The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-13
REASON FOR SUGAR SAVING.
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lad been blamed for keeping the price,
If pork and pork products up, but that
he really had nothing to do with keep
ng the price where it has been. The
nigh price has been due to to the de-
nand for those products for the export
-rade, which during the past year was
i've times what it was two or three
years ago. lie stated that the shipments
had been 30p,000,0a0 pounds month.
lie advocated economical use OF fat 81
Ill kinds,-butter. cheese. pork, pork
foducts, meats and wheat.
In explaining the call for the women
10 go on the $3.50 basis, he stated il
was this action which had saved the i
:ause of the allies. whose supply was
1t the point of exhaustion when cables /
we're sent to America by France ask |
NO that the nation replenish their .
itock in order that they might feed |
heir people, keep up the morale of |
heir army and thus work to the win
ing of the war 1t was this exhaustion |
# food supply which brought the Ger |
rams to the point of signing the ar
nistice Nov. IL, he said, after they had |
demanded an early harvesting of crops
fany of their crops were spoiled hy
ain before they could he placed under
over, thus causing a great shrinkage
and cutting their supply so short that
hey were unable TO properly feed their
Ieople and thus avoid the riots which
,ook place in the DAYS just preceding
the end of the war
Perhaps the. most interesting point
n the talk was an announcement
brought out in remarks on the sugar
ituation. The demand for saving
ngar. he declared, was not merely 4
God conservation measure, but Il meas
ire which would have been vital 10 the
ammunition production had the war
ontinned another year, as all officials
at Washington and at the front had
expected it would do 1t had been
learned that in Germany glycerinc,
| which is essential to the making Of
| ammunition, was being made from
/ ugar and the chemists of America
| worked out the formula for that
| essential product At headquarters
there was all anxiety. for IL the
| var had lasted another year il
would have required 100000 TO 100000
| ons of sugar year TO enable The gov
| rument to get the necessary amount
| # elvcerine for snunition purposes. And
or this, which was the main reason,
women of America were asked to can
without sugar, cook with less sugar,
md eat less sweets. He said il was IN
'ercsting and inspiring TO know that
Vermont did not have 20 be told every
thing hut realized that things had 10
he done
\ fitting tribute was paid by MIR
; Brooks to Mr. Hoover and his ability
and far-sightedness to see the needs and
at the same time TO measure the ahtli-
ty of the American people to meet
those needs He referred TO the ban
which was placed on certain kinds OF
meats and was raised in two weeks. the
, criticism of many being that il was 4
under in first orders, whereas in reaH
~ SO much meat had been saved IL
those two weeks that il was no longer
necessary TO enforce the order. He re
marked that it was the policy of Mr.
, Hoover, in making a ruling, to lift tn,
ban the moment it was evident that j
: was no longer required.
: In referring to the needs of the PEG
!, pies in all European nations he said
! . How many of the little children
= women and men are in any way re
: sponsible for the frightful condition
. that exist IN Germany III many sectioa
!, today?' He stated that while lie dil
! not mean to be over eonsidcrate of til
: German people we should say IN on
hearts, With malice toward mont
with charity to all, and that rs Gran
; said, Go back 10 your home vii
> your horses and beat Your swords int
plowshares. are we going to be lcs
charitable to those peoples of Germany
- 1t had heen supposed that Ukraia
= would be able to feed multitudes, sal
= Mr. Brooks. but that province is nos
: stripped of everything The farmer
have dugouts and driven in their cattl
! hogs, sheep to remain through the d;l
=, time and let them ont TO Craze durin
= the night and Ukraine is now figlrtin
:, for herself in that way.
= The problems Which are and will /
~ y before the peace congress and IN I'll
VI forming Of the league Of nations, i
= said, will call for patience, deliberate
and calmness in order to bring a It's
and lasting peace
In closing Mr. Brooks read pray,
by Marshal Foeh offered at tins
when 10000 guns were sending fort
OF their message of death and vet we