Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-10-31
FOOD ECONOMY IS
AGAIN TO Be URGED
It is Necessary To Be Sparing
IN Eating Wheat, Meat,
Fats and Sugar.

Next week is conservation week in
Minnesota. Mesdames Hengstler and
Tallman inform the Tribune that ev-
cry family that has not already signed
the Hoover pledge card will be asked
to do so during the next week. 1t is
hard to make people who live in the
midst Of plenty see the necessity for
saving certain kinds of foods, but the
fact that we are living in war times,
and the most serious war we ever
faced, is slowly but surely. coming
right home to us all. If the people
will not voluntarily help to save the
products OF which there is a shortage,
there is but one thing for Congress to
do, and that is to put everybody on
bread, meat and sugar card basis,
whereby each one is limited to 30
much of the scarce foods each day.
Already the restaurants and hotels
of Willmar are observing meatless
Tuesdays, and further retrenchment
of this kind may be expected.
There is enough food in the United
States and in the countries fighting
as our Allies so that everyone may
have plenty if it is carefully distrib-
uted and used. We have in the United
States an abundance of corn, vege-
tables, fruits, poultry, fish, sea foods
and course grains, such as barley, oats
and rye. There is not enough wheat,
meat, fat and sugar to go around, if
we use as much as we are accustomed
to use.
Every American who wants to do
his full share (his bit) in the war may
render real service by using Is per
cent less wheat, meat, fat and sugar
than he has been accustomed to use,
and to use in place of these, vege-
tables, fruits, fish, sea foods and
coarse breads, as corn bread, rye
bread, etc.
Our European Allies are using war
breads made of rye, barley, buck
wheat, potatoes and small proper
tion of wheat flour, and they absolute
ly must have wheat from here. The
only way we can spare wheat this
year is o~eeenomize in it's use. They
naturally use less than half as much
meat as we do because they do not
produce corn, and now France and
England are on a ration of 21 pounds
of sugar yearly per capita, while we
have been using about 80 pounds If
sugar yearly per capita.
OBJECTIONS TO HOOVER PLEDGE.
The most common objections to
signing the Hoover pledge are given
below, with answers to same:
AM JUST AS ECONOMICAL AS I
CAN BE ALREADY.
Ans. Then, surely there is no rea-
son why you should not sign and show
that you belong to the Honor Roll.
WHY SHOULD I SEND WHEAT TO
THE ALLIES? WHY DON'T
THEY EAT WAR BREAD?
Ans. They are eating war breads.
are asked to do.
MY FAMILY DOESN'T CARE FOR
WAR BREADS AND WAR FOOD
Ans. When our men are risking
their lives, is it not pretty mean and
selfish thing to refuse to make small
sacrifices in personal indulgence!
This is "slacking' of the ulworthiest
kind
THE SUBSTITUTE FOODS SOME
TIMES COST MUCH OR MORE
THAN THE FOODS WE ARE
ASKED TO SAVE.
Ans. The first object isn't money
saving. 1t is food-saving. We have
to eat local products and perishable
foods in order to release the foods
that can be transported for army use
Some substitutes are as costly; 9th
ers, like beans or fish instead of meat
are cheaper.
I I CAN AFFORD WHAT 1 WANT
WHY SHOULDN'T I EAT IT?
Ans. Maybe you can afford tht
money, but you can't afford to fai
your country in it's effort to make thu
food supply hold out for it's army ant
its allies.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN WAR.
Ans. When an enemy has his hant
at your throat is no time to theorize
If Germany wins, you will lose you
property, your liberty and your happi
ness. If you do not help, you have NJ
right to demand the protection of tn
Government.
DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS AN!
FOOD SHORTAGE.
Ans. You are judging only from tn
conditions you see near you. The grea
Information Bureau in Washington ha
studied the world situation. Thi
Bureau knows there is shortage an
that out of local abundance we mus
supply world need.
HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IF
SIGN, THE GOVERNMENT Will
REQUISITION MY FOOD.
Ans. This is a plain lie, spread b
disloyal people. Anyone spreadin
such a statement, should be reporte
to the Safety Commission.
WHY SEND BARLEY ABROA]
WHERE IT MAY BE USED I
LIQUOR-MAKING?
Ans. There is NO shortage of ba
ley. and the infquities of other pc
pie do not excuse us from doing o,
duty.