Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-26
BIG SAVING ESTIMATED TO
FOLLOW WOMAN'S WORK
Elimination of Waste and Wise Buy
ing Contemplated-Results OF
Household Economy.

purchasing less ana Duylng II "iseis'
are the results hoped from the women's
! conservation food campaign in the first
year. according to the estimate of DR..
Ray Lyman Wilbur. who is assisting
| Herbert c. Hoover. DIR. Wiltrur is
working as volunteer to help or
ganize the food conservation section of
Mr.. Hoover's work-the section that
will carry on the registration and
education of women in household
economy.
Registration Sunday will be July l.
The first motion picture release will
/ be shown in picture houses July ..
Something new will be developed
| almost daily from July 1 to Is to
register as members of the food admin
| istration.
Program to Be National.
1t has been decided to make the
ington. Though registration will be
decentralized and carried on through
state councils Of defense, the cards will
be mailed directly to the National
Capital. From this city the housewife
will get the placard she may hang in
her window. the button she may wear,
| and the instructions to tell her how
best she can help her government in
this time of national need
Announcement has been made of the
advisory committee on home economies
This body is composed of Martha Van
Rensselaer,, Cornell: Josephine T. Barry,
University Of Minnesota; DR.. c. F. Lang
worthy, Department of Agriculture; Isa-
bel Ely Lord, Pratt Institute; Katherine
]. MacKay, Iowa State Agricultural
College. and Abby Marlatt. University Of
Wisconsin.
Later this committee will be supple
mented by other committees covering
special fields Of domestic science. 1t
will correlate its work with the committee
on nutrition and with the women's COM
mittee Of the national council of defense
food administration.
Appeal to Clergymen.
To practically every clergyman in the
country an appeal has gone forth to urge
food conservation upon his congregation,
and especially to urge women to register.
Herbert c. Hoover's letter to the clergy
states. in part:
1T will be calamity to the nation and
to the churches IL their chosen ministers
neglect to exercise their proper leadership
in the great cause Of feeding a world in
need.
For the world is in want of food. The
L.
Of 1917 will be shorter still, while the
demands Of armies and the waste of war
require enlarged consumption. Thus. with
increased need and diminished supply,
point lower than was ever known before
In modern times.
From Canada and the United States
the allies are asking $50. 900 bushels
Of wheat this year; yet unless special
both together will be able to give them
only 380te00. 1000 But II wise and sufficient
measures are adopted. and then backed
up by the, patriotic good will Of our peo-
selves and Tor our allies as we'll"
The letter also states that the present
excessive cost Of food is not justified.
It Is pointed out that there is no
corresponding shortage Of food in
America
Waste Average Stated.
The waste in food. it is estimated.
amounts to $50 year for every family
in America. 1t is asserted that the
waste Of a single ounce of food each
day in every home wastes nearly 5OO,-
100000 pounds Of food. The waste of
means the daily waste of a million
loaves of bread. The letter concludes:
Let US make 1t the purpose and the
motto of every household in America to
save the waste and win the war"
Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts. and Camp
Fire Girls have volunteered to help in
the work Of checking up households
that register during the period from
July 1 to Is. Posters. drawn by Ra-
leigh. Christy. Phillips. Gibson and
used.
Poster Messages.
Some Of the inzcrtntyons thes. ,o.+.
will bear are these:
Shall this be the answer of waste?"
This surmounts a depletion Of a hag-
gard woman, surrounded by hungry
Hunger"
"Starve the can. The important point
is. stop the waste. Buy what food is
needed and no more" The empty gar
bage can supplants the me-honored
full dinner pail on this poster.
Another shows market basket and
bears the caption: Ammunition; don't
waste it,
Americans. save for democracy" is
the title Of poster which also bears
Clean the plate"
Below picture of man behind a
plow is the title. I'm the ranks. He
who farms arms"
Dairy and Poultry Men Confer.
Representatives of the dairy and
poultry interests of the east and mid
die west today met at the office of
Herbert c. Hoover to outline sugges-
tons for food control as it affects
their business. They held a prelimi-
nary conference yesterday afternoon.
The dealers came here to cooperate
with the government through action
or the chicago butter and egg board
and the National Dairy Council
The dairymen were assured by Mr.
Hoover that their corporation would
be essential to carrying out a food
control program. and he told them his
experience in Belgium had convinced
him OF the inadvisability Of killing
cows too freely to be used s meat
Following their call at Mr.. Hoover's
office, the dairymen met at the Raleigh
HoteN to discuss plans for the forma-
tion of a special committee to remain
In Washington to effect a closer CO.
operation with the government in food
matters affecting their industry.
Other Interests Considered.
Members of the Agricultural ImpIe.