Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-30
WHEATLESS DAY
ONE WAY TO SHOW
u. s. PATRIOTISM
Must Save a Third of the
Flour Barrel to Win War,
Says Howard Heinz

UNLESS we save one-third of the
dour barrel we may greatly hinder
our chances of winning the war,
said Howard Heinz, Federal Food
Administrator for Pennsylvania
"The wheatless meal means more to
the nation than the housewife
knows and the service she can rem
der by saving on white flour can be
classed as a high form of duty.
Every mother who has sent her
son to war; every wife, sister or
sweetheart of man at the front or
preparing to go to the front watn
to save her loved one from harm. II
is hard for her to understand the
connection between saving a pound
of flour and saving a life, but, there
Is close association between these
two things,
The woman who hangs out the
service flag with one or two, or more
stars, shows that there is patriotic
sacrifice in that household. The
woman who hangs her Food Pledge
Membership Card in the front win
dow shows that a National service
is being rendered.
'In Italy men are battling, and
are dying to hold back the German
invaders. In France a desperate
struggle is now in progress. Both
France and Italy are calling at this
very minute, Send us men and send
us food 1t will take time to get
our soldiers to Europe, but. we can
send wheat and flour and meat
quickly.
"Our Allies can fight with a
hearty spirit if they are fed and if
they know that their loved ones at
home are not suffering from hun
ger. EVERY DAY THAT THEY
MEANS LIVES OF AMERICAN
BOYS SPARED.
In Need of Cereals
"Our Allies have asked the world
to supply a billion bushels of ce-
reals and of this amount 22O.O
must be wheat from the United
States. The Government at Wash
ington has pledged itself to supply
the vitality needed cereals and the
Committee of Public Safety of Penn
sylvania has pledged the men end
women of this state to support the
Government.
100000 homes in the United
States signed the food conservation
pledge cards and of all the states in
the Union Pennsylvania proudly
leads. That pledge card means
something. It means that the wo-
men have enlisted in the war.
Now the Government calls upon
them to go into action. There must
be no deserters; they must not fal-
ter. White flour must be saved.
Corn, potatoes, rye, oats and barley
must be substituted. At the wheat
less meal preferably the evening
meal, all forms of bread from white
-four, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles,
pies. pastries, cakes etc, must be
eliminated.
"The soldier in the trenches in
stantly obeys when the call comes
TO make a charge. Today the Gov
ernment asks the women OF the lano
to make an attack on the enemy
Every woman who has signed the
pledge card and all others should re-
spond. Hang the membership card
in the window so that all may know
the housewife is aiding in the battle
for democracy. If a window card
has not been received send to the
office of the Food Administration,
zoe Morris Building, Philadelphia
Pa.
'The time is one for united ef-
fort: for self sacrifice. If the women
comply there will be seen an imme-
diate effect upon the wheat store.
If they do not respond it may only
be a short step to the only alterna-
tive-puttinE the nation on a bread
and flour ration"