Nassau Post 19180125; Title

              THE NASSAU POST. FREEPORT, N.   Y,   FRIDAV,   JANTTARY   24,   1<>1«    Page «
SUGAR CONTROL   BIG HERDJ GONE
SAVED MILLIONS   «<">'<«   «"^   wast..   Europ..
  Meat Supply.
American Consumer Profited by $180,000,000—French Situ¬ ation Helped.
HOME PRICE HELD AT 9 CENTS.
,Thl«   Natlon'i Sugar  Supply   Reduced
to Seventy Per Cent, of Normal.
Java ntocks  Unavailable.
SuKiir conrrol hnn iwve<l th» Am*r- ilcao pul)ll(; $i8(»,<)00,<Mxl, Meihfrt lloov •r. United SlatPH food adiniiii»Jrator. declared the other duy.
He |K)lriled diH ilial niij{«>" w«« afll tng for 11 CPiilM H poiiml lii«t Aiik'ubi and that It would liavt' ii(lviin<f»<l to "JK ctntM ¦ pound, with llu- world sliori- ¦Ke aa a utiiuiihiH, hnd not the tool adiulnlatrHlioii »«-<Mirfd ih« co opera¬ tion of the refliierH and wholesitlera tnd fixed a hukup price thnt l<nluy en •bles houaewlveH to huy auKur at from SMi to H cenlM H pound.
"Kvery 1 cent rHl«e In miear from Repternher 1 to .larinary 1 tneiins $18. OOO.tXXJ to the Amerirnn conHiimer. ' Mr. Hoover aald. "NumlierH of Rcn tlemen will tell you that 2<> lent 8U((iir would have prevailed nnd the pu))llc robhftd of $18<).<X)(1,(X)() thin year If we bad not taU\»n these actions." I^ater Mr. Hoover called attention to the fact that uncontrolleil auKnr advanced to 85 canta a pound durlnx the (MvU War.
France  Got   Our  Sugar.
T»<lay tli€ American public haa been allotted 70 per cent, of Its normal aup- ply. IJefore the war the averaRe an¬ nual liouaehold conauniption here was S5 poiindH a perHon. In Knf^land tbe annual consumption during the ^var In 24 poundK, and In France each person ia allotted a little over one pound a month.
"In Auf^ust the French government found lt«clf unable to maintain even this ration,'' Mr. Ilnover decbiied. "An appeal was miidi- to America. Ffanc needed UKXKX) tons. We aKi'ec<l to HII thl.s ilciiiiind nnd up to December luul shipped 8."),41!*' tons. In the iiienntlmc an ai)peiil was mnde fo the American public to reduce its suk- ar con.suniptidii, nnd recii.estH were mnde to (llstrihiitors to supply the coiife<-tlr)niiry and sweet dritdis trade wltli rA) per ciMi. <if noriniil stippl.v. This lias been treiuMMllv fullnwed. al¬ though stlch reyiiliitnins were voliin tary, ns the food sidinlni.'dnition IViid no aiitliorlly to iiniiose them."
Domeatlc> Price  is S'/j to 9 Centa.
Uctiiil jrniceis i lin)U;.'lioul the coun¬ try arc supposed to litke a profit of no more than W vvui-^ ii hundred- h;iIf a cent n pound nn .•<iiv;ii'. Hv reason of food adniini.slniiioii recnlations, liind- luK refiners and uiiolesiilers, the re- taller Is able t(idM.\- to bu.v sii^ar at from 8 to 8'/4 cents a pound. 'i'his enables blm to sell to the housewife at" 8V4 to U cents a pound.
'I'litTe have been some violations of the suKui' rulliiKs, .Mr. Hoover suld recently : "Sales of suirnr from 10 to 20 cents per poinid hnve heen reported and followed up v i;.'()icnisl) nnd slop¬ ped anil is eviiK'lire iiself of the prices At wliii'h consuiiieis would linve heen ^ulcl had we not iiiicrveiied. We Imve forfeliMd wholesalers' lieensps in aj;- KPHvated cases, and we iiave issued wurnlngs to first offenders in ii K'cnt many InHtnnceit througli our loeiil ad¬ ministrators."
j^ffeCt on Military Situation.
