Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-31
CONSERVING Of FOOD
IN PRACTICAL Manner
Movement Is Discussed by
WoOdburn Banker, Form
erly Army Officer


1t is not so important that one can
obtain some of the foods that are
sought to be saved and conserved for
the winning of the war against auto
cratic kaiserism cheaper than some of
the foods that the people are being
asked to substitute, therefore as it is
that this small additional expense and
the proportionately insignificant sacri-
flee that is involved will contribute
vastly in the aggregate toward the
bringing about of an early termination
of the world conflict and the ultimate
triumph of the struggle for universal
democracy and freedom.
This important point is most clearly
demonstrated by the logical reasoning
of Col. j. M. Poorman, president of the
Woodburn bank and fomely captain of
Co. M, I'd Oegon volunteers which saw
active service in the Philippines dur
ing the Spanish war and Philippine elm
surrection, in converting Mrs. Poor
man to the realization of the neeessi-
ty of preserving great quantities of
vegetables for future use as a substi-
tute for the foods of more coneentrat-
ed form and shipping quality which he,
as a soldier, sensed would be necessary
if the American army is to be main
tanned at the maximum fighting form
and the hunger sufferings of the peo-
pies of our allied countries are to be
mitigated
The circumstance was coincidentally
related to Postmaster August Hucke-
stein, chairman of the committee on
towns outside of Salem of the United
States food administration for Marion
county, upon the latter's recent visit
to Woodburn in the interests of the
food substitution campaign, during u
casual conversation when the subject
naturally drifted to food conservation.
"Recently," said Colonel Poorman,
"our war garden being prolifieally pro-
ductive Of wide variety of vegeta-
bles, and particularly tomatoes, asked
lot of tomatoes"
H Why replied Mrs. Poorman, John
/ can buy them in the market cheaper
than 1 can preserve them
"That's not the idea, my DEAR" |
said. ''Ihe point is that we ought to
put up all of these vegetables we pos
sibly can, regardless Of cost now, for
we can make good use of them in the
winter time to substitute for and con-
serve the foods which will be so great
ly in demand by our country and our
allies in maintaining our armies and
feeding the hungry of devastated
France, Belgium, England and othet
allied countries.
Needless to say Mrs. Poorman, wife
and mother of soldiers, saw the point
and "got busy" and the cellar is full
of canned good things sufficient to
provide them bounteously through the
winter and enable them to effect a
great saving upon meats, sugar, butter,
milk, and wheat products, which Uncle
Sam, through the medium of his author
lied agent, Herbert hoover, national
food administrator, is admonishing his
people to save in order to win the war
There are thousands in Marion cOun-
ty who are just as anxious to lend ev-
cry aid in their. power to help win the
war as are Colonel and Mrs. Poorman
and it is not much of an effort for
them to effect great. saving if they
will studiously apply themselves to the
pleasant task. The performance is all
the more honorable and patriotic where
with the gratifying knowl-
edge that they are in the active ser
vice of the war for democracy and are
doing their duty in helping to save hu-
man lives in the trenches ana bring
ing the cruel war to an early and de-
cislve conclusion.