Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-10-25

srHT BURLINGTON FREE
ONE OF WARS WHOLESOME AND HELPFUL EFFECTS.
enuerse way al the and
influences growing out of our preparation for the great
Broader They entire
ucatona fields They embrace many lines Of influence
reach every interest in this broad land They reach
every and take hold ct our health and sanitation as
One of the most farreaching influences of prepara
5 @ I to Gs s
ing Of soldiers and sailors We have already seen wide
Gnce Sam for his men in connection with the temperance and
recreation instituted at Fort Ethan Allen and all
We have noted the Of arrests for noxcaon and
the high morale Of troops result Of temperance and
marked between conditions directly involving the
Of disease no Longer ago than during the
sad spectacle Of the return of the Vermont troops from the
camp at Chickamauga with part of their number borne
strechers result of typhoid fever while others
You will find marked absence of typhoid and other al
Country Turning the
Brated in his report to secre
with 5S
the Of communicable diseases Practically the only
the present have been those Of the respiratory type which
are spread mainly by and throat secretion principally
rate or no mortality at all.
This s in marked contrast to the experience of 1898
during the SpanshAmercan War; when the communicable
intestinal diseases caused widespread damage and carried with
a pqseay the ca
aoat and ashore Such modern methods for the
disposal of garbage and sewage protection Of food
water supplies from and the determination of
These lessons which enforced thoroughly this
time by cannot fail to have reaching effects upon
power has become valuable that giving
much humane societies have long insisted
ch0id oivo MO ho of
men and women and children all the time of
race h horses e and and our fancy dogs -
ing the entire civil population in for effective
housewife Physicians will tell you that more trouble comes
to- our population as whole from wrong eating than from
without things times and avoiding excess in eating
are resulting marked in the health Of our
not forget it after the war ends
On the e, other hand many woman will tell you that
of considerations of economy Yet statistics show the
amount Of garbage collected throughout the country dim
one of the most powerful weapons Of this You might
a and aa now Una meat
knowledge of the housewife in and in other
many eggs they used in cae-aking Now thew are boast
ink Of cakes without eggs.
food department plans for the saving than $5O0O
600 worth of in the United States alone Mil
Gambling Of eggs bought by shows large per cent are
bad The shipper dealer must throw these and
the passed along to the Chilling eggs six
ty degrees Fahrene below possible after
chase and the removal all cracked and second grade
advocated These are only few of in which the
ordinary housewife aid in saving food this war; add
ton to going without certain things under favorable cond
ions.
Turning to the general conservation of food Mr. Hoover
cites eight great for the food These lack
of terminal markets. duplication of marketing activities
pensve carriage high retail delivery costs cred
packed goods of equal quality failure of retailers
merchandising methods.
single illustration will suffice in this connection Ver-
mont produces the finest sweet the world We pack
considerable quantity of it in State You will search
in vain most shelves Vermont canned corn how
ever You will probably asked for Vermont
corn You buy Maine possibly, and pay for shipping
it out of Vermont and back again.
You have read in the columns of the Free Press the
that the United States is making dyes not
only to meet it's needs but also for export other
tries When the war began entirely dependent upon
Germany for dye materials and for time after the
gle began talked of possible dye famine result Ger
had told what could do dyes and toed the
mark like little men. All that is past.