AmerlcAli su^nr slocks could he fill¬ ed to normal very soon if ships could be aent to Java, where ::ri(MHHt ions of sugar Is wallUiK for slii|iiii(>nt. Hut the shIppliiK situation Is so iicute that the nation cmmoi spare the eleven ships needed to tntiisport this siif;ar. It would lalte the boats one year to hatjl 2^0,000 tons. Iii tlie same flrrt^ they ctiuld lie used for IninsportinK :;00,(XH» .soldiers to l-'ntiu-e.
The food Hiliiiiiilstralioii lieli(>veH that ttie Ameriran public will diiiiiniali Its suKar coiisiiiiipiioii by 10 or ir> per cent, when ll is iiiaile clear ili l such HUKar saviUK Is ti piil."iorn' mii :iiid when It is understood thui tliert* are plenty of sweeleners available lo lake (he plnce of sutjar. siieh as honey or com syrup.
Why Shortage Exists.
The three Kreal sii^iar pruduiliiK cen ters of the wurid nre <ieriiiiiny, the West and Kasi Indies, (ieriiinn suKur Ik, of course, used at lionie. The Kast liulhiii siiKHV is iinavuihtblo liecau.se of the ship  shortaue.
While r boats iiuKle hi>; inroails on the world s sliipplin;, l'r:inc(> and Italy reused to he helf sustaliiiin; in suxar liiunufiiclure. Kii;i;luiid in the ineaa- tliiie wns cul oil' from (ieriiiiin sut-'iir - l,4t)P,(MK» tons 11 vciir lM"iiiise of ilie wnr. The resuli bus heen llial tlie al¬ lied nations ha\e been foreed lo turn to America und the West Indies for their sugar.
EVADE RIGID FOOD CONTROL.
Food la Bought In Germany Surreptl- tloualy in Violation of Auto¬ cratic Rulings. Kveu tbe uutocratic food control of tierinany •""' '"^''" powerless to pre¬ vent surreptitious snles, itci-ordinK to aeial otti< iul re|M>na rvacblnx the Uall- ed SiHics food udiiiinistrailoii. llleKUl sttles of butler ure heiiik' uuide in Oer- nmny at prices ruiijiint; from $1.75 to |2.*.i."> a iH>und. Kuks 8«)ld (vinirury to tlie Carman food reKulallons ar^ brhiKintf 10 to If) een Is upieie, accord Ui^ to these re|«irts. And bui>Mi or hum Ik brlugiui: fruiu ^'ii lo |3.:^ u pouhd.
Am*rlean    Stoek    Raisara   Co-oporata
With Feed Admlnlatratlon In Con-
••rvatlon Maasurea.
It in probable that Europe fnr many years after tbe war will look to a Kreat eitent to America for Its meat aupply.
Kurope'a herds are dwlndllnn un<ler war's demanUa faatar Ihas tkmf caa Im replenished.
When the (Jerman arnilea retired from occupied portions nt Krance and HelKlum approxiniHiely l.HOO.tXM) nead of cattle Were a|>pri>piialed. This ad¬ dition vlrtuully snfcKuard^d (ierniany frnm cattle ahortuKe other natUina now suffer.
In Kniflnnd some 2,40<),(KX) acres of Kriisa lands have by compulsory ineas- ures heen forced Into Kruln production, thus reducliiK past iiruKe and bay land.H. A declining Hcale of niaxlnium meat firlcea for live rattle wns ordained in KnKlnnd, as follows: Kor September, $17.70 per hundred pmiiids; October, $17.2.S; November and December, $10.08. and for January, $14»»0. The evident Intent of this measure was to drive thp beef animals Into market aa soon as pnsRible.
According to oflicial French (iKures, the cattle of France have decreased to a (otal of li:,;?41,»00 as compared wltb 14,807,000 In 191.1. Today, due to lack of forage principally, France la pro- ducinK only one RaHon of milk where before the war two and one-half gal¬ lons were produce<l.
Meantime the United Statea food ad- mlnlatratlon has taken steps to con¬ serve our flocks and herds and to in¬ crease their numbers. Tbe stock breed¬ ers of this country show a disposition to co-operate wilb the government In this.
