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?^tr ATTTFtt Tbundersho^fr, to d,v. To-mor fair and cooler; moderate ' fresh south vi ?ida, shift ing to north****?*.!. ton ?sns? m\ r?ge 7 ro* ^6?*****^^ F i rat tn T.r First to Last? the Truth: News ? Editorials - Advertisements ?Mbtmt* CIRCULATION (Ivor 100,000 Dally Net Paid, Non-Returnable Vol** rXXVn No. 2SS.753 ? op? right 1*M7 I tie i.ii.im? Aae'n] SUNDAY, MAY 20, L917.-SIX IV\ins-Fi|TV-KI(;HT PAGES 6> * Ki MO CENTS T^nty tfitorial Correspondence The Great Obsession WASHINGTON, Woy 19. jeell I? to ??? ?",'Vr ' rr 'V'' "*r | pj sr'- come to thit? place, tila BliB?BphfTT| aaly to he oh lil al lae He. tai cannot fr,?y fe? *> ' ? ?I re am. They are aaMtt?! fra? ' Jit??-*'' TW '?f- ?'? ? ? e - ?aktti la a manner b< baffling that, '' B?t d?-*P*ir n'" ' ' for'-1 ""^ g, rapt by th? ^ajative e*1*'" '" * ' ' * wo'(-" ?*?'? ice?. Character latioi ?te. "f?, poisib- ty of Gerrai ? Inaing ?ir ?r* '?*' ' :,,1(* ?"''"*?*-"<' ?ftr* tl",'r T rw ?** - Potentially, ^t po? er ful nation in the ?rerld -, I ?jritig Itself te art at all - ^ i, |f ?t vr-c BB economic BTob aaaat a ssatter of tariff a It li die?-1 ?&ti. ***?' ?* tnp r*ane I \j ne*or. abstractly. Nobod> ... ter itnag ne It I,, ?render? ?hy Bierj one else j j??? ?et -.-, ??*.*?. "It a - a? af i ? ?ment?"" more," .* '? ha might as S || talking ???-.hable *?-. aajrry ef ?bl SBl ra-i atiaa of heat ^r-rrf ? : srs he- re. pether M J **Beg?BB?ng about I ??jtrteber 1, ?' ?* ' r,r ? matter el ti dei'h ??th England." After a ^ and I paaaa, he add?: ?isd ae ?re debat ^ ? I er lo ; ,-*d iteel ai weodea sh r " Then he ,??, up tbt ' the urgir ?jDjan ? are hoard meets . fr Bjath? " ard ha i - f. yew d I "Set! z." ' ?he an-^rr "We can't *. gaythiag m e. '' s horribly de ? I ?li it ?nil eoBifort y*"i eny la I intht other, "we rir*? not doing any. .tag, either.-' Tit?i* are real ron\err.*tioii?. They ?at place rot in th? '.of drs-pair, ??? lobodv :- despairing; aal in the BJ tf p?r.tc, for aabady ii panic ??.nrt?; not in the darkness of doub\ jKiuH ?rery one can sec at !ca;t a ?Bl ?my. li?***" we I? ready to Bd ?i?!-*rthi**g w the spell of inaction. .?liplmtie*" ? are. (?Tered with t'x.m ind voluble, eagerness, only re? in re\er in two places alike. -UtM tal?, frankly," says a nicm BT erm Advisory Commission. "We ,t pitaired to act, but look at thi--." le sMi a large glass ash tray to Nak a little matchbox across hi? eu blotter. T? ire the matchbox. The ft-h m7 I? the people. The matchbox ?fit ta be pulling the ash tray, bat aa't. It ha? no power of its own. tuto ??.*. to be pushed. It move.? cr 10 fast as the ash tray propels That 1? th. situation. We ?ait to ?lushed from behind." 5 i? dear to him where the power ?Id come from?as clear a? a Inkitm m mechan-.cal t:ai.?mission ????h that crystal idea one goe? and I ?ftito a member of the Defence Coun *i srhich 1? above the Advisoy Com ?mon. ae i? enormously indi*"*:,an* "Anv ?A* he fa*. . "who insinuates that ?mr. li inertia or any lack of will to *t hi th< t the Whit ????t mu;* have 1 - flghl with me. ?rBot put the blame where it clearly ?"?aa?;?? Coag?*t ? ot know we R it war I* tita there day after day ?fjilirn" ov. ? \;*.al war measures a? if **J aere matters of petty dornest.c ?httei. la ita tenderness for Mr Wrelt ii bald up the draft bill w?eeks. W> are ready to ac* We ??st only the power. Congre.i with HI it. It withhold? even the power ?Boney. ]t has not yet appropriated ?*???" for the .hips. Think of that!" ??iitle.r to the Council of National *?ntt where the power ought to com.? and ?o you go up the great J ?*d talk to Congress. Their an ??y fairies to avoid in the approach. ?s tan not tell **hat you are go.ng to ?t?tit. Ru* abo\e the noise of ?epa "*? ??ploiiore there is the clysmu "?r of complaint. ?V.? >? <??, k... talking: "They put '??to tit?, do ?hey ? Well, you can sav *?