El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-20
HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE MEMBERS HEAR WAR
TIME THRIFT TALK AND TRIBUTE TO THE
WORK OF DR. WILEY At MONDAY MEETING
By DOROTHY B. JOHNSTON.

, 900 Of other cereals, but we can see
] at a glance that the allied world is
/ short 3S0,00O,000 bushels Of wheat
I an appalling thing. Four hundred and
fo-ty-siX million bushels Of other
I cereals, such as corn, oats, barley,
[ rye. ETC. IS our excess We must
achieve the impossible and make up
7 the shortage. We who know how 70
use other things. must substitute.
{ We must also supply sheep and beef
PA, 900 900 head of cattle are needed.
now, by the allies. The Australian
meat Is too far away; Argentina's sup
ply is cut OF; not in so years have
there been so few cattle on the plains.
We have increased our export Of but
ter and cheese at the rate Of 500 per
. cent-S,O0O,000 pounds every year.
The same with sugar. Great
Britain produces absolutely no sugar;
France, italy and Belgium's output
is now only about a third OF the
amount produced before the war. With
the 100000 tons produced this year
by US and 100000 tons consumed
but 500. 900 tons in excess Of our own
wants are available Where is all Of
this coming from2 Each day a new
call comes The Red Cross. the Y.
" c. A. war work and recreation
schemes must be kept up-they are
as necessary as running the war The
money must be got We must save
democracy in our own land. And we
must keep enough money for our own
living With war comes the high
cost Of living. war taNatiOns, bonds
that must be bought TO float the war.
And the pOOr-with all this clutching
at their threats, there is no Increase
in wages.
How are we gong to do il alI2 By
thrift The conservation OF thrift is
a necessity for all humanity.
There are five definite ways that
Americans have thrown away their
resources, that now make Us feel the
pinch-Our forests have not been con-
served; We have thrown away or
wasted our water POI er, all these
years: we have overlooked our land
resources through inefficient farming
(even in this wonderful Valley ana
possibilities OF the acreaE &c, we have
wasted our food; and we have wasted
our money. Some people have got
to the point that they buy anything
expensive. The prices have increased
without reason, much on account OF
the demands OF the people"
The situation Of America today, DIT.
Bradley likened 10 a chicken that F.
through ingenuity. had found way
out Of his pen TO scratch IN forbidden b
territory along came dog and gave
the chicken q scare, and he tried to
get back into the safety Of his home.
but couldn't find the little hole he
had crawled out of; the feathered
friend veutured too close to the dog,
and through sheer fright, flew over
the screen and back TO safety. The
chicken needed the impulse given by
the fright the do gave II. And so
with US. we" Dr.. Bradley said.
ARE the chicken, and the war is the
dog; the cage IS thrift. Had We ex-
ercised self control is the use OF our
in sDendthrift and waste the need OF
getting back when the dog (war) came
would not hav, been necessary"
st is our duty" averred DR.. Brad
ley. "rO 90 about. enuhusiuE others.
II you can't boost. don't knock Do
not hoard-use money in a sane and
iudicious manner Thrift IS matter
for chefs and housewives. a patriotic
and an international necessity"
Mrs. Bevan, q charming speaker,
pointed out the present position Of
2 housewife as nothing short Of unique
the fate Of a nation is in our
keeping. Eve have never had so
much TO do said Mrs. Bevan. Tn all
the sorrow and death. and despair
and war; the humiliation and de-
st-uction. We must all work together.
There is no place in the world, today,
for an idle woman While some must
do the public work, the Red Cross.
and bind up the wounds and care for
the suffering. others must stay al
home and keep the sacred fires OF
In telling of Dr. Wiley and his
achievements, Mrs. Bevan paid a beau
-isul and deserved tribute 10 the man
s. no had given his life IN the bet
.erinE OF human condition and who, .
for % years fought a bitter fight 70
10 away with food adulteratiOn. His ,
entire food survey system has been
adopted in France, and vet he goes {
in his own country,
reclaimed the speaker
A brief and comprehensive sketch
IF DR.. Wiley's life, his privations 70
secure an education at Hanover col
eye. when he had but 50 cents a
week for his room and prepared his
,wn meals; later his graduation from
and studies abroad. all were !
iWelr upon. What ne did for Amer,
ca in his food crusade is well known;
lis appointment at Indianapolis as
state chemist; his work at Washing
on; his encounter with powerful op-
POSITION from the mOnied interests; ,
lis feeding Of the squad on con-
iemned food. that made him ma
ional figure-aI furnished an inter-
sting chapter in the life OF the man
Who has been forced from public life