THE FOOD SITUATION OF THE 



COUNTRY, WITH SOME REMARKS 



ON THE URGENT NECESSITY 



FOR A NATIONAL FOOD 



COMMISSION. 



BY 



H. EDWIN LEWIS, M. D., 

 New York City. 



There is grave clanger in the fact that the 

 people of America do not adequately realize 

 the all-important role that the food prob- 

 lem is going to play in the war in which this 

 country is now engaged. They may know, 

 more or less vaguely, that war conditions — - 

 German submarines in particular — have 

 created a serious shortage in the food sup- 

 ply of the European belligerent and neutral 

 nations, but it is a matter for genuine ap- 

 prehension that so few recognize that the 

 final outcome of the war may be determined 

 by the amount of food the United States 

 will be able to contribute to the pool of the 

 Allies' resources. Thanks, however, to the 

 American Press, and the splendid service it 

 has never failed to render at crucial mo- 

 ments, the people at large are gradually be- 

 ginning to see that the most vital and 



[Reprinted from American Medicine, NewJjSeries, Vol. XII, 

 No. 5, May, 1917.] 