*'Congress that it ia prepared to a< S? loon a? the Administration. "* '<? thouiand committee?, know? gill wanta and ask? for it. < on **** ?ay act even sooner It may have ***?? the war over and run it. W'c P*6Js] only a plan on which to act and *? information that properly goes with ' W*6 ate aeked to sit blindfolded ?*? P.*s eitraordin.rv law? without **??*?U?t* reasot.? why. We do not know PJ t? going or,. We do not know T*-,"r the ntu.tion Is critical or J* serlou?. Wr are askew to giv? "?r. po?er, alma*.? more power, but ?*? >? no coordinated war program m ?? ne know 0f and no record ?f re P ?,ro*l*.e?d with the power already PJ64 Let the Administration tell ^tn*t fr.nkly what the situation ?Sd ?hat it needs, instead of send -6 la?v? to be p.?aed a. written, -- ??-?? |'m-rru ga If *?*. J 1 *. I ?. IJ , ? ?er in.tance. aa the un American j? **?. which it took u ?*?*>?*.*? time to kill -. -...lame, aa tr.e un American B*V?*"' *h,rh '** ,ook u? ?"?""?ral weeks bC TOO go down off the hill and m ? th? other er SE ** -n? other end of Washington. ***? fna **? th* firit proPM" ?fl*?"??! >ou ???ii" Cm*ym** h** ?" ??1'bi, too not att for WkI:, ,,f ,nforrnH,lon ?a. e**n'* 't have the information? ^> *1 the truth withheld? Why >. it ^ ?I upon Congre.? tnd upon th. ?M itt avinttiun," you don't HOW COULD SHE GUESS IT? know." sax.s th" proper official. "Our allic.? won't let us-. \\"c have been try? ing to persuade them that the Aneri -.;.;. kind of truth. .-ncr it is the hotter in this crisi? but the y cannot believe it, or. at least, the risk of heartening the eae**r*r would be too great. The Britiah Commission has protected st our givng out as much a? we have about the '. U-boat situation." Another perfect 'nitration! Lach group has its pet scapegoat. the charge that the Balfour commi?sion. by its dread of public truth telling, has inhibited action on i x- part of the Adrn;::.?tration, you taktS unawares by any . thing. Roosevelt, man of action, he ?vhose romantic cause the newspapers : have supported be is most bitterly upbraided for keeping his country ! from getting into the war. Ile held Up the draft bill, on which everything lise waited. In the same breath is mentioned ry. You have to think. Greg ; ory is the Attorney General. "Has he delayed our getting into X' aft" you ask. He has. He wrote the crazy censor? ship paragraph? of the espionage bill. I And, once he had xviitten them and , iut the Administration's ( ?. K. on them ?nd sent them to ( (ingress, the Admin on had tu land lack of his I stupidity anti see it through! This is serious]*! and tragically said Iff the Attorney General's oxvn associ? ates. Once the official ? '. K. had got on Mr. O re gory'* stupidity, even by ; inadvertence, the Administration was i poxverlers to act. That will finish thin picture. 7,000,000 Killed Since War Began, Says Henderson British War Councillor Estimates Net Total Casualties Exceed Britain's Population London, May li1 The number of men killed m the war thus far was esti? mated at 7,000.000 bjr Arthur Hender? son, member of the War < ouncil, in an address to-di.v Bl Richmond. He esti? mule,I the total eaaaaltiea of the xvar : to be in SSCSSt Bl the Population of the I nited Kingdom. TI., population of tv:e Cn,tid Kingdom, according to the el 1911, xxHs ir,370 5,'to.) Mr. Henderson said that after nearlv three x.ats of unprecedented military . ?' ? Oicre xxas no imm?diate prospect n' nu end of hostilities. The severe character of the war and its. prolonga I tion had tempted ?onie pernons, he said, te sall waj peace should not be at tempted by other means. He would tell - them, he ??ni I: xxac because the challenge thrown down by Germany in j I'M J still beW good He declared the ? lust of WOrld domination which dic? tated the p'licv <>f aggressive military action on the part of Germany contin? ued to be suppoited hy the Orman Fmperor and bia I'rusaian adviser?, and that until the great act of liberation had been fully achieved the Allies could not falter. ? - a? -? Catholic Clergy of Germany Ask Peace Amsterdam. May 