The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-10-20
SAVE FOOD Ann
Lend YOUR en-
Hoover'S Men win Nal. A.,
Drive Throughout Nation r.,
Sale Of New Bond,
YOU CAN help Whip kllI
Great Program Is outIir.a,
Pledge Week Campaign, o,.., ~
p to 29-Those W.,
Must Be Fed.

"">'''''7 '''"'-leh million food :,
serration pledges! Twenty.twe ~,
homes visited, A national o, ~a
projected 50 large in its scope ~.
work 1" be accomplished is -
aS though Il census of the coun,r, 81
To be taken IA week,
Such is The program onn,,.,
the food pledge week cann,,rs
tOber Il Ia ~.
What is it all about?
Why 81 much fuss?
What are the motives back At
a tremendous drive?
In every state thousands ~ ~,
are asking these questions while N.
sands of others are preparing ~
selves Ia furnish Il complete .a.s
10 the query.
The reasons why the food MA.
campaign has been projected uDoo ~ \!
broad lines are simple enough. ~.
enough.
So simple ana so plain that N.
have been stated in the compass a
card-a card that it is PROMISED 1
hang in every home Of the lana
card that is the war creed az A.
Kitchen" because. so closely are A. !
people in this country linked TO n.
world war. that one of the phases :
the struggle must be fought ont |,
the American kitchen.
If soldiers are to fight they mus \
fed. For the past three years one |,
one, our allies across the sen h,p
been taking the men from the i,n
and from the factory and sending thsu
To the firing line. Each man semi n
the firing line meant one less VII
could be relied upon to help prvduc
the food that will win the war;"
There are stores of wheat in An,
tralia. There is food In South Aur.
lea, but ships are scarce. Time h 1
vital factor. The voyage to Austrh
and to South America takes too Lon.
If the needs of those who fight for y
across the sea are TO be met, the fol
that sustains those fighters must con,
from this country.
If the labOrer is worthy Of his hIrs
surely the fighter is worthy of his food
That Is u principle universally aecepI
ed by the American public. Howeysl
it Is not every product that can b
sent across the sea. Corn viii %
serve the need: our allies have neye
used L aS IL food; they have no mill
to grind il; turn it into meal in TIL
country and ii would spoil before
could reach an European port. The
are just four classes of products, d
experts say, that we must send TO o.
allies if our duty To them Is TO be d.
charged; they need meat, wheat, suei
and dairy products. We can conser'
our wheat by increasing our cOnsum
ton of other grains. We can conser'
our meat by making greater demaI
upon the resources of the fish mark
If the United States were an aui
cratic country there would be no 20
ular appeal for the conservation
food. There would be an autOcral
food control. The mailed fist won
rule in the kitchen. Imperial food
crees would be enforced at the pol
Of the bayoneH But ours is not
autOcratic country. Food control Is
the hands of the people themselv
and 1t is To the people that the 10
ADMINISTRATION has appealed in
food pledge card campaign.
Herbert Hoover has termed this
peal an unprecedented adventure
iemocracy"-an adventure that v
whether or not II dem0cra
form of government is. after all. iii
20 engage in IA death grapple with
IutOcracy.
The food pledge work campaign
solves itself into an effort to secure
| result of voluntary agreem'
pledges insurlng the general supp
or a well defined program of food q
The food pledge week ca
)aign represents an effort to induce
many of the American homes as p
'ible to unite I'm IL common policy. G
wheat reserves can be conserved
everybody helps.
The American people are asked
DIN together in Il common conser
ion policy. As evidence that they
this policy they are ash
o hang a card denoting members
n the United States food administ
ion in their window. In order d
he conservation policy may be und
TODD. the reasons for II made pla
md the manner of observing il n
Tered certain, instruction cards--T
Var Creed of the Kitchen"-are TO
lung in the home.
And that is what the national ia