Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-01-09
Official
Food NeWs
: 'VIs'vE7 issued BY w.T.
{ Federal Food Administrs-
) ton for South Dakota,
; c. N. HERRElp. Administrator.
APPEAL TO TIE PEOPLE OF
SOUTH DAKOTA.
N. HERRElp. Administrator.

Starvation forced the unconditional
won the war. Today. excepting the
military forces, no IL in any country
In Europe has enough food; and ac-
tual. frightful, devastating famine
stalks abroad in Russia and all he
vanquished countries.
From the educational campaign dur
ing the week commencing December
LIST. called world Relief Week. our
government expects a nation-wids
patriotic, humanitarian response.
When the I%nter-allied Food Council
met last summer, Mr.. Hoover, repre-
senting tho American people. gave this
promise:
Make your calculations for victory;
draw up your needs for necessary
foods on the basis Of what can be
shipped; pay no attention to how
much Is more or less in America: we
will send what you need. We have it
or We will find it."
The allies gave full faith to this
promise. America made good last
year, sending 121, 0eo, 900 bushels Of
wheat more than its reckoned Sur
plus. and sent it. by saving
The allies again dashed forward,
reinforced with American soldiers
and sure Of Americas promise of sup
port.
The starving enemy collapsed.
When Hoover first made his famous
statement that Food will win tina
war;" Americans did not fully realize
it's significance. Today it is conceded
tn Europe that food won the war. The
central powers had TIE man power.
the muitions Of war.-everything but
food, while the allies vera supplied
with food and had the pledge of con.
tinued supplies-all from the loyal
Americans who faithfully complied
with Il food conservation regula.
tons. 1t is now clear that those who
secretly did not comply with the food
regulations were actively aiding the
Germans, Austrians and the Turks,
and their treason to our government
Is known in every community. The
loyal women Of America who saved
the millions of tons Of food for the
allies did as effective work to win the
war as II they had been in tho
trenches, and I have no doubt to the
loyal. noble, effective war.work Of the
women may be credited the over
whelming majority for women sui
frage in this state.
The appeal to save food for fam.
ished Europe is intensified by the re.
cent war developments.
But as the loyal Americans saved
food to win the war, so now all should
save food, voluntarily. to save Europe
from impending famine. 1t now APP
pears that the specter starvation
among the Central Powers is far more
serious than ever suspected by tbs
allies. Even in Russian and the Bal
klns there are millions starving and
slowly dying. AS a people we mus
continue to save, and help feed IA
mine stricken Europe.
South Dakotans! We have nov
reached q condition in which we must
with true American and Christian for
tituds, return good for evil, and saw.
food. even Tor the famishing Germans
Austrians. Hungarians and the Turks
The food conservation campaig,
must 60 on. A world composed i,
part Of vanquished. furnishing millions
is not q world safe for democracy.
CHARLES N. HERREID.
Federal Food Administration. SoutI
Dakota.
Aberdeen. s. D.