For many yeurs It has been a prac¬ tice anioiiK many of Ihe diiiry people of this country to kill inale ciil\es at blr^b and in nmiiy inslaiiees the fe¬ males if not needed to replenish lhelr herds rather Iliun jio lo the e.\peiise of iiiatiiriiiK Ihem into veal. The hli;h prices of menl ciiiised llie virtual liis- conliiniance ol' iliis killlni;. Anoilier encoiiraKinu faet is 7."i per cent, of calve.w killed fur veal Iliis vciir were males.
Somebody li;is very upll.v said Unit the wars of Hie world liii\e been uoii witil grease, iiieainiiir that lairoii and liird liiive been as essi-ftfinl lo success in war ns powder, uliii'b is true.
The liou's of i;iii(i|ie lia\e been very (rreal ly siicritired to piev;,.|it day needs. This makes the .Vinerliaii biiiileii all llie more lieav.v jiml makes doiitilv es¬ sential an iiiereast'd pork proilueilon in Ihis naiioii. In Italy Kialn is now forbidden lo be led lo liotis. In Iien- miirk under a rei-ciit order one-foiirlh of the lioL's wen> ordered to be killed. It Is estimated tbat one-hiiif have now been  killed.
In the Ranks.
SEIZURE eF HOUSEWIVES' FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE
The Kovernnient lias never coiisid- ered any plan ol' .sei/int foodsi nil's imi\tiil hy liiiiisebobleis. ,\or is I Iwre uny poliey ol' llns kind su;;),'ested for (he   future.
In 'spito of Ibis tH(,M, the United .states food admin isi ral ion lias h(>en obliged repeiiledly ;o issue olliriiil <|(.. nials of minors ilint the government intends coniniiindeeriiiK preserves and fHiined Koods put up In .Xniericiin j homes.
These rumors were orijilimted partly by* pfo-Oermaii proiiajrandisis and part¬ ly l>y conseieiiei'iess unifiers, who souffht to prolii ihroiiKli biivinji frotri niisinformed tiousewlvea.
Tha yaar X»VS wttl ••• iMot canalac
and preserving' prni'ticed on prenfer si'iile than ever befuri' in the nation's hislory. idliciiils in WasbiiiKton believe. And they are assurinj; ull jiutriotlc housewives lliiil foods so save<l are theirs, and theirs ulone.
NUTRITIOUS CORN BREAD.
One New York hotel has arranged a tlujroughly patriotic corn bread recipe. It combines cornmeHl with rye tlour, hoth of which are being con¬ sumed In greaier (|UH>itilles this year in order to release wheal Hour for the allied nations This recipe tllla a large pan Ui hy TJ Inches and con¬ tains the followintr inuredients • One «|uart aU4 tear auBcss tealiw ¦latiaU' tnte, fen ormrtm rtir*^ wrmp er honoy, three egjis, pinch salt, two pounds corniiieal, one pound rye flour uud two ouncea hakim: imwder
The butler and svrup are thorough ly mixed Tben add the eg;.:s gradual ly, pour in the mi'l:. ilieii add li.e rye flour niixe«l wilh the i-orniiieal and halting powder.   Hake iu a hut uvwo.
The American Hoc.se Manager It today n member of the army that Ib fighting to save democracy In the world. More than 11,0(10,000 managers of American homes have enlisted for the duration of the wnr and pledeed themselvea to support the flghrlng men by the way they buy, cook and serve food. Food will win the war, nnrt these women will help to wMn It. Amer¬ ica must send food to Euroi)e. The armies cnnnfd hold out If we fall to send It.    f)nly certain foods
(CopyrlRht   by   Mfe  Pub.   c:o.) Courtesy of Life and (Charlea I>aria Ulhaon.
ran be shlp|)ed—those thnt pack the most food value Into the smnll- est shipping apace. These fo<id» are wheat, meat, fats, sugar. We cannot eat them and seiifl them too. We cannot ent them and send others. We must send these foods, nnd In order to do thst we must eat other foods ourselves. The American House Manager will see fo It that no food comes Info ber home that does not ilo Its full duty under her management In winning the war.