19. ? The "Deutsche Kirchen Zeitung*" states i that the Roman Catholic clergy of i ,.i ir.in y has inaugurated a power? fully organised peace movement. Russia Gets Ready to Fight; "Iron Discipline" for Army Kerensky Announces No Resignations of Officers Will Be Accepted ; All Generals Go Back to Front ?Government to Prepare for Defensive and Of? fensive War?Declares Against Separate Peace Petrograd, May 19. The new Rus-I sian government to-day began to get | ? ready to fight. Minister of War Kerensky declared I that he xvould enforce "iron discipline" in the armies and that he would accept no resignation? of officers. Ho xvarned all deserters to return to the colors by ! May 28. All generals have gone to the front. The government insued a declaration that it would devote its attention to I reorganizing tho army and providing for its needs, both "for defensive and | offensive purposes." It declared cate- , I gorieally against a separate peace and] said that it would not permit Germany to overwhelm the "vVeptern powers and then throw its whole strength against Russia. The declaration stated also that the new government was working for a general peace and reaffirmed its sup? port of the declaration of the Council i of Deputies against annexations and indemnities. It did not, however, fur l ther define .his phrase, interpretation ! of which may become the cause of fric i tion with the other allies. One Ominous Feature The single ominous feature of the j day's action.? was the refusal of M. ! Miliukoff, fermer Foreign Minister, to ' accept the Ministry of Education be I cause his presence in the Cabinet would involve a responsibility for the pro- ; ?cted foreign policy of the admini? tration. He consider? this policy dan- | perous and likely to compromise Ru? ? Ma's relations with her allies. The government and Democratic parties have agreed to distribute the | portfolios of the nexv Cabinet as foi- j I lows: Premier and Minister of the Interior PRINCE LV0FF. Foreign Affairs TLRKSTCHENKO. Commerce and Industry -KON'OVAL OFF. State Controller GOPNEFF, Social ! ist. Labor SKOBELKFF. Justice FEREVEIKZEFF. Food and Supplie. PlESCHEHnX OFF, Socialist. War and Marine KEBEN8KY. Finance SHINGARf >1 1\ Foots and Telegraph:! -TSF.RLTrl.LI. Ways i.nd Communication? N'LK RASOFF. Kducation MANITLGLF. Professor Grimm is appointed min? ister for affairs concerning the toa? i ?tituent a??embly, and Prince Shak | hovsky, Secretary of the first Durna, is Minister of Pubic Aid. Order to the Army Minister of Wht Kerensky has issued the following order of the day to the army: The country is in danger. Esch on* ! must do what he can to avert tho ' peril. No request to be allowed to j resign, made by officers in high ? ? command with a desire to escape re- ! ! sponsibility at a time so grave, will be accepted by me. Deserters are en I joined to return to the army and Seat by May 28. All infraction*, of this order will ne severely punished. It xxas in addressing the Congress of Peasants that M. Kerensky announced his determination to introduce "iron discipline." He made an impassioned appeal for support in restoring the morale of Russia's military forces, and bit tOteci xxas greeted erltl enthusias? tic applause. Aft'-r lie had completed hi.s address th" delegates unbraced tho minister and carried him on tat t shoulders to bis BOtOfBObile. Kerensky'h Address Kerensky saul in part: "We must before cvciything eonaoli? (late tl.e eiv.c liberty the revolution gave IIB, and xve sha!l not. de this I? euch aeea not do lu- dot) to lu.? coun? try xvith complete Belf-Saeria.ee. Let U:< show the world xxr know not only how to destroy bi.t fllao bo? to rreate. "Soldiers, sailoi and efleer . I call on you to make a last, hi roit effort, I am your servant. 1 !?-.