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HHEJj EUROPE
"Are We Dowh-Heartepl?" An
swered With a Roaring "No"
as Steamer Enters Port
gBEMlT ROOSEVELT ABOARD
Two American Base Hospital Units
Reach the American Army "
Zone in France
A European Port, July 28. Another
American, contingent has safely ar
rived and disembarked. The American
troops arrived by the same steamer
in which Kermit Roosevelt, his wife
and child traveled. "When tenders
went alongside the vessel Friday, the
men were in high spirits and fre
quently shouted: "Are we down
tearted?" which was answered with a
roaring "No," given with great en
thusiasm. Representatives of the general staff
watched the disembarkation. There
was no civic demonstration. Only a
few spectators knew of the landing-.
These cheered and the troops cheered
back. The men entrained quickly and
left for their new quarters.
A single company remained at the
port for some hours, and these were
the only representatives of the con
tingent which the public saw.
TWO HOSPITAL UNITS NOW
IX AMERICAN ARMY ZONE
American Training Camp In France,
July 2S. (By The Associated Press).
Two American base hospital units, or
ganized under the direction of the
Red Cross, but taken over by the
United States Army, have Just arriv
ii in the American Army zone in
France, and are established; some '23:
miles-apart. Both units have taken
over French hospitals, where, how
ever, there are very few patients?.
The work will soon be organized for
caring for the American sick and
wounded sent back from the advanced
field hospitals and the casualty clear
ing stations.
The first of the units to reach France
was base hospital No. 18 organized
at Johns Hopkins University, Balti
more. This was quickly followed by
fcase hospital Xo. 15, from Roosevelt
aospitai. .ew York, the latter being
organized, and equipped largely
through the interest of Clarence Mack-
ay.
Each Of these nre-anixatinns ia a
pable of caring for 1,000 to 1,500 pa
rents. They have brought over
rge supplies but one of the great
problems they will have to meet is'
that of keeping warm this winter, for
"us coal shortage is threatened.
Kosevelt hospital unit now is
established in , i
I, iiunwui ui summer
note.s, which are not provided with
-umg mciiities for winter, but plant
e already- under way to install
EL0"' if possible- st up a steam
?ting apparatus. The Johns Hop-
tins unit ic .
Frpnpfc v 'nporarny noused in a
IrlCn naSP V,,-c-r,t1 ...... . .
takp out may. later
He up ,ts quarters in a barracks.
Ume , encan unIts delude
urne well knmvr, .
I and -uuermdn surgeons
ZJII5 wh0- whil awaiting
mo nf tv . Prbably Will -Visit
uiubi or the Protmi, i .
Te"v,; .er!ca's meJal aid now is
"e-f great at
!iP,:. , uauie ironi, con-
pitai ,'ix great British hos
ais ere taken over in June.
PERSHIXR TO MAKE FIRST
usir TO PERMANENT CAMP
Paris ti.. ...
Iforpeg fn Pmander .f th( American
IJomoh'ie , ' W1U leave ParIs y
m 6arly Jlext week fr his
train;.; th Permanent American
Prance w Elnce trooPS arrived in
Hecamn V11! spend two days at
Major rPPn T1e first day he will visit
JZ .!eneral Siberfs Quarters an1
Wt J wm a detailed
leral Persh various units. Gen-
he Freni Previously has visited
I .ami aritish fronts.
"UMEXT ON PRESS REPORT
L "ashinSton. .Tlv oe m,.- ,
cni withhTj . J - ue govern
t nn Z1. inforation or com-
K.regomg dispatch.
258 COMMITS SUICIDE
Jn,f xXahPS' of Gnsloro, Ala,
iiotei At Sav-"-"h-Brooded
Over Draft.
NaWs. o; ''a- July 28 James B.
:h0lel,Sr yUng Americans
a drawn 1,number 258 the first
i-uftit . in a local hotel
Vlr!nZT Und officiaI notlfl-
.,. al,lJrs was
v'; salesrnfl '9 year old and a trav
b' .ha brood Pd nUlS frIend here said
6lnS drafted intVer..the Probability of
IPn J
t,w OFFICERS
Jttsbur-c, v Z
the u;J-kJuly 28
An order
oflav peers' t,,.,,:r "
as post-
m or ty officer to disclose to
The Se choSen to . ents the names
lea publs that the names will
TROOPS
Russians Continue to Fall
Back In Galicia But Forge
Ahead In Rumanian Theatre
Petrograd Indicates Considerable
Resistance Despite Austro
German Advance
TEUTONIC LINE BENT BACK
Russo-Rumanians in Moldavia
Have Scored Important Gains
at Various Points
HEAVY FIRING IN FLANDERS
British Aviators Account for Thir-
ty-One German Planes
(Associated Press War Summary.)
