Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-06-21
WOMEN REGISTER
JULY lis IN U. S.
Every Woman Asked to Regis
ter to Fight For Food Con.
servafon.

II
Washington June 1S.-Herbert
c. Hoover has outlined his plans for
enlisting the nations housewives as
actual members of the food admins
tration and appealed to them to join
him in the fight for conservation
measures and the elimination Of
waste. . s.- r.
The women will be enrolled dur
ing a period of registration from
July 1 to July Is thru the Council
of National Defense and the state de-
fense councils.
"As requested by the President,
his statement says, eve ask every
woman in the United States engaged
in the personal control of food to
register for actual membership in
the food administration, thus enter
ing directly into the national ser
vice. We shall later ask various
classes of men likewise engaged in
food preparation and distribution to
also volunteer in their various
branches.
Many Must Suffer.
"The worlds food supply is short
and many must suffer. We have
the major burden of feeding the
whole world. Food must he man
LACED and transported in our coun-
try and to our allies in such a way
as to get the most out of it. Those
who remain at home can also help
and can fight by helping the fighter
fight and can serve by saving
"Since food will decide the war,
each American woman can do a real
national service by protecting the
food supply of the nation. Ninety
per cent of American food consump-
ton passes thru the hands of our
women.
"In no other field, do small things
when multiplied by our, LOO 100000
people, count for so much. A sim
gle pound of bread saved weekly for
each person will increase our ex-
port surplus of wheat 1O0,O0O,00O
bushels, an average saving of cents
on each person will save to the ma
tion for war purposes $2,000,000,-
900 per annum.
Principles Outlined.
with the assistance of various
trained women. in the country we
are formulating committees on
domestic economy and from leaders
on the subject of nutrition We are
organizing committees on food con-
servation and utilization and we
propose with their advice to furnish
information from time to time to
the members of administration as
to the manner in which they can
best serve the national interests In
food conservation. We have six
general principles of instruction.
"First-To save the wheat. If we
eat as usual from our harvest this
year we will have little more than
enough for our own supply, but we
can divide with our Allies if each
individual makes some sacrifice; by
eating at least one wheatless meal a
day substituting cornbread or other
cereals.
"Second-We want to save the
meat for our cattle and hogs are
decreasing and we must send sup
plies to our Allies, so we wish every
householder to buy less, to serve
smaller portions and to allow no
waste.
'Third-We wish to save the fats.
We consume three times the fats that
are needed for nutrition and we
need them now for war. We wish
no butter used in cooking; we want
less butter served on the table; we
want less lard, bacon and other
pork products used.
Eat Poorer Substitute.
Fourth = Any deficiencies in
food supply by economy along the
above lines can be amply covered
by increasing the use of fish, pota-
toes, beans, peas, turnips, cabbages
and vegetables generally, corn,
buckwheat, rye and rice which we
will have in abundance this harvest:
"Fifth-We want to save trans
portation. Our railways, unable to
meet the war pressure for muni-
tions, men and coal so that we wish
every one to consume products of
local origin 80 far as possible to buy
from the local miller, the local pack
er, buy and eat vegetables grown
near home.
"Sixth-We preach and want ev-
cry one to preach the gospel of the
clean plate;' to buy less foodstuffs,
to serve smaller portions and to see
that nothing Of value goes into the
garbage can. .