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l MAX K HKKA1J). TMI'IISIAY, AI OI'HT 1W. 1017 HOW AMERICA CAN FEED ITS ALLIES Important Message to People From Herbert C. Hoover, Administrator. WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED increased Production, Elimination of Watte and Careful Control of Food Exports Form the Solution of This War Problem. WuRhiiiKton. A ujr. Ut. Wlwt (lie peo ple of the Hatted Stales not only can hut mttHt do In the matter of food pro liiction nml use in ordav to help win the war N net foi l It in detail In statement Issued today hy Food Ad ministrator Herbert C Hoover. If we fall t.) d our pari in this respect, he nys, the people of the allies ennnot he uittlntnineri tit w.-ir. for their soldiers Hnnot fight without food. The normal imports of wheel and ther cereals hy France, ttnly. the United Kingdom mid Reigittfn, nnd the HStttnates of the 191? nop In (hone countries com pa red to die normal pro- .Juctlon lire given b Mi. lfoover In 'nhiilmed form, and the wmclitfl OW Is ilntWn thai In unler to provide normal onsumptlon It will he necessary for them to Import in the next V2 mouths .r77.CHKi.iN hUsheta of wheat tnd iiT i.iHm,iHK onsheta of other cere jiIs. If the crops nf the United Slates nd Omiada nil Mature safely. North vnierlca will have mi apparent sur plus of "OH.(HK).(kh tmahota of wheat ;ind iKKMl.'MM lilt fillet of other cerc hI. Tlie allies', therefore, nnjst use ther cereals tlimi wheat for mixing i it their war hrend. and the people, of America must reduce their consump lion of wheat Hour from five to four pounds per week iter person. Decrease In Food Animals. A careful estimate of the world's nod animal position shows h total net lecrem- of I fr.th..mn. mid this will )e greater n the war goes on. As ;he Increase of herds and floHNl takes "ears, we must reduce the eonstmtp tion, eliminate waste and carefully con trol meat exports. Our home dairy product supplies sre decreasinj;. while our populatiivn Is lacreasitfg. rind we Must lit in Tensing amounts of such products to ur allies. Consequently this lAdtM ry must he si I mutated, and home isers iniisl save the wastes in milk and nutter. Much the same mny be said In 'be a so of sugar, Mr. Hoover uitf0" " grmtef con NUmptiuli ut ii- i i .mil sen final, In which our (stasis and lakes are OtlOT 'iiously rich. The imMftlctS of the land. tiM reminds us, are conserved hy the atiliK of those of the sea. On Duty. I i coucliisiuii th.' I mliniuisi rator -ays : I have endenrored to sl.ow in prcvi us arti'ics 1 1 ii i the world is short nf ... .i .1... i .. .... : r... ... i ...i ...tt. ' v ;m , tit it t j.iiii'jit is i.it'ii' tiiti -he jcrlm specter f starvation unless troill our ahnndmice nnd oar waste we ;eep tin- wolf from tin- door. Not onl :uust we have a proper use of our food supply in order ti.it we may furnish our allies with the sinews with whirl they may nghl our battles, but It is iu act of humanity towards fellow ue.ii, women and children, lly the dtrervion ot millions ,,f men from production to war. by the occti nation ot laud hy armies, by (be Uui bltioii of markets, by iMilligcrent lines. .mi hy the destruction of shifting hj submarines, not pnl) has the home pro duction of our allies fallen bv over "ilXMMKMsHi bushels of grain, but they are thrown upon us for a much target proportion of their uormal imports for merly obtained from other markets. They have reduced consumption at every point, but men in the trenches, men In the shops, -ami the millions of women placed at physical Inhor re 'julre more food t! inn duriiiu peact rimes, mid the incidence of their saving und any shortage which they may gsjf fer, falls first upon women and chil dren. If this privation becomes too -Teat, their peoples cmilint lie main falned constant in the war. mid we will le left alone to tinhr the battle of democracy with (Serum iiy. The problem of food conservation is one Of uiuuy complexions. We cannot and we do not wish, wtth our free in stltutlons and our lurxe resources of food, to Imitate Kurope in m- nalteed rationing, hut we must voluntarily mid intelligently assume the responsibility lief ore us us one in which everyom has a direct and Inescapable Interest We must increase our export of foods to the allies, and In the circumstances of our shipping situation, these exports must be of the most concentrated foods. These are wheat, flour, beef jtork and dairy products. We have ,,t, er foods In great abundance which we 'an use Instead of tiiese commodities, nnd we can prevent wastes In a thou sand directions. We must guard the fh-alnage of exports from the United Stills .1 ... ... - ' .. . -...! o. mm wt- it-iniii ii troer supply for our own country, and we must adopt such measures as will nmello rate, so far as may Ite, the price condi tions of our less fortunate. We might so aratu tne supplies from the country io Europe us by the high prices that would follow to force our people to shorten their consumption. This Migr ation of "normal economic forces" would starve that element of the com munity to whom we owe the most pro tectlon. We must try to impose the burden equally upon ull. There Is no royal road to food con servation. We can only accomplish this hy the yoluntary action of our whole people, each element In propor tion to Its means. It Is a matter of fqunllty of burden ; n matter of mln fete snvlng and substitution at every point In the 20,000,000 kitchens, on the tO.(MMMH)0 dinner tables and In the J,nuo.ooo manufacturing, wholesale nvni retnll establishments of the country. Die task Is thus In Its essence the daily individual service "f nil the people, Kvery group can Slrlintittlte and even he great majority of thrifty people an save a little and the moae lnuri- .nis elements of the population can by 'eduction to simple living save much, the ftnal result of MiihstltutinK other product and saing one siiind of wheal Hour, two ounces of fats, seven unices of sugar and seven ounces of neat weekly, by "neb person, will, ft'heU We have multiplied this by one hundred million. bae Increased our Kports to the amounts absolutely re- lalfoq by our allies. This means no Bora thnn Hint We should eat plenty. hut eat wiselv and without waste. food conservation has other aspects f Utmost Importance, Wars must be paid for by savings. We must save In the consumption in commodities and the consumption of unproductive la bor In order that we may divert our manhood to the army nnd to the shops. If hy the reduction in consumption of labor and the commodities thnt It pro duces ami the diversion of this saving to thai labor and those commodities demanded by the war. we shall be able o light to eternity. We can mortgage mr future savings for n little while, nil a piling up of mortgages Is but a short step toward bankruptcy, Kvery atom thnt we save Is available for sub scription to Liberty bonds. The whole of Kurope has been en gaged ever since the war began In the elimination of waste, the simplification of life, nnd the increase of Its itidii- trlnl capacity. Whan I he war Is over the Consuming power of the world will lie reutfied by the loss of prosperity nnd mBn power, mid we shall enter a period of competition without parallel in ferocity. After the war, we rfliwt maintain our foreign markets If our working people nre to he employed. We shall be In no position to compete If we continue to live on the ftmiiO basis of waste and eitruvnstancA' on which we have .ived hitherto. Simple, totupor:tto living is a moral Issue of the Hist order at any time, and an othur basis of conduct during the war be comes u wrong against the Interest of the country mid (he Interest of democracy. The Impact of Hie food shortage of Kurope has knocked at every door of the itnlted States during the past three years. The prices of foodstuff have nearly doubled, and the reverberations f Kll rope's increasing shortage would have thundered twice as loudly dnr Ulg the coming year even had we not entered I he war. and it can now otpy be mitigated If we con exert a strong control and this in many directions. Wc are today in an era of high prices. We nuMl maintain prices at - I i a level ns v!'! stimulate produc tion, for we are faced by n starving work) and the value of a commodity to the hungry is greater than Its price. As a result of the world shortage of supplies, our consumers have suffered from speculation and extortion. While wages tor some kinds of labor have increased villi the Hse in foot! prices. In others, it has been ditth 'lit to main tain our high standard of nutrition. lly the elimination of waste In all classes, by the reduction In the con sumption of foodstuffs by the more for tunate, we shall increase our supplies no! only for export but for home, ami by Increased supplies we can Help In the amelioration of prices. For Better 'bistribution. (teyond this the du(' has I n laid upon the food administration to co-operate with the patriotic men In trades mn! commerce, that wa may eliminate. the evils which have grown Into our system of distribution, that the bur leu may fall tspiliably ntton nil hy rets forntfon, so far as may be, of the nor mal course of trade. It is tin' purpose of the food administration to use lis utmost power nml the utmost ahillt; that patriotism can assemble