Still the center of military interest,
the Russian front from Volhynia south
ward to the bend in the line near Pok
shani in Rumania presents the curious
spectacle of the Russians still in re
treat on a wide front in Eastern Gali
cia and of Russian and Rumanian force!
victoriously advancing in an important
sector along the western Moldavian
frontier.
Petrograd has little to say of the sit
uation in Eastern Galicia, but indi
cates a considerable resistance by the
Russian forces to Austro-Hungarlan
pressure in .the Carpathians, notwith
standing which a Russian retirement
was forced under a Teutonic attack.
Berlin Is more specific regarding the
Galician campaign. It announces the
Austro-German troops are nearing the
Pruth plateau below Kolomea, on the
road to Ciernowitz, and further gains
effected along the line both north and
south of the Dneister.
.r
Teutonic Un Rent Back.
On the Moldavian front, the Russians
and Rumanians are carrying out an ef
fective operation which has bent back
the defensive line opposite Kezdi-Va-sarhely,
Transylvania, and - farther
north. Important heights have been
occupied by the Rumanians near Be-
desczi, while in the vicinity of Kalakul
mountain the Russians are pushing to
ward the Putna river and have occu
pied Boduple on the left bank of the
Putna.
Possible indications of further reor
ganization of the Russian military ma
chine are seen in the summoning of two
famous generals of the old regime to
Petrograd. The 'men summoned are
General Ruzsky, formerly commander-in-chief
of the northern armies, and
General Gurko, former commander of
the southwestern front.
Heavy Action in Flanders.
The British front in Flanders is again
trembling with the shock of a great ar
tillery battle. Drum fire of the most
intense character was opened Saturr
day, Berlin reports. Several times
of late there have been indications that
an attack was about to be opened, ap
parently on the part of the British, but
none of moment has yet developed. Re
cently the reports have indicated the
Germans artillery also very active , on
this front, possibly in an attempt to
check by counter fire any movement
the British might be attempting.
With aerial and artillery activity on
the British front in France increasing
daily in volume, there are indications
of renewed fighting activity there, es
pecially in Flanders. Both London and
Berlin comment upon the intensive
work of the big guns from the river
Lys to the Belgian coast. ' .
' British Aviator Active.
British aviators again have been ac
tive and, in addition to their other
work, have accounted for 31 German
airplanes, 15 of which cra-shed to the
ground. The aerial fighting is describ
ed by London as having been intense,
but a markedly successful one for the
British, who aided the artillery, took a
great number of photographs and car
ried out bombing raids. - ,
The defection of large bodies of Rus
sian troops in Galicia appears to have
had its effect in Petrograd. Feeling the
need of a stronger and more .represen
tative government, the political leaders
have postponed the Russian national
congress while the cabinet is rebuilt
with stronger men.
RUSSIANS RAPIDLY BEING
DRIVEN OUT OF GALICIA
Berlin, via London, July 28. East of
Buczacz the Russians ere rapidly be
ing driven out of Galicia, and the
suDDlementary official statement from
the war office tonight says that Ger
man troops are approaching Zbryz, on
the Russo-Galician front, about ten
miles south of Husciatyn.
WILL SOON ISSUE LICENSES
FOR SHIPMENTS TO NEUTRALS
Most of Facts Sought by This Country
Have Been Obtained.
wahini?tnn. Julv 28. The American
governmen's plan for rationing the
northern European neutral countries
-arm he nut Into operation
within a few days. While awaiting in
formation concerning tne exact impori.
noaiq nf thosiA nations the Exports
Council has denied all applications for
licenses to ship them gooas irom mo
United States.
Most of the facts sought in connec
tion with trade between neutrals and
Germany have been obtained. Statis
tics furnished by the Danisn govern
iKnv it la sftid. that Denmark
can support herself without any food
imports. Norway, - Sweden. Holland,
however, will require a considerable
amount of grains and fodder from the
United States,' .' .;.-:wW, '
Ahnut 70 antral , shins loaded , Wltn
cargoes- for the neutrals are now tied
up in American harbors.