EUROPE NEEDS FOOD  BIG CORN CROP
Food Administration Declares tt Is an
Abaelute 8ln to Waste Foo4—Food
Has Bscome Sacred.
Rnrope la still Sending an inalatent call for more food. We must aend It If the war la to go on efficiently.' If we eat It all we cannot ship It, aixl fhe f(MKl ndminlstrHtion has already tried lo picture bow much that wheat la needed by people wbo will starve If tbey d<i not get It. the food administra flon  slates.
"I-'or Ihe lenst bit of heedlessness on your part In food conservation some o?iP somewhero In the world must suf f»>r privation." an ofllclnl stntement •lerlares. "The food admlntstrntioii has mastered the problem of Anieri en's food in aiu-b a way that every ounce of food conserved nnd kept In the ciirr^ents of tiude goes to an einpfy stoniHch in Kiirope.
"Il is nn nbsolnfe sin to waste fooil Food   hns beeoine  sacred.
"Food iii.ahs life, It menns si>nic body's lifi', and you cnnnot escape re sponslblliiy.
"There Is no waste of food among the nllled natbms."
WAR BREAD COSTLY TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT
IS NOW MOVING
More Than 3,000 Million Bushels
Raised in 1917—Qlves
Big Surplus.
SAVES WORLD FOOD SITUATION
America Beginning Greateat Corn Cen>
sumption in   History, Using Cereal in Many   Delicious Diiihea.
WHY WE MUST SAVE FOqO.    H^.^iLi.^D nUSSlM^g GUi-LArSL
The I'.tlT wlieat crop in France wns less than IimH' noi'inal, using the crop of l!li:i as a hasis of eoiiiparison. There was a sliorMme of ITf. (t(H),()(»d btlKheis, or ."i.'i.:! per rent. Tlie p.ilalo crop WHS only within one-third of nor mnl. The sii;rar beef crop showed a deficit of (IT.'.l pei- cenl. ller iiie.il herds In tbe early f.ill siiowed n sborl- Uge  III'   l.StHl.lMKi :iiiiliiai>
Tlicise lire a few of the reasons America mnsf.fiMMl lici- iissocia'es In the war. They are no ionirer able lo feed tbeinselves, .-niil unless we come fo the rescue lire fa<'e lo face wilii Starvation. And slarvalion means de¬ feat   in  llie Wiir.
••We iiiu.-l iiol o\ci^iooU liie ta>t llial Itii.-sia coliiipM'd. iHil ilecau.-^,• o: thi' I b-riiiaii.'- on bee borders, biil licciris.' ^lle hilled lo or-alli/.e and -4'eei| |i,.r own clli^.eiisliii.," tne I'oml iiilliilliisl I'll- »!..,.      n.,i.-.inie..,l
¦ \\ e iiiiis! be \\ nrned I lial If we are lo cine rue i iclorioiis I roiii I bis war we can- noi risk llie collapse of aiioiber nf our iissociaies in llrt^war froni llns cause. ".\liybody lliat is looking for the col¬ lapse of llie tierman people on llie foo.l i|iieslion laid belter liirii around and , ,.V al llie no,,11, lif'-a se Hie resillis will be Ibe same. Ccniany is in no more dai';.'er af cnPa; s ni; on that scoi-e tbiin we are, if as iiiucli.''
ave a loal a weelc
help win fhe war
Every yenr the Hrltlsh government pays $'J(X),0(K),(KX) toward the cost of that nation's war bread. That Is Ibe princljial reason why Knglish bread prices are lower today to the consumer than in America. Incidentally the l>ritish bread la much poorer than the American.
(treat Hrltnln has taken over nil home grown grain, bought at an arbi¬ trary price, and all Imported wheat bought In markets of the world at pre- vniling prices. This Is turne<l over to the mills by the goveriiinent at a price that allows Ihe ndulieruird wnr brend lonf of four pounds to sell at 18 cenls. Tli«' Iwo pound loaf costs S( cents, and the one pound loaf sells for fi cents.
