The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-08-02
Appeal Is Made To Women.

Ahe state department OF agri-
culture has received from Sec.
retary ID. +. Houston OF the national
department OF agriculture a printed
circular appealing to the women of
west Virginia and the nation to help
along the war defense plans by de
monstrating thrift among their neigh.
bors; to make saving rather than
spending their social standard; to
make economy fashionable lest it be-
come obligatory" The letter. which
he wants put in circulation, reads as
follows:
Every woman can render import
ant service to the nation in its present
emergency. She need not leave her
home or abandon her home duties
to help the armed forces. She can help
to feed and clothe our armies and
help to supply food to those beyond
the seas by practicing effective thrift
in her own household
Every ounce OF food the house
wife saves from being wasted in her
home-all food which she or her chill
dren produce in the garden and can
or preserve-every garment which
care and skillful repair make it un-
necessary to replace-all lessen that
households draft on the already in
sufficient world supplies
ITO save food the housewife must
learn to plan economical and properly
balanced meals, which. while nourish.
ing each member OF the family prop
erly, do not encourage overeating or
offer excessive and wasteful variety.
1t is her duty to use all effective meth
ods to protect food from spelling by
heat, dirt, mice, or insects. She must
acquire the culinary ability to utilize
every bit of edible food that comes
into her home. She must learn to use
such foods as vegetables, beans, peas.
and milk products as partial substi
tutes for meat. She must make it her
business to see that nothing nutritious
is thrown away or allowed to be
wasted.
Waste in any individual household
may seem to be insignificant, but if
only single ounce of edible food, on
the average, is allowed to spoil or be
thrown away in our 10000, 900 homes.
over 100000 pounds of material
would be wasted each day. 1t takes
the fruit of many acres and the work
OF many people to raise, prepare, and
distribute 646,OOO,O00 pounds of food
a year Every ounce of food thrown
away, therefore, tends also to waste
the labor of an army of busy citizens"
A letter OF protest against the action
OF A. d. Williams and T. s. Scanlon,
members of the State Road Commits
sion, in signing letter OF commenda-
tion of United States Senator Howard
Sutherland for his vote against the
federal food bill, and signing it as a
commission, was sent to the members
of the commission by Governor Corn
well. The letter, which was not made
public, was said to express the deep
indignation of the governor That the
letter was sent and that it contained
a severe reprimand, was confirmed by
the governors secretary, James w.
Weir. Ii is said the governor indi-
Gated he had nothing to say as to the
private views OF the members OF the
commission, but insisted that the state
ment, coming from them as a commits
sion, was highly improper. A copy of
the letter sent TO Senator Howard
Sutherland follows:
I'VE have read the food control bill
as II passed the Senate and have like
wise noted that you, among six others.
voted against the passage of this bill.
This letter is to express unto you our
appreciation OF your exercising good
judgment, believing that in voting
against this bill, you have represented
the interest of the people Of West Vir-
ginia, and likewise shown yourself to
be broad-minded statesman, standing
for Justice and equity to all
I'VE notice that the bill provides for
government control, purchase and dis
tribution OF all food products without
regard TO maximum or minimum val
uation, excepting wheat. which the bill
provided shall be sold at not less than
$500 per bushel. and does not provide
a maximum. If the law makers OF the
nation were going to fix a food regula-
tion bill and leave it to a commission,
why should any single article of food
or fuel be separated and singled out
from the rest by providing minimum
valuation. We do not know what other
motive you may have had in voting
against the bill. but this one special
feature OF the bill justifes the position
you have taken"