WIIIINGTON,
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IS
UNDER SERIOUS CHARGES
Governor James E. Ferguson has
been placed under bond following in
dictment by a Texas grand jury on nine
counts, charging misapplication of
public funds, diversion of public funds
and embezzlement; The , governor an
swered the charges by announcing him
self as a candidate for a third term as
govern.or.' -
New Board to Supervise Buying
and Decide Priority of Man
ufacture and .Shipment
FRANK -SCOTT IS CHAIRMAN
Bernard. Baruch is Placed in Charge of
Purchases of Raw Materials Her
bert Hoover Desigmnted as ,
Food Bayer.
Washington, July 28. Re-organization
of the government's war purchas
ing system through creation of a war
industries board to supervise buying
and to decide priority of manufacture
and shipment, .was announced tonight
by the" Council of National Defense.
The' new board will be the closing
link between the government and indus
try. It will be charged with the great
responsibility for quantity production,
will determine the question of creating
or extending industries demanded by
the war and will' pass on prices to be
paid by the government:
Board's Membership.
Its membership is as follows:,
Frank Scott, of Cleveland, chairman;
Bernard M. Baruch, of New York, of the
council's advisory commission; Hugh
Frayne, of New York, representing la
bor; Robert S. Brookings, a St. Louis
merchant; Robert S. Lovett, of the Un
ion Pacific system; Lieut. Col. Palmer
E. Pierce, representing the army, and
Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, rep
resenting thenavy.
Three members of the board and Her
bert Hoover are- designated to consti
tute a government purchasing commis
sion serving under the board's direc
tion. The work of the commissioners
will be divided as follows:
Mr. Baruch, ,in charge of raw ma
terial purchases; Mr. Brookings, finish
ed products; Mr. Lovett, to decide pri
ority, and Mr. Hoover, food buyer.
Two Boards Merg-ed.
The general munitions board, of
which Mr. Scott has been chairman, is
merged with the war board and all the
duties of the munitions board will be
taken over by the new body. '
There will be no reduction in the
number of existing committees of rep
resentatives of the various industries,
but they no longer will, arrange pur
chases and will-serve solely as advisory
bodies and through the board will an
swer direct to the council instead of to
the members of the council's advisory'
commission. -
There will be no change in the or
ganization of the council itself, whose
membership is drawn from the cabinet,
nor in the organization of its advisory
commission,, made up of industrial and
scientific representatives.
Expected to End Criticism.
The change in the organization is ex.
p.ected to still criticism .of the old pur
chasing system on the grounds that
manufacturers and producers as mem
bers of the committee have passed on
purchases from their own plants. Un
der the new plan the war industries
board and its, purchasing commission
will approve or disapprove of forms of
contracts. These industries committees
and sub-committees will continue to
advise ias' to quantity production but
will "have no voice-in the prices to be
paid for government supplies. -
The, War and Navy departments wjll
delegate "purchasing- powers 'to 'their
representatives on the .board, who will
sign contracts. ... , "
. sThere is no desire to -change present
statutes,: it is said, because, when peace
- v " (Continued ou; page two;.. i
WAR PURCHASING
SYSTEM CHANGED
N. C, SUNDAY
CONFIiESAGREE
FOOD DILL'S
Decision Also Reached on
Wheat Guarantee, Making It
Apply to 1918 Crop
$2
WILL HOLD SESSION TODAY
Two Important Amendments Pre
vented Final Agreement Be
ing Reached Last Night
Washington, July 28. Conferees on
the Administration Food Control bill
failed tonight to reach a final agree
ment on the measure and adjourned, to
meet again tomorrow.
Two provisions prevented an agree
ment the Senate amendment propos
ing a food control board of three mem
bers instead of an individual adminis
trator and creating a congressional
committee to supervise war expendi
tures. The conferees hoped for an
agreement tomorrow, but if they fail it
is planned to report the partial disa
greement to the two houses and ask
for further: instructions. A deadlock
is not considered Improbable.
Earlier in the day the conferees
smoothed out their differences on a pro
hibition provision, and agreed to the
section fixing a 2 minimum per bushel
for wheat.
The prohibition provision approved
provides that 30 days after the bill be
comes law, no person shall use any
foods, fruits, food materials or feeds
in the production of any distilled spir
its for beverage purposes with a sep
arate stipulation that the prohibition
shall not anply to sweet wines. Impor
tation of distilled spirits is prohibit,
in a new section. .
