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About The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1917-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1918)
. yu a «4 a*- .‘qi. y. -e. ,-.w-.iÜLtog?. Peace Brings Us New Mouths to Feed FIGURES SHOW RESULTS. American» Demonetrated Sturdy Sup port of War by Conserving for the Benefit of the Allie* ALLIES ARE FED BY SELF DENIAL Generous Doing Without America Supplied Food to Europe. in Eiport» from thia country «Ince It entere«! lhe w»r have kept etarvellon from Allletl Europe and have main tallied the h«-altb and strength of th.«««- who have been bearing the brunt of our battle* so that they could hold out to victory, Now that hoatllltlea have cea«ed we must aaauno- the add e»i hurd.-n of koeplng atarvatlon from Increasing Its toil up«»n the millions who ha»» tH-«-n liberated from the I’ruaalan yoke. Famine would undo the work which ha* been aecompll«h«d In fr«-eltig the world for «lernocracy No etable government can tie established and maintained by s nation hara»a««J by hunger. A starving people turns to rioting and anarchy Food has given strength and courage to the na tlon» fighting for demoerncy; It muat now give th» nations strength am! tranquillity to reestablish themo-hes In fnttdom ami democracy Without our help It would have been absolutely lm|~HMlbl» for the Allies to uialntalu a living ration Hlnce our entry Into the war we bate been con tritiUtlnyr largely to the support *»f one hundretl and twenty million peopl« whose normal food supptlee have le-en cut off, »b-«- prodnetton has fallen almost to the vanishing i«>lnt, wtnMM- fields have t«ecn <ie»a*tat«-«l by tier many The food exported ftmn th. United Mtates tn the peat >«-ar tme ta-en »uffi«lrnt to supply lhe complete ration of twenty two mlllhm p»««|«le It la hard to grasp the magnltmle and stgnltkone» of the assist an«« which has been lent the Alli«» b7 the patriotic, voluntary aervlca of the American pw|>le The food we aeut al«rua<! last y«ar would have Iw-en auf n<-|eut to f«e<! <>n» fifth of our popula lion Ami thia waa dooe In spite of the fact that WO «Titered th« year with short crop* <>ur surplus was prwctl -ally nothing. An overwhelming pro portion of the food that left thia cun try last year waa ««v«w1 nut nf the nor- 3«al lioui» coneumptl«»n of our own peopl* In spits of dltncultlce met In Intec- lal tranMjH.rtatton and shortage of vcean tonnage our food exports i«*t year amounted to a figure that a few r«-ars ago would hav» been unbelieve rs. E»en the moot optimistic element if our topufatlon faced with anxious •otiatematltm th» proapect which ifM-ned before ua with th» beginning >f ths 1»17 harvest year. The American |xx>ple have not b«-«n •impelled to save They have been •p|>ealed to on the beat« of humanity • mi of patriotism. They have re spond«*! voluntarily. Beatile» surh Incidental bem-fit» aa the lmi»rovenmnt In figure and health that w»‘ve rea|*d from our mealies* wheatlean day* thlnh of the fun wave had out of them «h» new crop of ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦et 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ e e e ♦ Eighty mllllotia of men can not be taken out of production for four year» without lasting Imo»-» «if yl«lil It will tie year» before their fichi* cecnp«’r»te, farm« are . e.vtored ami herd* re ♦ st«« kt «I Save food ♦ • 4 4 4 4 4 4 !♦'t*4444444444t*4t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ PURPOSES OF FOOD ♦ ADMINISTRATION THE DAY OF ITS BEGINNING « ♦ The boj --a of the Food Admin ♦ istration are threefold: Mo to ♦ guide the trade In fundamental ♦ food «-omiiHMlltic» a* IO elimi ♦ nate vicious -q»-«-tilatl«»n. «»tor ♦ tlon and waaleful practice» and ♦ to stabilite pri.