-? nie to -how the xxorld that the Russian army is not a demolished temple, but i ttroag ami formidable, capable of making itself respected and of defending the tree re* I public of deraocratic R >. "It may .ippear straaga that I. a [civilian, who xxa? never a ?oldier. have undertaken the hsavj :.? i si restoring diseiplias in tht anny, but I accept it beeaost I understand mat tins disei? plias is based on your duty and recip? rocal respect. I have never known what this discipline is, but BBTerthelea* pro poso to introduce an non discipline into the army, und I am .?ure 1 shall succeed. "This is necessary not only at the front but also in the interior of the country in order to bring the lihorty which ha? been ponqucn-d into the con? stituent assembly. Th, greet national connel, iavested x?uh sorereign author? ity, will show that it dees not B repeat tl.e ?ad events of the levolution j in 1S0S, when the BeaSBBts eoBi the land, but were not able to keep it la their hand?. "I am shortly going to the front Al lott me, therefore, to sur m the trenches that the ROSSian peas,-.:,S wish to have the land which belongs to them and that no foree shall take it from them. Rut also allow nie BO say that the peas? ants demand, in order to achieve this object, that every BBS shall do hi? duty in a spirit of self-sacriiice." Has Confidence in Army M. Kerensky told representa! :\ i ? of Petrograd soi IIobcow Bewaaepers to day thal at trat eoaeirieed thal o I - 'return from the frOBl he ??.,,-,!,| I,,. m a po- Um to completely dieaipets p. *?; impreai ??? > reg g tha osa? ?ditiofl of the Russian army. "I have no doubt whatever." he ?dd i,|, "that the army ef free Raeaia will know how to fulfil its duty te the fatherland and also that the father ?laad will do *rvet*fthiiif poasibl* to ! support 'he army Bfitb all its moral I and material ressorti 1 i.. profisional Government to-day I ordered the retara te their hean all nu" of non-Slavic erig?a ?iho were i mobilized by the former h dmr ition for defence work at the front and bellin* 'he tiring Imp. The Council of Wo-kmeri'? aid Sol? diers' Delantes passed a resolution of ? confidence in the new coalition govern? ment. Provisional Government's d?c? laration of /?o/iry. and other Rus sum ne? ?. on Pane J. Marines Will Go to France With Pershing Colonel Doyen to I.ead Regiment of Picked lighting Men Force Abroad Will Number About 40,000 Guard May Be Selected for Second U. S. Kxprdition i IW TV -i Waahiagto?, Hay l8, With Ma jot GOBOral PcTShiag'l exped?? mnary force <-,f fttnei-ieaa raf-alari ?rill ;?<< a Kgini r? p)| tnarwie t. Counting the ntne volunteer regi? ment.?, of BBginaar-S HOW being recruit ct| for t'liru .I-:.*.> Mirica abroad, the total ]?rd forc-s of the Cnite.l Staten which it i-. aapectad arlu be afxatratlag in Tratiie i.r Belgian this summer will no? he fur fren jn.ooo men. No definite Agars t ave i.een or aril] h" given out. Hu? it i l.im?n that ti I division of regular army BMB will he i.tt,r.- than 28,000; the marines will be tp.-te than !.':,"i itrong and tin engineers upward of 12,600. rho far?. ? ? . ragissefll alas going acre ? a II be moro than 1,000, The -trength af tlte naval force now operating in lu ropean waters has no1 boan rerealett l?n\eti tn I cid NsriatM Ih'- reginent. af narin? ?-?.ill he ? t )?.? conn mil ttf Colonel ? inn i. i I Doyen, who has been ni the cn.-' for thirty f"ur \e-iri. The man m the Will bp the p;eKcd tif-hrrr? of the corps, marine? tgrha hi snric? during the ia -1 two -reari m Haytl, Doniaga ?n.i t aba. They have baoa engaajae* very raeoaUy in at-Mai tigbt inj? Bad are a*, fit as, if not rnorc M than, tin* regular?" of the army. l'encra! Per hine and his stall ?rill ???iii for Kurope ahead " the troops, a there is much to he done an the other ?ida trApave t'ne way foi Anal training of the force, and for the hupe army the Unitor Btate . which i; porparing to pour nero?? tho BOM after il S rapidly n? BOB BBS be trained and equipped. For obvious reasotis, no information as to the time of the American com? mander's departure or his destination will be made public. When Rear Ad? miral Sims, commanding the destroyer force, was sent on his important mis? son, the fir?t word of his errant! came from London after his arrival there. Pershing Works on l'lan When General Pershing leave?, overs* detail of the organization and equip? ment of hil troop? will have been worked out. Me will know exactly what preparations mu?