The House conferees receded in their
opposition to the liquor commandeer
ing amendment., which was adopted
substantially as written by the Senate
except - to include- whiskey " In -stock : as
well as in bond. This authorizes and
directs the President to commandeer
any or all. such distilled spirits for
re-distillation where it may be neces
sary for munitions and other military
or hospital supplies. The spirits com
mandeered would be paid for by the
government. It was understood at the
capitol that the President has no pres
ent purpose of resorting to the com
mandeering authority. The President
is given discretion to stop either the
manufacture or Importation of beer
and wines.
There was little opposition to the
Senate's two dollar wheat guarantee
amendment but was changed so as to
make it apply to next year's crop, in
stead of this year's.
The $10,000,000 appropriation for ni
trate stocks in a Senate amendment as
agreed to, authorized the .President to
procure necessary stocks of nitrate of
soda for increasing agricultural produc
tions, during 1918, and to dispose of
them at cost.
The conference already had planned
to Senate amendments aimed to- stop
government advisory agents having
pecuniary interest in war contracts and
to authorize the President if it should
become necessary for national defense
to fix coal and coke prices.
RAID ON PARIS MADE
BY
Two Bombs Dropped Over the City
on Friday Night
Alarm is Sounded and the People In
stead of Taking: Refuse in Cellars,
Watch Battle With the
French Aviators.
Paris, July 28. German airplanes
made a raid on Paris at 11 o'clock last
night. Two bombs were dropped on
the capital. The opinion is held here
that the raid was made with the object
of testing the possibility of a successful
German attack in force sim'lar to the
recent raid made on London.
A few minutes before 11 o'clock
watchers of the French aviation service
in Paris heard the noise of a motor and
then an explosion, followejLafter a brief
interval by another. The prefecture of
Paris was accordingly instructed to
give the alarm throughout the city. The
last notification to the people of the
capital to take refuse ,from a possible
air raid was given on' the night of
March 16-17. .
Soon after the warning of the raid
ers was given, the sky over the city
was alive with defense airplanes, twink
ling like stars from, which they hardly
could be distinguished. Firemen dash
ed through the streets sounding; alarms.
Residents of the city, awakened from
their sleep .instead of taking:-; refuge
in cellars, mounted to the roofs or went
into the street to watch the droning:
airplanes circling: over head. At -1 :io
o'clock the firemen gave the signal that
all' danger rwaV'over 'andthe Parisians
returned." to their feds - "V '; "
AMENDMENT
GERMAN
AIRPLANES
JULY 29, 1917
SUCCESS OF FOOD CONSERVATION
EFFORTS GIVES ASSURANCE THAT
AMERICA WILL WIN, SAYS HOOVER
Exemption Boards Reminded
Of Gravity Of Their Task
Crowder in Solemn Language Warns Against Exemption of Any Perc
son Who Should be Called to the Colors President Orders
Greatest Care in Discharging Civil Service Employes.
Washington, July 28. The gravity
of the task which faces members of
local draft exemption boards is called
to their attention in solemn language
in a communication sent . broadcast
by the War Department and made,
public tonight by Provost Marshal
General Crowder.,
"The selected man offers his life,"
says General Cr6wder. 'It will streng
then you to remember that for every
exemption or discharge that is made
for individual convenience, or to es
cape personal loss of money or prop
erty, or for favor or affection, some
other man whose time would not
otherwise have come, iriust incur the
risk of losing his life."
- The boards are told they are not
courts: to adjust differences between
two persons in controversy. "You,
acting for the government," says the
communication, "are to investigat-i
each case - in the interests of the na
tion, and never in the interests of an
individual."
General Crowder closes with the
declaration that the nation needs men
quickly and the boards will receive
little praise and some blame. "Your
only reward," he said, "must be tha
knowledge that at great personal
Switchmen on 19 Chicago Rail
broads Walk- Out Decline
Mediation Offer
LEADERS CLAIM 6,000 QUIT
Railroad Officials, However, Assert
Less Than 2(500 Men Obeyed The
Strike Order Switch Yards
Working On Half Force.
. .Chicago, July 28. Movement of
freight to, through and from Chicago
was .handicapped today by the strike
on 19 railroads of switchmen affiliat
ed with the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen.
For a time after they had walked
out at 6 a. m., the possibility of medi
ation hung in the balance, but before
noon the present likelihood of Federal
relief vanished with the refusal of
the strike leaders to accept the of
fices of G. W. Whanger, of the Fed
eral Board of Mediation and Concili
ation. Contending that they sought only
the establishment of reasonable rules
regarding employment, promotion and
dismissal of switchmen, the strika
leaders asserted that close to 6,000
men quit work. The railroad manag
ers' conference committee placed the
number who refused to work at less
than 2,500 and declared, the cause of
the strike to be insistance by the
strikers on rules which in effect
amounted to the establishment of a
closed shop againet switchmen not
members of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen.