-es In eaiwulial ♦ ♦ «tapira. Herbert Hoover, Au ♦ ♦ ♦ gnai IO. MHT. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ e e e w ♦ ♦ ♦ e e e e e ♦ SEVEN LOAVES OF BREAD FOR EVERY PERSON IN U. S. SAVEO FROM WASTE Farms«* and Threshermtn Patnotl- caliy Respond to Call of Food Administration. From Information n-<-vtv«-«l by th« U M Food Administration from the l«rtnci|«al grain growing state* It la now possible to announc« with fair ao rtracy th«- amount of wheat saved last harvest by Improved tuetboda of han dling. According to offi«ial <-al«-ula- thui* effort» towanl clenner threohlng save«! fully IfLOOMJUU bushel* of wh«-*t with corr*»ponding »a»Ings of other •euall grain banceted and threshed tn a similar manner. In addition, other state* though unabl» to furnish fig- urv». reported greatly r«-»lucet! harvest tomes Tim figure for wheat aloo» la equi* •lent to senti one pound Ioan* of bread for every per»»» la th« United State» and represent» food that form erly was either an aliaolutt* hm or was recovered to only a slight extent by poultry and Itvsotork. While op- portunlti«-« In lids branch of conserva tion were large, tbe/iuanllty of grain ro-overrd sun-«»««» early expect* - tlon* It Is n<>t«-w.«rthy «Iso that re sulis were secun-«l principally ti, rough voluntary co-operathm No conservation measure nt th« Food Administration, It la drelare«L has re«'clve«l more Wholehearted »up psirt than that Hedge«! and rrn«h-re«l by farmers and thrvabertnen toward radix lng grain waste at Ha nowc*. When figure« began to »how def initely that the people of the Unite«! Blate» were actually nal uri ng their consumption of f«MMÌa needed abroad, the United State» Food Adtnlnle t rati-»« »»« told that It waa com- perutlvely «way to bring about nKuer vatl-m of etaple n«» «-»»ltlc* but that H would be far more difficult to accom plish an actual «iecroaa» In the use of luxurle* The doubter» took »Ogar aa an example, and d«« lnr««l that It would bo practically Impossible to bring our cun»unipth»n of augar down to a point that would meet only the food U«n -1» •if the pevqdi- No* that dcmati 1» u|».n o>»-an ton nage will tie llghtenml. Kurv.peaa na tlon« will be able to go farther afield for fuodatuff* am! will no longer be entirely dependent for augar Upon With (he Nurth America* supplte* M«H-ka now In pr»M(««**-t< we will have suffi-t.-nt sugar to ptace (hi» country back upon normal r«m»un>ptl<*n if prvwent «hort ratio tic. In Europe not materially Incrmwd. If the ropean ration 1« to be materially cr»a»«-d over th«- prr«ent low amount It ran i>* only through th» America* |H-op>»« making It pomlble by con- tlnued re*trl«-tlon to a gnwter or I»*» «•»tent here The fa«-t that the F«» mì Admlnlwtra tkni has tw-en able to relag the voiuu tary augar ration 1» In Itaelf proof that the ration of iwo pounila p»-r per*»« (■er month wa» generally ot>»crv«d throughout the country. Thl» con»«-r- vatloli »llowi-d th» F o « m I Ailiirtniatrn- tlon to bull«! up a tvaerv«, ami to tl«l«i over the perioti of iwurclty. until th« the new cro|>a of ijoulalana «one aud Ix-et augar were ready for distribution. Th» record» nf the Food Adminis tration »how that In July. Augual, Sep- tdtnber and OrtuiNW fNK>,lMO too« went diairlhultMl Normal cou»um|>tl«ui for that jieriod 1« l.tJtxi.tMW toon. Thl» •Imw» ■ definite, concrete aavlng of over ftutl.otw ton» Ttwdr tig or«*« ap ply Io »u<nr cuhaume<l on th« table. In th» kitchen and In the varloua Imiua- trie«, ami «!>ow ennclualvely that In the home« and public eating place* of America, wher» TO |»-r «» nt of all our »ugar la coWMinod. th« sugar coiiautui»- tlon ha« been reduced by more than on«» third. In the four im«ntb t«eriod begin- nlng with July, thia country normally US«« |<a».t»»l tons of augar p«-r novith. Last July -iki.»