In mlliinn. however, M per cenl. more lliair is extracted from the wdient than In Amerii-a. And there is a com¬ pulsory adiiller.'itlon of "JO i>er cent, and an aliowi^ble adullerafion nf .'iii per cent.
C'onitiiirr'd wilh American bi-<'Md, tlie I'rilisli pi-odiicf is or.ly alioul (;."i per cenl. pure al  iis lii-sl.
Ill I'rance, under oondiiions some¬ what Similar, liiil with a lar^rer cMra - flon.   Hie four  pound  loal" sells  for It!
AMFi!ICAi\ SAVI?;SS WILL MtASmiE WHEAT EXPORTS
••\\'e have already exiiortcd llie whole of Hie sncpllls of tbe lill? when' ba r\ ev!, over and above Hie nofinal de- maiiiis of onr own population. It is necessary, Ibercfore, for tlie food ad miiilsl ralioii to restrict exjiort of \\lieai so :.s lo relain in Hie I'liiled Sliilis siill;' ietii supplies to carry onr own peopli'  iiiilil  Hie   next  harvest.
"'rbcrel'ijre all exporls of wheni frotn now forward are llniiled entirly to voiniiie of saving made liy the .Xmer- icaii peojile in Iheir consuinplion ol' wlie.it and wbent  prodiicls.
"\Ve continued wheat sliiiiments for Pei-eniber as faruis our situntion al¬ lowed, but even wltb nil fhe conserva¬ tion made we were still unable to load sev ei'ul hundred thousnnd tons of food- stufTs urgently rc<pilred hy the allied nations during the month of December alone."
IIKUTlEnT   HOOVKIt.
WHEAT-CORN  YEAST BREAD.
Wheat corn br«-a<l is more nutritious than bread baked with wheat flour ulone. Tliou.sands of American fam¬ ilies today are using this lui.vi'd flour bread, and In s«) dollik' are «'nahliiif; Anii-rica to provide more wheat flour for tbe allies. Here's a tested recipe for this bread: Take one and a half cups of milk, water or a mixture of Ine two; one-half cnke compressed yeast, one und a half teaspoons salt, one tablespoon sugar, one tablespoon of fat if desired, one cuj) coriiiiieul anil  two cups wheat flour.
Put one and a half cups of water, the <'orntiieal, salt, sii^-iir and fat (If us»-d) into u double boiler und cook twenty minules. The water Is siitll- cient only to soften the meal a little. Allow the meal to conl to about Ihe teinperutureTif the room nnd add the flour and yeast mixed wiHi the rest of the water. Kneud thoroughly, make Into loaf, ylace In imn of stand¬ ard sl/.e, allow to rise until nearly flUa the pan and hake 4."^ or TtO min¬ utes. It Is hardly practicable to use a gj'eater percentage of cornmeal than thla even In emergencies, for bread so made differs very little from baked uiuah. I-esB cornmeal can be used and In suca a case tlie general meth od tfi veil above may he follow e»l.
It la possible to niake a yeast ralaed corn bread wiihoot flint cookiiik' the eorniiieal. In thla case not more than oue cupful of menl should be used to four cupfuls of flolir. In id her r^ sp<M.*ts the bread Is mixed aud bakMl as IB ths above rvciiie.
t.'orn, Ameri( il s gunlesl i eienl crop, ia How moving cipnliy lo mnrket.
More iliaii :t.(NM) million husliels - .So bushels for eser.v man, woman and child in Amerie.I were iiiised In 11*17. It was a iiii>;liiy crop, llie nciiiai In¬ crease is about .'HHI million hiisbela. And tills exirn store ol uniln is coin¬ ing on to the market in the nick of time, since Hie American wheat Bur- plus lias been sent to help feed famine tbreHtetied I-iuiope,
.lust as it liiippeiied in Ibe Colonial days. Hie War <d Hie Kevoliit ion, and the Civil Wnr, corn has actually be- co'.ne the tiatliui's malnstuy.