The . situation was further compli
cated by the Switchmens Union of
America also largely employed on tho
19 roads in the Chicago district. Th
members of this union affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor and
not with the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen remained at work with few
exceptions.
In the eyes of some of those who
watched the progress of the strike,
it was regarded as a fight between
the two switchmen's crcmls-tlo.u as
well as a contest with the railroads.
Railroad officials declared late in
the day that their switch yards were
working on half of the normal force.
Embargoes on perishable goods were
established by the roads, though late
In the day the Chicago Junction rail
road announced that its embargo did
not apply to livestock hauled over its
tracks to the Union Stockyards by
other roads.
There was no violence reported, al
though police protection was furnish
ed. -
CHARLOTTE CANTONMENT A
FIXTURE, SAYS GEN. WOOD
Commander Says He Will Be In the
Mecklenburg- City Monday. '
Charlotte, N. C, July 28. The Char
lotte cantonment is a fixture, accord
ing to announcement in a message re
ceived from Major General Wood to
day, .T in which the commander of the
Southeast stated that he would be in
Charlotte j Monday.
The . message from" General Wood
furthet 'stated .that the cantonment will
be embraced In, two large areas on the
western and: eastern sides of the city
Instead of on the original site of 2,500
acre. selected. . - l- - . ,
SSvEMENT
sacrifice you are rendering your coun
try an indispensable service in a mat
ter of the utmost moment."
President Wilson tonight issued an
executive order directing government
officials to exercise -"tne greates.
care" in issuing- exemption affidav
its to employees in the civil execu
tive departments emphasizing the
high national importance of carrying
out "the spirit of the Selective Ser
vice Act and of securing its fullest
effectiveness by holding to military
service all drafted men who are not
absolutely indispensable" to depart
ment work. He says discharges should
be reduced to "the minimum number j
consistent wltn the maintenance of
vital national interests during the i
emergency of war."
"It is earnestly hoped, moreover,"
the order concludes, "that, acting In
the same spirit as the Federal De
partmental officials, all citizens who
may be called upon, as employers, un
der Section 44 , pf the Regulations, to
make affidavits for securing the dis
charge of persons deemed to be in
dispensable to National industrial in
terests during the emergency, will ex
ercise the same conscientious and
scrupulous caution, to the end that
there will appear to be no favored or
exempted class among the citizens
called by law to the National defense."
LEVY ON INCOMES
. t
TQJEJCI
Senate Finance Qommittee Agrees
to . Raise Revenue Bill to
Nearly Two Billion
TO MAKE EARLY REVISION
House is Given Task Of Deciding How
Remaining: $7,000,000,000 Xeeded
For the War Will Be
Provided.
Washington, July 28. The Senate
finance committee reached a tentative
agreement late today to revise the
present $1,670,000,000 war tax bill so as
designed to increase this by $532,700,
part of the increase to, oome from high
er income taxes.
Members of the committee said to
night it . is , possible the total of the !
bill, before it gets to the Senate, will
be $2,000,000,000. According to the
present plan, about $230,000,000 of the
increase will be obtained through high
er income tax rates $70,000,000 from ;
individuals and the rest from corpora- j
tions. The committee figured on an i
increase In the normal rate on indi
viduals from two to five per cents and
on corporations to 6 per cent. The rest
of the increase may be obtained by in
creasing the excess profits tax and by
consumption taxes on sugar, tea, cof
fee and cocoa.
Under the programme, $1,062,700,000
would be the total levy thi3 year upon
incomes. The present law yields $300,
000,000; the pending bill originally was
designed to increase this by $532,7000,
000, and the $230,000,000 additional, it
is now proposed to levy will raise it
over the billion mark.
The Senate committee will confine its
work f or ' the present to the present
war tax bill, and will leave to the
House the task of raising the rest of
the $7,000. 0rt0.000 the r.rt-ninistration
iDoLieveis it must have to" prosecute the
war this year.
Mcjcrlty lctlor Illtchin, of the
House, was in conference with the Sen
ate committee today and this decision
was reached. Whether the House will
prefer to authorize $5,000,000,000 in
bonds or treasury certificates, to sup
plement the2,000,000,000 the Senate is
providing, will not be determined un
til next week.
The income tax increases proposed.
Chairman Simmons announced tonight,
"represents the concensus of the com
mittee's opinion."
