Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-27
SAVE FOOD is
PLEA TO WOMEN

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Washington, Oct. IA plea to
Americas $4,000 900 housewives not
10 be partners of Prussianism" viii
be made by the Food Administration
through its jCo.C9O volunteer work
ers modified throughout the nation
today for National Food Pledge
week. October rs to November 4.
With one and a quarter million
housewives already enrolled as mem
bers of the Administration Home
Food Saving Division, and the enroll
ment OF at least 100000 more long
since promised by the 100000 volun-
teers, the Administration today ex-
pressed the conviction that the re-
manning 100000 will all be enrolled
before shutdown November 4.
Every doorbell in America will be
rung in this campaign. And the
women who answer will be asked ii
there is anything the Food Admins
tration can do to help them in their
individual problems of home conser.
Walton of war foods.
1t will be pointed out to them that
Prussianism is trying TO denatonal-
lie Belgium. Russian Poland, North
ern France and other countries its
hordes have overrun, by starvation:
and that by neglecting to conserve
those comparatively few war foods
the allied fighting nations are short
of. we will starve them out of a war
making spirit, discomfort their sol.
der sons at the front and thus make
ourselves partners of Prussians"
Chief among the recruits to this
volunteer army, trained under the di.
rection OF the various state food adj
ministrators. are the war mothers"
These women, whose sons, husbands.
fathers. brothers or sweethearts al.
ready are fighting in France or pre-
pairing to are expected to add poign.
ancy to the food pledge appeal.
The big idea the Food Administa
ton hopes to get across to the in.
dividual housewives mind is. The
Government is not asking the people
TO eat less food, but to eat different
foods"
There are certain commodities of
which the world is short. These are
also the ones which most readily lend
themselves to compact shipment in
our short supply of ocean tonnage to
our European allies; and they are the
foods of concentrated nutritive value
most needed to keep up the spiritual
morale Of our allied European peo-
pie and fighting men by keeping
them well fed and contented.
1t is only these foods the govern
ment asks housewives to conserve In
calling on them during food pledge
week. the half million volunteer
workers will put it up to the home
makers this way;
III each of us will use pound OF
wheat flour less per week. at the end
of a year Wen have saved 133,OO0,OOO
bushels of wheat for the war.
IF we will use one.third of an
ounce of meat fats less day, at the
end of the year we will have saved
$4,000 tons for the fight.
IF each OF us will eat one ounce
less meat day for year, we will
have saved 100000 meat animals
with which to keep up the fight.
IF each Of us will use one ounce
less sugar day for year we will
not only have saved 11S5,00O tons of
sugar for the war but will have re-
duced the retail price for all of u.s."
Then they will go on and outline
the situation for each home this way:
Food fails into two great general
classes. One class generates bodily
energy and vigor The other builds
blood. bone and flesh and repairs the
worn parts of our bodies.
There are only few foods in each
classification that the government
would like to have you conserve so
there will be more for us to export
to our allies. Foods listed In both
classes following are both energy and
body builders.
ITO keep up the energy OF your