Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-10-29
MONDAY. OCTOBER -, 1917.
BE SAVING For YOUR CoUNTRYS
SAKE.

Food conservation. for the purpose of
providing supplies for our own armie~ and
those of our allies. j. being brought earn
e>tly to the consideration at every .Amcri-
can housewife during the present week. II
j. claimed that we Americans are the most
wasteful people on earth. Two families of
any other country could live easily ON what
j. wasted by one average American family.
il Is claimed. Certain II / that the term
frugalify T. almost n foreign word I'm the
average American vocabulary.
But. with the pres. the pulpit and The
women's clubs of the entire country en-
listed in the movement 10 save food. il i
hoped that the American people may now
realize the absolute necessity of saving
or rather Of using les food. in order that
we may nave plenty for ourselves and our
allies.
Without food, M country could make
war. The first effort Of 4 country when
engaged in war i directed towards pre-
venting the enemy countries obtaining food
supplies. Our army and navy and the
armies and nayieS of our allies could not
fight on empty ~tomach~. This matter ~
provisioning armies has been reduced To u
science. 1nventorie~ are made Of the avail
able food supplies Of the country. II then
becomes merely a matter Of mathematics
computation-merely a multiplication Of
the amount of food required for one sol
der q day bv the number of soldiers who
must eat. and then the division of the
available amount Of food bv the amount
required for one day. the %quoticnt showing
the length Of time the amount Of food
available will last.
IL has been found that the supply of
certain prime articles of food j. not gong
To he enough for our own Use and that Of
our allieS-who are the same n our own
from a war standpoini-except by the most
careful conservation of the supplies.
Therefore, the food administrator
board comes To the people of America with
the urgent appeal that all Of ~ assist in
reducing the consumption OF food. We are
not requested IL Starve ourselves or even
To deny ourselves any necessary food. We
are asked merely Ia avoid the waste Of any
useful article of food. We are asked 10
eat less bread and le~~ meat. for these are
among the greatest needs Of our armies.
We are asked Ia guard against extravag-
ance or wa.tefulnue~~ in the use Of any ar
ticle Of food.
IL = not q question of whether we have
any need 10 economic Tor our own benefit.
Our well To do people are likely 10 feel that
they have the right to eat Just ~ boun,i-
fully A. eyer-despite the strenuous eff
forts tof our health advisers 10 induce a.
Ia show more consideration for the internal
mechanism which i 20 often over taxed hv
the too free Indulgence ~ table. OF course.
there y mo- law which can eoerce the hloh
MYERS, II they can not ret their own con
sent 10 use food more economically. But
every reasonable person should zee that
II * not n question of whether one ran
afford 10 eat oil he want~-it i 4 ouc>-
ton OF saving food "a that our soldiers
and our allies soldiers may be fed. This
j. not a question Of savin. Your money.
You are at liberty 10 spend a. much of IT
n you please. This j. u question Of avoid
ing the unnecessary consumption of food.
in order that YOU may thereby and ycur
country to WIN the war.
This is q time when economy j. patriotic.
Therefore the well 10 d. people NAV serve
their country most effectively by making