twenty thou
sand barrels Of flour, and stands as
historic milestone. marking the read,
patriotism of our Great Common
wealth.
When you think that in spite 0.
the great shortage Of sugar, that tn;
American people Iheerfuily went o.
rations of as little as two pounds pc
capita per month in order that SUI
fering humanity abroad and the fight
iu,; soldiers of our Allies might hav
some Of his essential nutrient, it ev,
dencss the depth of feeling by VIII C
DUR people we're actuated. 1t is a won
derful thing also that in spite of tn
scarcity of sugar, the rich and poor
obtained the same allotment, on
the me basis, and at a very reason
allie price, circumstances considered
Ii is great thing to have had I
part in such glorious enterprise an
to have made some sacrifice for s
noble ond worthy a cause.
have taken the liberty. therefore
o. ADDRESSING you officially to remin
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
pie of this Empire State of the South
Whatever has been achieved is attri
butable to you and them, for like tbs
bold, heroc figures who won tht
Khaki and held the trenches agains
the most ferocious onslaughts of tht
German hordes you too did your "bi
for civilization" by reason of tht
high patriots , J which you were acr
uated and the answering loyalty an
cooperation which you accorded t.
the officials Of the United States Foof
Adm 'nistration
81 feel that | would be. recreant II
a duty and chargeable With a lack .
appreciation, unde-at lnding AM
thahkfulness if I did not take the op
portunity afforded me at the begin
ming Of this epoch making year 1917
10 extend to you my, best wishes am
my grateful thanks for the suppor
and considert tion you extended M
individually and the Official Will
whom | have been associated in tn,
food work. You have made a diff
ficult and trying task pleasant ser
vice.