Middletown transcript., 1917-11-03
MUST SAVE THE FOOD
All Patriots Will Join in Feeding
Our Allies
THEY NEED MEAT BADLY

IAIE1 NEEO MEAL OAULI
All patriots will join the food saving
movement to help feed our Allies in
Europe who are now, as for years they
nave been. fighting our battles not less
than their own.
Remember, without our food help
they lose, and when they lose we lose.
Brutal Germany has become a world
peril and must be put down Our
Allies must have food from us, especial
y meat. wheat, sugar and butter. Our
wheat export to them must be increas-
ed from 88, 900, 900 to 22O, 900, 900 bushels,
and this can only be done if we substi-
tute corn etc., to the amount of one
fourth of our wheat consumed. The
whole problem is solved if we use one
pound of corn or other cereal flour for
one pound of wheat weekly for every
person, that is, reduce our wheat -four
diet from 5 pounds to 4 week.
The Allies need meat badly. Save
one ounce of meat per person daily and
their shortage can be made up. Less
meat is beneficial to the health. We
eat twice as much meat as is necessary
anyhow. Then double your vegetable
diet and be healthier
We must also send our Allies more
butter, milk and sugar-this can be
done by ecOnomizing and substituting
other foods. Use less candy and sweet
drinks; use the darker syrups instead
of sugar; more gravies, and less butter.
Experts tell us the food question wins
or loses this war. Our very national
life is threatened, for Germany has
openly declared her intentions. after
putting Europe under her heel, to at
tack us, and exact the enormous tribute
of $50, 900. 900, 600 to pay all her own
expenses
We are sending our young men by the
thousands to Europe. and before this
thing is done, will have sent 5000, 600
of them to fight our own and the Allies
battles across the sea This is the
latest announcement from Washington.
And to feed our soldiers there and those
of our Allies, we here at home must
deny ourselves little, and stop vast
ing food as we do.
Surely, while these brave defenders
of ours are toiling, suffering, dying on
European battlefelds it is as little as
we can do, we, who are enjoying ALI
comforts and every safety, to give
them food and thus help them win their
fight.
To show how tri1ing change in our
diet counts in-the big sum total, read
the following:
If each person in the County of New
Castle should save simply one slice of
bread each day. the County would save
36! barrels of flour a day, or 13, 322 bar
rels per year for our boys and our allies.
If each person in the County of New
Castle should save simply one ounce OF
meat each day, they would save daily
9, SAL pounds, and each year would save
8, 482, 465 pounds for our boys and our
allies. If we learn to make the most
of OR resources during the war, we
shall be ready for more efficient living
after the war.
Governor Townsend of Delaware has
asked the school boys and girls to help
him and President Wilson to get mothers
and fathers to sign pledge cards. This
is an opportunity for school pupils to do
their part in helping to win the war.
Our President and Governor can depend
on New Castle County pupils doing
their bit willingly and gladly.
But, while the people are being thus
urged to deny themselves in the matter
of food necessities, it is only fair that
those who are wasting the country's
needed grains to make drink, should
also be made to do a little saving.
Enough food stuff is used in making our
drink to feed all the Allies in Europe
Must everybody save, and the liquor
interests be free to waste food in max
ing intoxicants ?
Here is sample of the many requests
pouring into the White House,
HARRISBURG, Oct 3O.-Because the
advance in the retail price of whisky
has driven drinkers to beer, which
will cause tremendous increase in
the manufacture of the brewed
drink, and because this increase will
result in the destruction of very
valuable foodstuffs, DR.. B. E. P.
Prugh, chairman of the Prohibition
state committee. to day wrote Presi-
dent Wilson asking him to prohibit
the manufacture of intoxicants.
The waste, according to the chair
man. is equal to 100000 pound
loaves of bread annually, while the
cost of the beverages would enable
drinkers to purchase $1,000, 100000
worth of Liberty bonds.