Senator Simmons said the commit
tee plans to complete its revision ajnH
report the bill to the Senate for begin
ning of debate the latter part of next
week. He also said there was no oc
casion for immediately providing rev
enues to meet the new estimates, ex
plaining that with the pending bill,
there are ample funds to meet all calls
until the December session.
The committee gave much time to
discussing reconsideration of the
amendment, already written into the
bill, levying a tax of 15 per cent upon
corporations' undivided or undistribut
ed surplus. This Is known as the
amendment of Senator Jones, of New
Mexico, and has been vigorously oppos
ed by corporations. - There was much
opposition to .changing this section.
WHOLE NUMBER 39,124
Declares That Germany Accom
plished Less in 12 Months
Than We Have in Four
2 MILLION WOMEN ENROLLED
Greatest Spontaneous Voluntary
Effort in History Made in
Saving and Production
NO REASON TO BE GLOOMY
Co-Ordination . of Our Resources
Spells Final Victory
Washington, July 23. America
will win the war, Herbert Hoover
declared in a statement tonight,
because of its superior resources
and through the ability of the
American people to organize.
The success,1 already evident, of
the nation's voluntary food conser
vation effort, Mr. Hoover said;
points to a final victory.
German System Far Outclassed.
"Germany accomplished less in this
direction in twelve months," said Mr.
Hoover, "than our people have In four.
The only need of legislation and au
thority is to curb those who would
profit by this voluntary movement."
More than two million women, Mr.
Hoover announced, have enrolled as
members of the .food administration
and pledged themselves to follow its
directions as to saving food within the
household. Within sixty days, he Said,
many more millions will have become "
members.
"No one can rightly be gloomy over
the outcome for the American people
in this war," said Mr. Hoover. "Suc
cess in this war is a question of re
sources, and the will and ability of
the people to organize themselves to
use them rightly and to endure. Many
thinking Americans, and the whole
world, have been watching anxiously
the last four months in the fear that
democratic America could not organ
ize to meet autocratic Germany. Ger
many has been confident that it could
not be done.
"Contrary proof Is immediately at
our door, and our people have already
demonstrated their ability to mobilize,
organize, and endure and prepare vol
untarily and effciently.
Food Supply and Conservation.
"We entered the war four months
ago, and it, was announced by the Pres
ident that one of the great problems
of the war would be food; that we must
prepare to increase and save our food-"
stuffs for a year In advance, not only
for ourselves, but for our allies as
well.
There was been no consequential na
tional or local legislation, yet the great"
est spontaneous volunteer effort ever
made in history has not only provided
us with a larger stnek of food supply
as a result of patriotic planting in ev
ery quarter, but v.-a-sto is being elim
inated out of every crack and cranny
of our homes and our industries.
"Our present prospects indicate an
increase of production of cereals by
850,000,000 bushels, and although our
farmers planted an ncreased acreage of
wheat, the weather has not responded
for this product. Literally-millions of
new gardens have been planted or ex
tended everywhere. We have the larg
st supply of vegetables ever in our his
tory. "The wolf is at the door of Europe,
and with all these surpluses, our stock
of foodstuffs would still have been too
little for the demand upon us during
the coming year, if our people had not
responded to the call for wise use,'
economy and elimtnation of waste.
Canned Goods Superabundant.
"Our American canners will this year
produce 1,700,000,000 cans of fruit an
vegetables. Our government and the
allies will require about 200,000,000 of
these cans. The returns we have fron
various state organizations indicate!
from the results obtained for the flrsti
half of the season that the American
women will preserve 200,000,000 Jars
and cans this year of fruit and vege
tables, and will thus supply any defi
ciency called for by the armies.
"The elimination of waste in the
country has been most gratifying. The
best index of this saying is in garbage
returns from our large cities. We have
the returns from the month of June
from cities pf a population of 15,000,000
showing a reduction of their garbage
by 32 per cent under the month of
June last year.
"Now that we make a broad survey
of the country after four months, wo
find every state spontaneously creat
ing a definite and active food organi
zation presided over by capabje and de
voted men and women who have sacri
ficed every interest in this national
service. We find a well considered and
well defined organization of subcom-,
mittees on the various phases of food
production and conservation, and we
see these reduplicated by sub-organizations
in counties and municipali
ties. "Even though the situation in Eu
rope may be gloomy today, no Ameri
can who has knowledge of the re
sults' already obtained in every direc
tion need have one' atom" of 'fear that
democracy wUl not defend itself ittJ
these United States."
V ,i V.-..