to Bincll ornte this situation to such a degree nr may he possible. The food idwlnlstratlon is gsaain bling the bast expert advice In the country on home economics, on tunc utilization, on trade practices ami trade wastes, and on the conduct of public eating places, mid we shall out line from time to time detailed Sugges tions, which if honestly carried out b such individuals in the country, we be Mesas will effect i he result which wt must attain. We are asking ever? home, every public eating place IK IIMny trades, to slim a pledge can to accept these direction, so fur u their circumstances permit, 11 "'I we tire organizing various instrumentalities to ameliorate speculation. We nre tisk lug the men of the country who arc not actually engaged in the hm.dllng of foed to sign similar pledges Unit they shall see to It. so far as they are aMe, that these directions are followed, am) this 1m the essence of democracy Itself. Autocracy finds its strength in Its ubillty to Impose organization by force from tin- top. The rasas) of democracy consists In the application of the Initiative Jn Its own people. If Individualism cannot be so organised as to defend Itself, then democracy Is a fill I ii which cannot stand. We nre seeking to impose no organization from the top. We are asking the American people to organize from the bottom up. The call of patriotism, of humanity and of duty rings clear and Insistent We must heed It if we are to defend uur IdetiU, maintain our form of gov ernment, and safeguard oar future wel-(are. lNltENATlONAL StlNMrSOIOOL Lesson my nrcv. P. it FIT.WATICU. p. P.. Teacher of Kngllsh Bll! In I Ite Moody Rlbie Institute ot Chics so t i "! rllit, 1917. Wrsturn Kewapaper I'ulun. i LESSON FOR AUGUST 26. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUOAH. raMFAHf i AHItlYKI) AT IfHMUNl Si Ml AY FVF.MW1 I.KWflON TKXT- II Kins 35:1-21. OOLDatN TKXT As I live, snlth Um i-oi.i (lod, I have no pleasure In the doath of the wicked. Kxektsl SJtli Many years after the kingdom of Israel was taken captive by the As syrians, Judah was carried away to Habylon. .ludah's cnptivlty mis in three stages, covering about twenty years. The first deportation was while .fehoinktin was king. Ibtnlel and his frleuds went into captivity at this lime (Dan. 1:1-0). The seventy years captivity dutes fneii this time. The second deportation was while Jchold kin reigned. Most likely Fzekiel wus carried away with this second com pany (K.eklel l:l8). The third de portation, some twelve years after the second. Is the one deaCri bed in our les son. At this time tlie greater part of tin nation was removed to Babylon. Only the poor and unimportant were left. Jerusalem itself was destroyed Rt this time. I. Jerusalem Besieged (vv. 1-3). Zedckiah owed his kingship to the Win.; of Babylon (chapter -1:17), who ap pointed him to the throne after the re uovul of Jeiioiakitn. ills name was changed from Mattaoiafa to ZcdeUah. lie was not a good man CM:19). Though having Ills position by the will of tlie king of Babylon, be rebelled against that king, lie thought that by the aid uf the surrounding nations, especially Kgypt. be could throw oft the yoke of Hal pylon. Jeremiah coun seled submission, but tlie Uug refused. Nebuchadnezzar came In person with all his host and laid siege to Jerusalem, even bulldiug forts agoinst it (v. 1). This siege lasted for about a year and s half. For a while during that period fhc ("haldean army withdrew because ot' the appearance of 1'haruoh's army pfjer. .'57 :."). Shut off from help from without, the Jews soon were famish ing for waul of bread. The horrors of this famine were awful. For a descrip tion of if in-' should read the book of Lamentations. Mothers ato their own children (Lain. -1:10). Hie richest, even Indleg in silken roltcs, wandensl about searching for scraps In the dung heaps 'Lain. l:.YH0. Their tongues clave to the rohfs of their months, und their skins were dried up. Added to thrfte horrors were murderous lights between parties iinionf the Jews. Some wanted to sui'Miider; others insisted ujk.u holding out. II. Zedekiah's Flight (vv. 4-7). At length the city was broken lip, anil the Ving and his warriors tied by night. His though! was to esCape to the country beyond the Jordan. The Chaldean army overtook aim,' scattered his army, and un tod Bedekish to Uihiah. where Xehuchadnesxar had his headquarters. Hero judgment tras passed upon him. lu his trial it was shown that lit i solemn OSth of allegiance to the Chnl deans bad been broken, thus showing himself a traitor (ii Chrou. 