-t be made and what use is to be made of his division. Presumably be will have wide discre? tionary powers to cooperate with com? manders of the French, British and Belgian forces. Colonel Doyen has been on duty in WaahiagtOB two years as commandant of the Marine Barracks. He wa.? in charge of the marines on the Hancock, stationed in Dominican water?, in 191-1, and previous to that he served on the wet roast and In the Philippines. He ?ras gtaviaated Irosa the Ualtod State. Naval Academy in Ml, and wa* a class? mate of Major (icneral Commandant George Barnett, of tho Marino Corp.*. He malua! the rank of colonel Janu? ary 16, 1909. He was horn September !. 1860, in New Hampshire. Cuard in Second Expedition It may be said that up to now the War Department ha? not decided upon the number or character of the troops which will be ia the second American expeditionary force. The regular army has been so broken up, divided and sub? divided in order to train quickly the new increment.? that not a regiment, battalion or company can be spared, nach loss the e-fleet i It i? gossiped about the depart? ment that the best traine! regiments of the (?uard may be honored by place? in tho second '?*? peditionarv force. New York State regimen.?, several of them. come in this classification. The first units of the selective draf. army will not be s-tit on foreign ser \ice before the spring or summer of 1618. Krom the office of the provost mar? shal general to-day clerk? began to ?.?ml out tn- aoeaaaary blank, which are to be used by local au'horuies evervwh. re on JOtM .*> IO Ngiator the ,0,000,000 nen antweaa ti igt - ? ? twenty-one and ti rty-one from whom ?he Oral '?"".. :??*''' I i SB are to be tah? t. ta* I Bil lag the (.uard In all parts of the country, also, ?tate of*.i als redoubled thor ?arts at re? cruit, ng the National Cr.iar,i to war strength. Authorization, reached them ? BinaltaaooBsly aita the ?inning of the army bill. The War Department unfolded new dements of ita plan for the Cuan!, disclosing the department., in which each division will be trained. A ?imilar table of geographical dis? tribution of division? for the new le leetive army also was given out. It follows closely IBS 'me? of tne National Cuard divisions. Kor purposes of dis? tinction, the War Department has r..imrd the mw forets the National Army. A concurrent resolution to have pntitt.l 1,260,600 copie, of a document containing the selective draft bill, the regiatration rule? and President Wil? son's proclamation was adopted during the day by the House. (Plane for regittia'ion vnder draft law deecribed on page la) Wilson Names Hoover Food Administrator; Asks Sweeping Powers HOOVER OF BELGIUM ?. I T OOVER of Belgium" is a title at significant of a great work well | jj done a: "Kitchener of Khartoum." For more than two years the simple American mining engineer hai held dying Belgium in his cr of Belgium" is a title as significant of a great work well done as ''ti tehener of Khartoum." For more than two years the simple American ?bjiag (tij*ineor ha? held dying Belgium in his arms. There probably will be further honor? bestoxved upon Herbert C. Hoover before tnis war ends. Xone will compare with the name by which he is known all over the world?Hoover of Belgium. The man xxho fought back the starvation that threatened that unhappy ? .'