The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-12-10

without lis molding and becoming un-
iit for food. The people Of Europe
know litilc OF the use OF corn meal for
food They have no equipment for
grinding Corn bread cannot be cooked
IN quantities. nor will 1t keep as long
As flour bread Fuel is an item and
flour bread can be baked IN the large
ovens. where u ,cems that It is not
practicable ~ cook corn bread.
But they do use a great deal OF meal.
Twenty five percent and in some places
as much a, 50 percent is mixed with
the iIour and other bread foods So
let, not get It into our heads that
nothing i, being done.to use corn meal
a, food IN feeding the hungry children
of our allies IN this war
The more learn Of the seriousness Of
the situation, and now thatrwe are a
part Of tn, terrible war. the more be-
licyc that all is being done that can be
done by those IN charge II is for us 10
accept without complaint and obey
without question. the appeals that come
from the leaders IN this work, the ma
jorily OF whom are serving without pay.
We are IN this war. The right OF it is
no longer questioned by any normal
human being who has followed the
revelations OF the world wide plan that
was already laid by the kaiser before
the outbreak Of the war. That the
whole western hemisphere was marked
Tor eventual conquest, there can be no
doubt, and we arc in tins war 20 pro
tcct and preserve our form OF govern
nent as much so as France
In the use OF corn meal to save flour
the farmer can do more, and feel It less
than any other class Of people in our
nation The fact that millions Of us
have wheat in the bin and many have it
ground and live to the limit on baked
bread and hot biscuit, will make it easy
for Us to disregard this appeal TO save
wheat by using less flour in our daily
meals. know that the wheat farmer
can Justly point 10 mistakes that were
made in fixing the price of this year.
crop Of wheat, but let's forget il. The
seriousness of the situation means that
we must
1t was without debut an honest mis-
take and meant to be best for the ma
ton, taken as a whole. Thousands each
day now arc coming TO see il that way
But II seems that we are moving slowly
compared with the great need that we
do all we CAM
! have a supreme confidence in tho
loyalty OF the farmers of this nation as
soon as they can understand the tire
mendouS responsibility that rests upon
them to produce and to help save food
] believe that | am safe in including the
German farmer for his share OF effort
aud loyalty. ! have heard a number OF
them express themselves frankly. They
confessed their sympathy for the
"Fatherland" in the early stages OF this
war, but now when it comes to choos-
ing between a form of government such
as they enjoy in this country and the
kind OF rule maintained by the kaiser
they are for the United States. A
friend reports the visiting to German
neighbor shortly after their son haC
been drafted for service in the army
The mother was weeping as any other
mother would weep, She was ontSpokei
in her hatred for the kaiser but she ex.
pressed the fear that all the kaiser
wanted was to get all Of our soldiers
out of this country so that he could
land troops in Mexico and invade u,
from there. She, OF course, could not
understand the impossibilioy of such a
thing when there is not so much as ono
German ship that can sail the ocean
in safety. But II shows that these peo-
pie arc thinking of the safety OF the
United States now rather than the
safety Of Germany.
So on every side find the farmers
getting right" fast | know farmers
who, six weeks ago, we're fighting mad
because Of the fixing of the price of
isis years crop of wheat, who have
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