86:18), Am a punishment for his treachery Ids own -ons Were slaill before him. his eyes put out (v. 7). and he himself carried to Main-Ion. where he remained a pris oner till his death (Jer. .V.'rll). In this we have a marvelous fulfillment of prophecy (Kzeklel 1:.'!), which says that Kedekhih shall be taken to lfab lon ami die there mid yet not see the city, lb- could not see It Itecauso his eyes were out. Let us learn from this that that which Ood says will surely come to pass, even though we cannot explain its details. III. The Destruction of the City (vv. -1). Not only were the people taken ctiplive, but the city Itself was sub h ''ted to the utmost rigors of war. They plundered the house of the Lord, the palace ami the houses of the rich, and then consigned them to the flames (v. 0). They eveu broke down the walls of Jerusalem (v. 10) und mas sacred muny of the people (Lam. 2:3. 4). IV. Disposition of the Inhabitants and the Contents of the Temple (vv 11-21). L The iuhahltanta (vv. 11. 12). They were divided into two classes, those who had deserted to the Baby lonians during the siege and those who were found Inside of the city at the time It was taken. Many doubtless de serted to the Babylonians during this siege, as even Jeremiah was arrested on this charge (Jer. 38:l.'t). The pooi of the land were b ft to le vine dress ers and husbandmen. The wealthy mid influential wt re taken away, as they would be of value to the conquer Ing nation ; besides they would be n menace If left behind. The peat were left because pauper captives wculd be a burden. Besides it wus very undesirable for tlie land to lie lu waste, as then they could not exact tribute from It. To that end encouragement was given by the Babylonians as "vineyards and fields" were given to the poor. 2. The contents of the temple (vv. 13-21). From the temple which huu been twice plundered before (II Chraav 30:7, 10), such of gold, silver am! bronze vessels us still remained wen taken, even the great pillars of the molten sea. The captives and the treas ure Mere delivered to Nehuchadnerza, at Hoi, inh. where more than threescore: of men were killed (vv. 111-21). Company (J of the 4th regiment. Nebraska National Guard, now lu the federal service, arrived safely at Doming, New Mexico, at 6 o'clock Sunday evening according to a mcs BaftS received here from Captain "Jack" Milier While the company arrived at IVniing Sunday evening it did not detrain until Monday morn ing The soldiers have nne quar ters and are enjoying themselves. Company Q left Fort ('rook near Omaha Friday afternoon. D. J. Nel son piloted the speciiil train that car ried the Alliance company out of Fort Crook on Friday, leaving them at Pacific Junction. Mr. Nelson lived in Alliance a number of years and knew many of the boys. Sloan's Liniment for Hheiinmtlsni The torture of rheumatism, the pains and aches that make life un bearable are relieved by Sloan's Lin iment, a clean clear liquid that is easy to apply and more effective than in ussy plasters or ointments be cause It penetrates qulckjy without rubbing. For tho many pains and sches following exposure, strains, tnd muscle soreness, Sloan'-t Lini ment is promptly effective. Always have a bottle handy for gout, lum baso, toothache, backache, stiff neck and nil external pains. At druggists 2 Re. Adv 1 NHIpHaMM IWTKNTH oloickii win lly T. II. 4. Barclay e a Official list of Letters Patent of Invention issued from the United States Patent OftW at Washington. IV C . to Inhabitants of Nebraska for the week ending Auguut 11, as re ported theough tho patent office of Sturges & Sttirges, registered pntent lawyers. Suite 32 Ilee lildg.. Oma ha: Roscoe I). On st on. Hastings truck attachment for automobiles Lloyd C. Newcomb St E. E. otto, Omaha- Power transmission attach ment for motor vehicba Jesse A. Scott, Fullerton Adjust able ateel hamo Paul C Tiram, Osceola Grain shocker. Frank 11. Forrest, Dakota City Power steering attachment for trac tion engines. The entertainment at Mrs. Lane's Saturday night was a success. Win Weaver and .las Washington are In the city again. Fred Williams' brother who works at the station was called to Colorado Springs to see his wife, who was sick but who passed away before he (Ot there. Aaron Barclay, who had not seen his father. Rev. T. B J. Barclay for thirty-one years, came from Blrxa Ingham on No. 41 Monday to remain. His wife will follow in u few days. A great demand for help now. Chief Snyder says to work or more. Good! More good citizens would move to Alliance If they could only got a house to live In It Is too bad. How can our city grow without more accommodations. Real Estate. Loans and liurar tnoe. F. B. 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