...n aras horn in We-t Branch, Iowa, August lil, 1ST I. He was graduated from Lclaed Stanford University in 1S95 and immediately began his pro fe- o? i-f mining engineer, working first as a laborer at $2 a day. 1!" t. is rapidly and became wealthy through his development of gold mines m Australia. Later he was engaged in exploration in China, xvhen the Borer rebellion broke out. He and his xvife xvere among those xvho defended TieB'tsia during the siege. Ft Ott that time until the outbreak of the war he liv?d in London, car r**iag Bl mining enterprises in Burmah. Mexico, Australia, China, California a'.il Rossis. W'ith the war came the call Tor him to head the ( ommission for Relict In Belgium. He gave up all other interests and put his whole soul into thia *r*r**h V? one save himself will ever know the difficulties which he was obliged to f.c. He hud to feed mon and women and children on painfully slender | ,. ,,; . He had to clothe them when clothing was scarce. He dealt with !'leniish and French refugees and with Prussian, British and French officials with delieatt tact. A ?not. as war was declared the cry was sent up for him to regulate the food ic.ourccs of the United States. For some time he refused this position ?j a thaaUeta, hopeless post. "I don't want te Le food dictator of the American people," he said on stay '?'? "Iho man who accepts such a position will die in the barbed wire of tht Aral ??pt trenches." Germany Wants 100,000 Tons of Argentine Wheat Request Believed Plan to Balk Allies; U.S. to Make Embargo Inquiry Buen?* Ayr.-*. Ma.- 10. It is report-[ od that the.lerman Munster has askc. ,he maister of Agriculture to place at ? du?oeal .00*000 tons ,,500 000, bushels of wheat, to be exported at opportune moment. It is believed "L that this ,s merely an attempt to "event the Entente Alhes from utt? ing the total stock ready for exporta non. _ T... IV.' ir.? n'.rtau'i Washington. May 19- J? ***** ,o the necessity for the Argent tot wheat emb.rgo will b. made by *. ?jBited States and it* allies, it was wrne.l he? to-day. The inquiry ?ill ICI x?,n .11 possible diplomacy ^^rerye'.rttoaxWoffeiicetote' Louth Am.ncan countr,. but if it ! ?bou Who found that the embargo U I lot necessary such retal:otoryStePs-. I^neml.,-..- coal, oil and other com mod,.- Argentina mu.?have ?rrav be reoortoi to by the ?m*X\ Bt?t*at known here that the Argentine J r. I. -hort but at the same ;whtat " . ?rable surplus from the , t-.me a c0^1^/*,' ? lstlil on hand ?nU'Xr?:Btto. h? a sufficient supply i^^S^C^governmenti -n?id lav no abiolute embargo against Wl1 shipment, to Argentine ports, but ??t ?behoved a request.to Am*rtc*n I ?.??riera would be ?ufflcient. A pro ! S empowering the Pre?. !,nt to lay ' embargoes was written into the e. plonaKe bill, now in conference, at the request of the Administration. I Britain Using A New Method Against U-Boats Has Proved Successful So Far, Says Food Director London, May 13. Kennedy Jones, Director of Food Kconomy, expressed the belief that the German submarines were beginning to bo mastered, in an address del;', (???eil at Kdinburgh this evening on the necessity of economy in food consumption. Mr. Jones said: "We have been able, thanks to the ingenuity of the Admiralty and the courage and skill of our Bailors, to make attacks by a new method on the Gansai l-boats, which io far have been attended by success. I think that j success will continue. It would trump another trick, ana might produce an larger termination of the war than i those in high command allow them? selves to hope for." Mr. Jone? added that the necessity for compulsory rationing had not yet arisen, and that the country showed distinct signs of obeying the food con- ? troller's injunctions. He continued: "We have had luck with wheat con- ; signments. Our supplies of wheat and wheat substitutes, with the poanble ex- j ception of oatmeal, give leis cause for anxiety than they dia six weeks ago." -? Berlin Knows We're There - German Papers Announce Ar? rival of American Flotilla Amiterdam, May 19. All the German j papers print the news of the arrival of the American destroyer flotilla in Eu- ! I pean witera under a ?ingle headline, j The "Local Ameiger" heads the item: j "Now the Americans!'' Will Ute Them Only Against "Selfish Minority" Price Regulation To Protect Farmer