Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
KAUAICOUNTY Agent GIVESFOOD
FACTS WAIMEA LITERARY CLUB

wheat, save the meat, save the milk,
save the sugar. save the fuel; in addi'
ton the housewife Is asked to buy
home produce and use perishable foods
in greater quantity.
Another impression that must be re-
moved is the wrong idea some per-
sons have that this whole movement
is to cut down the grocery bills OF the
| American people. AS one woman was
heard to say, Its q lovely plan. We
eat less and save our money so that
We can send it to Europe" What the
soldiers who are banging at the Ger
mans want is food, not money, and
food is what we are going to send
! them.
Thrift will undoubtedly be by-prod-
uct of conservation-and therein Will
/ lie another benefit to US as nation
but mischief will be worked If the I'M
preston becomes general that thrift
| is the ultimate objtct. That would leave
unconsumed great quantities OF 1000:
stuffs which cannot be very we'll
shipped abroad, and which, If we do
not eat, will benefit no one. That in
turn would have bad effect upon fu
ture production. What we want to
do-what we must do-and what we
will dds to induce farmers to put
forth every effort TO produce, produce
produce. They must not be dlscour
aged by foolish economy that would
have effect of over-production, and
lead inevitably to inactivity or re-
trenchment on their part
Furthermore the lesson must be
driven home that the duty Of conser-
walton rests upon every one. John
must save as well as James; the
banker as we'll as the laborer in the
fields; the husband as well as the
wife; the community as we'll as the en-
tire nation. Women have been
preached at about starving the garb'
age can until every woman must be
weary of the very name OF conserVa.
ton. One rweuld suppose that the
whole duty of feeding the allies rest
ed on their slender shoulders. One
woman asked what good II did for her
to skimp the dinner table when her
husband burned up all she saved in
his cigars. We will soon get after
Mr.. Husband. Every one in the fam
lily must cooperate with the house.
wife.
One more lesson the American peo-
pie ought to learn-the purpose in es-
tablishing the food administration and
commission was not, primarily, to re-
duce the high cost of living. 1t will,
by throttling speculation and artificial
shortages, undoubtedly tend in that
direction, and for that, so much the
better. But the great object of food
conservation is to win the war. That
fact ought to be dinned into our ears
until we cannot possibly forget it or
misunderstood II. Let me repeat that
the whole object OF this movement
is to win the war. Look at the matter
in that light and you win see that
price, important as 1t Is, distressing
as is high cost OF living, especially to
the poor, is Of relatively little moment
beside the necessity OF winning this
fight. We can put up with high prices
for while II necessary. but We don't
want TO put up with the Prussians.
And that is what we shall have to do
unless we subdue them. To subdue
them each patriotic American must
do his part, either In the trenches OF
at home. Regard 1t as a privilege to
participate in such patriotic move
ment in your home. The nations
task is serious one. Il touches each !
of us, you and I. II we do not win
this war we must prepare ourselves
for grave changes in our institutions |
and to leadsa different life from that
which we planned to live-from that
which our forefathers died to give US |
the right to live. We shall indefinite. |
ly face the interference Of the Prus-
sian autocracy or bear permanently |
the intolerable burdens of militafism.
To win this war We must have botn |
men, money and food. Our soldiers |
in the field have always done their |
part; our farmers and housewives
will do theirs.
Change do your bit" to do your
best"