It has been
devised to correct the abnormalities and abuses
that have crept into trade by reason of the world
disturbance, and to restore business as far as
may be to a reasonable basis. ^
When organized, the Food Administration Office
was * ' specifically charged with the duties of carry-
ing out the mandates of Congress in regulating
supplies and managing a national campaign of
food-saving." ^ Covering the three great activi-
ties— Production, Control, and Conservation — its
business includes four divisions: Control of ex-
ports; trade regulations to the exclusion of both
^ From a statement to President Wilson made by Herbert
Hoover, after his appointment on August lo, 1917.
2 "Ten Lessons on Food Conservation," Bulletin, United
States Food Administration.
12 FOOD AND FREEDOM
legitimate or illegitimate speculations ; the estab-
lishment of state administration boards to co-
operate with the central board; the mobilization
of men and women all over the country to carry
out the directions for food conservation.^
The Food Law authorizes a governmental con-
trol over the supply, distribution, and movement
of all food, feeds, and -fuel, and all machinery,
implements, and equipment required for their
actual production. Any agency necessary to
carry out their control may be created; any
existing department of the government may be
used. All destruction of food and fuel for the
purpose of enhancing prices is prohibited; all
wilful waste, all hoarding, all monopolization,
all discrimination and unfair practices, all un-
just charges in handling and dealing in food and
fuel, and all combining to restrict production
supply, or distribution are made unlawful. 2
Although the Food Law authorizes very far-
reaching powers, the Food Administration be-
lieves that "co-operation is better than law in
making the countless complex changes in industry
and trade necessary for orderly food control." ^
Quoting from Mr. Hoover again, our food prob-
lem is not considered from the viewpoint of force
^ " Ten Lessons on Food Conservation," Bulletin, United
States Food Administration.
2 The Food Problem, Kellogg and Taylor, p. 21.
3 "The World on Rations," Special Paper, United States
Food Administration.
WHAT YOU CAN DO 13
— "always from the viewpoint of voluntary ef-
fort." ^ Every one is asked to enter the fold as
a volunteer worker, and the heart-and-soul an-
swers that have come to this patriotic call, the
enthusiasm and conscientiousness with which
special appeals for food-sparing or food use have
been met and kept, prove that we have ground
for the greatest faith in our democracy and con-
tinued and extended liberty.
Food and freedom
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It has been
devised to correct the abnormalities and abuses
that have crept into trade by reason of the world
disturbance, and to restore business as far as
may be to a reasonable basis. ^
When organized, the Food Administration Office
was * ' specifically charged with the duties of carry-
ing out the mandates of Congress in regulating
supplies and managing a national campaign of
food-saving." ^ Covering the three great activi-
ties— Production, Control, and Conservation — its
business includes four divisions: Control of ex-
ports; trade regulations to the exclusion of both
^ From a statement to President Wilson made by Herbert
Hoover, after his appointment on August lo, 1917.
2 "Ten Lessons on Food Conservation," Bulletin, United
States Food Administration.
12 FOOD AND FREEDOM
legitimate or illegitimate speculations ; the estab-
lishment of state administration boards to co-
operate with the central board; the mobilization
of men and women all over the country to carry
out the directions for food conservation.^
The Food Law authorizes a governmental con-
trol over the supply, distribution, and movement
of all food, feeds, and -fuel, and all machinery,
implements, and equipment required for their
actual production. Any agency necessary to
carry out their control may be created; any
existing department of the government may be
used. All destruction of food and fuel for the
purpose of enhancing prices is prohibited; all
wilful waste, all hoarding, all monopolization,
all discrimination and unfair practices, all un-
just charges in handling and dealing in food and
fuel, and all combining to restrict production
supply, or distribution are made unlawful. 2
Although the Food Law authorizes very far-
reaching powers, the Food Administration be-
lieves that "co-operation is better than law in
making the countless complex changes in industry
and trade necessary for orderly food control." ^
Quoting from Mr. Hoover again, our food prob-
lem is not considered from the viewpoint of force
^ " Ten Lessons on Food Conservation," Bulletin, United
States Food Administration.
2 The Food Problem, Kellogg and Taylor, p. 21.
3 "The World on Rations," Special Paper, United States
Food Administration.
WHAT YOU CAN DO 13
— "always from the viewpoint of voluntary ef-
fort." ^ Every one is asked to enter the fold as
a volunteer worker, and the heart-and-soul an-
swers that have come to this patriotic call, the
enthusiasm and conscientiousness with which
special appeals for food-sparing or food use have
been met and kept, prove that we have ground
for the greatest faith in our democracy and con-
tinued and extended liberty.