Hoover Outlines Plan for Great Volunteer Organization irrem Tha Tribun? BumuJ Washington, M.y 19.?Herbart C. Hoover ha? been asked by President Wilson to become United State? food administrator. He has accepted en condition that neither he nor bia as? sistants receive any pay for their ser vices. If Hoover becomei food administra' or?a softer word than dictator?he will have ?weeping power, under the legislation now contemplated. But, It wa?, announced in the nam. of th. President to-night that this govern ment ha.? no intention of interfering with the normal processeB of food production and distribution. President Explains Why He Asks Control President Wilson to-night made this s'atement on the general subject of food control: It ii very desirable, in order to prevent misunderstandings or alarm. and tu a?sure cooperation in a vital matter, that the country ahould un? derstand exactly the scope and pur? pose, of the very great powen which I have thought it necessary in the circumstances to ask the Congres! to put in my hands with regard to our food supplies. Those powers are < very great indeed, but they ara no | greater thaa it Aga nrnnei np flssaSBf to lodge in the other governments which are conducting this momentan? war, and their object i. stimulation and conservation, not arbitrary re? straint or injurious interference with the normal proc?s... of production. They are intended to benefit and as? sist the farmer and all those who play a legitimate part In the prepara? tion, distribution and marketing of foodstuffs. It is proposed te draw a ah.rp lia. of distinction between the normal activities of the government repre? sented in the Department of Agri? culture in reference to food produc? tion, conservation and marketing, on the one hand, and the emergency activities necessitated by the war in reference to the regulation of food distribution and consumption, on the other. All measures intended directly to extend the normal activities of th. Department of Agriculture In refer ence to the production, conservation and the marketing of farm crop? will be administered, as In normal time.. through that department, and th. powers asked for over distribution and consumption, over exports, im? ports, prices, purchase and requin tion of commodities, storing and th. I like which may require regulation during the war will be plaeed in tha hands of a commissioner of food ad? ministration, appointed by the Presi? dent and directly responsible to hiss. Objects Sought Through Legislation The object? ?ought to be a.rved by the legislation asked for arei Fall inquiry into th? existing av.tl.bl. itocks of foodstuffs and into the costs and practices of the various food producing and distributing traders; the prevention of all unwar? danted hoarding of every kind, and of the control of foodstuff, by per? sons who are not in any legitimate sense producers, dealers or tradera; tha requisitioning when necessary for the public use of food supplies and of the equipment neceuary for handling them properly-, the licensing of wholesome and legitimate mixt? ure, and milling percentage?, and the prohibition of the unnecessary or wasteful us? of food.. Authority is asked alco to eetab !Uh price?, but not in order to limit the profits of farmer?, but only to guarantee to them when necessary a minimum price which will insure them a prout whtre they are asked to attempt new ctop., and to Bacar? the consumer against extortion by breaking up corners and attempt? at ?peculation when they occur by fia ing temporarily a reasonable price st which middlemen must sell. I have asked Mr. Herbert Hoover to undertake this all-important task of food adraim.trator. Ha haa as pressed hi? willingness to do so on condition that ka is to receive na payment for his services, and that the whole of the force under him, ex? clusive of clerical assistance, shall be employed so far as possible apon the .ame volunteer baaia. Ha haa expressed his confidence that this I