<i ton» enter«-»! Into In August only ?i'.l»<» distribution, In September tons were distributed the flg-ir«-« «lni«wl STtt.uno ton* and then fell to Xto.t»« Iona in Oct«d,cr There could he mi more dednlt» proof that the American people have given their loyal cooperation ami aup- port of the war. ûjvv'*- ’V-'. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦4444f4+444 SUGAR TESTED MORAL FIBER Doubters Declared Saving Sta pies Would Be Easy Compared With Sacrificing Luxuries. Joke and tlo- IxHint to our reputation for ready humor! - X METHOD* OF DEMOCRACY. LIBERTY LOAN MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES King a song of iwn tiles. Fur pennlca now rank high; Ft»» ami twenty pennl»» A thrift atamp will buy. Nlxt.-en »tamp» of thrift Will buy a llttl« bond And bonds will gtv» »hort »blft To Ilana and Frltg b»yond Bu» Baby Hunting A bo by bond tor hunting Rut-marine and Zeppelin Before they huat th» Baby kin tf»o «aw. Markte!» Itiw. Ku»»ln »hall hai» a a»« tnaater. Ut» name will be Ih-mocracy Which spella a Junker disaster Sing, alng. what «hall we alng’ I»* »very <«« open hla own pura» at ring Martha N»> land. e ♦ ♦ e ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ The client to which th» Vnlted State« Food Admin Intra tor han r»Hcd on th» voluntary nupport of the American people la abown by a statement ma «Io Ly lb» United Riat«» Food Admtnlstm- tor speaking before th» ticnate Agricultural Commit!»» lem than three month» after thl» country entered th» war. That he was juatlfled In hl» Implicit confidence In the atrength of de mocracy tuia been Clearly reflect ed by the measure of aupport w» tiare lent the Allien “If demoerwey I» worth any thing,“ Mr. Hoover declared, “we can do these thing* by coopera tion, by »tlmulatloo. by aelf «ac- riticc. by th« patriotic molilllia- tlon of the bralna of thia coun try. If It cannot be done In thia manner It la better that we ac cept Grrinan domination »ml confeas to failure of our |«ollll<sl Ideal* acqui»-»- « In the au|**ri<>t Ity of the Herman «-on<option and send for the tremiana to In struct ua In Ita tut»." ♦ ♦ e ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 4- 4- 4- ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ 4- 4- 4- ♦> 4- 4- 4- ♦ + ♦ 4- ♦ 4- 4- 4- ♦ 4- ♦ 4- + ♦+++++++ + ■. ■> + + ▼++++•► ♦ ♦ ♦ V A ? *vre -« > X.***-^ * <* • », ■- ~ ■*- Scio Produce Company Wants Your Business Will | mv Cash for Elggn. Poultry. Veat M ok *. Hide* Will buy Cream in any quantity ior the Oregon Cteamery, Portland I rt tts get acquainted. If you have a grievance make it known.and we will endeavor to rectify it. Bring Us Your Cascara Bark e will give you a Square Deal FRED GISELMAN, Proprietor AN AMERICAN HABIT THAT WAS EXPANDED Coming to the relief of the di»- tr<-««wil la not a new winmilon to it* Having wot shipload» of food to the famine sufferer* of India aa offband- edly na the hoiiM-wlfe banda out a « nt of the loaf to the wayfarer, Il iw-eninl the moat natural thing In the world to auccor Belgium, tn take on the feruling of a nation quite Informally. The teat ut |«ea«e I» to summon for the healing of nation» devotion equal Io that giren 'he ts»k* of war. hem-fits of our fraxl saving .-atnpalgn that waa a vital factor In tbs winning of ths war were not all to Out of empty granari«-« to draw 111 tbe»e we fed. We have at tmme a new UlMIiSg) buahela for export thè a III o spprrc-latlon of f«*id that will pre« ent a free people accotnpllahed tliat mar I It ever being wasted »gain by th«ase «eL that have com» to umlerwtand the ce- llgioo of saving and th» place thai I >o you renn-ni’- f«M»d occuplea in oar new. world wide trot by nil. ma. t.uman relation* • daring ad» ru i u T'ÿ ’ I •* -V V. **.?' • ’■ ’■ . Ir *, K*» .
