Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-01
BY JEANNE JUosoN.

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BY JEANNE JuosoN.
miss Judson has Just returned from tro
. months service In British munltion fac.
tories and at the Anstie Grange and Nm
v. D. A. hospitals in Farnham, surreyl
1t is hard to conceive OF a create,
tragedy than a bread famine. yet th,,
is what Germany has been facing 10,
more than a year, what England is fac
ing today and what America must FAC.
in a very short time unless We are able
not only greatly TO increase our grain
production, but TO conserve that bro.
duction after 1t is produced.
When it is considered that million,
Of bushels OF grain annually go into
the making OF intoxicating liquors u,
question naturally arises as TO which
we need more. bread or liquor? rro.
hibtion at the present time is not
question of morals. but OF economics
a question OF fundamental economics
involving the preservation Of the hu
man race.
Bread. especially In America, has
been taken so much as a matter o,
course that few people realize how In.
portant n part OF our diet II II. esne.
cially among the poorer classes. In.
til a few years ago no charge 10,
made for bread in the ms Jority of ho.
tells and restaurants Even now In
many places IL Is more 10 be taken
for granted than the cloth on the table
1t has been as common and as neces.
sary as the air we breathe.
Separate Item on Bill.
In England at the present time bread
Is not served with meals unless spe
cially ordered, and then II forms a
separate item on the bill. Since the
LIST OF January, when the war bread
law went into effect. no white bread
has been served and no white -four
milled. The nutrition which Is wasted
in the bleaching process Of white -four
is thus conserved. The same situation
will soon exist IN the United States
All Europe, or at least oil Europe s
represented by the allied countries, Is
looking to us for bread. Humanity DE-
mands that we supply them. Human.
ity, as Well as common sense demands
that we supply them without starving
our own people. With millions Of
bushels of wheat. corn. rice, barley.
rye, etc. going into the making Of In.
tOxicants some one Is going to 20 hun.
cry. That some one IL the dependen;
Of the same man TO whom we look 10
carry a gun for the defense Of our rs.
tional hOnor-the wife or child Of our
private soldier.
Bread and Cake.
In discussing the high cost Of living
recently Governor Whitman was quo,
ed as saying that the working CLASSES
must learn TO ent food which they
could afford to buy. statement that
recalled Marie Antoinette and her
question as to why people who could
not get bread did not cat cake
The truth af the situation Is that W
are sacrificing necessities Ike bread to
provide Injuries like liquor. In every
household hint" column publishes
throughout the country we find rice
advanced as substitute for potatoes
among people OF limited income. Ye
rice is another OF the grain products q
which millions Of bushels are used IN
nually for the making Of beer alone.
1t is useless to preach economy to
the housewife who finds that even The
bare necessities have scared beyond
her income. How much more foolish
to preach economy In the face 81 an
actual scarcity Of products. before
which even sufficient money IL power
less. How inconsistent 10 preach econ
omy and conservatism OF resources 10
the individual when the nation is pu,
ting luxuries before necessities ny per
uniting the conversion OF tens Of mil
lions of bushels OF g-ain-the brcnd Of
the common people-into intoxicating
liquors.
Children viii Suffer
lHlS IL tITDe III wDlcn every luuF
vidual must recognize the necessity fo'
some personal sacrifice. We cannot oil
go to war. work I'm muntlon factories
or become Red Cross nurses. but each
one can do his bit nj home While We
are urging the farmers OF kmerics 70
produce bigger crops. would Il not no
wise to consider what use IL heinz
made Of those crops after they leave
the farmers hands.
Is the wheat being turned into bread
for the nation or IS IL being distilled
into intoxicants?
A bread famine will Got cause acute
suffering to the rich and privileges
classes. but IL will cause acute suhe''
ing to the workers OF America and
their children. Bread forms a large
part OF child's diet. This Is true o.
all children. but especially true Of The
children OF the poorer classes
Hungry Nation Not United.
At this critical time In the history o.
America we cannot afford to have hun
cry working men and hungry working
women.
A hungry nation 10 not q united or
patriotic one
One Of the first slogans Of the United