In the entire lisl <if .Vmerlc-n'a food coininodlfies there is no item that Is better tlinn corn. In puddiiiKS, bread, corn pone, and us hominy comhlne<r with ment or egKs, corn la without a' peer. Housewives are fast learning the larKe nnniher of delicious dishes that mny be nin<le with corn and their faniiiies are li«>netlMng by an increaa- e«l use of the cereal. Corn, more than any oilier cereal, conlnlns nil of tho eleineiiis' I'ssential lo maintaining life and bealiii.
In order fhat the flght ing men abroad and in the army caiii|is at home mny be fed, and in order Hint actual, famine iiia.\ be kepi from Hie nations. Hssociaieil \^lIll .\iui'rica in the war, the cilr/.eils id' Anierii'a are (indingi corn prmliicis deiicioiis nnd iinlalable' on "will 111 ics.< iia\-^" ;iiid ulor.v in thei fact Hail "w.na'bvs da'.s' here inean; more wiii'.'tl I'll itic war \M>rn allledi nal ions In I'liinoie. ¦ '
Kn>;liitid, irai.i-e and Hiily must he' (t'li from .\Ni.'i-i. a s ^;real si.>rehouse,, They \\i\\ l'cI smiie corn especinllyl ltal.\ bill iiiMSi ol tlieir ^rmiii stilp-j menis   nnisl   lie   wlie^il      'i'leir   ability|
to     lise   Clilll    i;-,    ¦•n.'i    i-oir"Mre<l    'o   the(
fac-lliiics |la\ Inne f.ir li.siter wh(«lf.| An.I il i« ll- o iiMO or odi.'ials Inl Wa.sbinirloM '!¦:¦' ' ¦• oreseiii Is no ilmei to try and cli;,ii-.e Mie eaiiii;; liubils of; Kiirope. I
Aniericn's -renie-ji use of corn will; be In He f.i.i,. .i| -orn Iircail ami corn i meal, mivi'd wiili w lieat in iIk* niakiiig| of   leincPMi   l.n.a.l, j
MiM'd Willi N'>   <'(.ril. vvlieat  lloCir,
corn meal cnn !,e ds'mI in bread Tiiiik- inj.'. prodiicjn' :i birl' more ntilriiioiis llinn bread i;il ed wilb wlie.at alone. It is a f.'ici 11.V!, iniii.rs will verify Ihat dozens of tl.e l:ir"e .\meri<-an bak¬
ers have been si!i-e flour in lircad i yc.'i rs.
Iloniinv   t'rils     > with   a   (wiachiMl   e other menl   ^; b  ';¦ other use of ri,n< usually iiopalav  Hi
Corn   syrnii   lo   • nnd   corn  nil   fm- cooking.   ar(>  iv>'>> nro nlreiidv vvel.-m American lioines.
I'v iivin;; a corn \-j:   for    several
rved al breakfast •, or eaien at nny I's or L'ravy, Is an¬ al will becotiie un- inir llie war. iceleil corn cakos, <e ill nil kinds of lore iirodMcis that ed in thousands of
THE   UNITED  S-ATES  FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS: Food saving is in its essence the daily individual service of all the people. Every qroup can substi¬ tute, and even the qreat majority of thrifty people can save a   little
 and the mor? luxurious elements
of the population can, by reduc¬ tion to simple living, save much. This means no more than that we ahould eat plenty, but wisely and without waste.
Food Will Win the War
ALARtJE pnrt of the world is coming to tbe iioslllon that k ijeigluiji is In; com- Ing to the atage where the pri¬ mary and im- poriant thing in life is enough food to ke(!p alive. Food has now taken a domi¬ nant position In the waK The American | eople must pre|)are themselves to sncrillce far more ttiaii wus at flrst thought necea¬ aary.
The cold facts are: France, Italy and Kn^land Imve Just enough food to keep them going ten or twelve weeks. When Amerli'u's food shipments stop— tbe allied nntioiis begin cnnaum- Ing into Ihis slender store and begin u svNift murcb into actual famine conditions- which would uieaii defeat In abort order,
Europe then must live on America's surplua. Your aavloK Increases our avuihible stocks Just that much and actually feeds aome person In the countries with which we are assix-lated In our war against the Ontral Powers. Our surplus wheat has already heeu uhlpiied to the allies. O. 8. FOOD ADM1N18TUATIOJN