The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-18
FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
An Appeal to The Women of
MARYLAND.

a peculiar kind There is sufficient
} food for all, but there is not sufficient
food of certain kinds. The Government
appeals to the housewives of the Nation
in this emergency. The week of
October 81 to q inclusive, has been set
apart for nation wide Food Conserya-
ton Campaign, in which all the women
of the State are asked to take part.
1t is not so much question of saving
money as it is question of saving food
No matter how much one is willing to
pay, money will not grow wheat or
sugar between harvests, and will not
produce meat when the cattle are not in
existence. What the women of the
Nation are asked to do, therefore, by
the Government, and what they must
do if the supply is to last over this
emergency, is to substitute other
articles of diet for the staple things in
which shortage is threatened.
The most important articles of food
in which there is a serious scarcity are
wheat, meat, dairy products end sugar.
Wheat is absolutely essential to the
conduct of the war abroad. The
European nations have not been trained
to the use of cornmeal and other grains.
More than that, wheat is peculiarly
adapted for wartime uses, because of
the length of time wheat bread can be
kept after baking, as contrasted with
corn bread. Corn meal is not suited
for export in the ground state, and the
European countries are not in the habit
of grinding corn and are not provided
with the machinery for doing so. Many
of the sources of supply on which
England, France and Italy haye drawn
in the past are cut off and the United
States is called upon to make up this
shortage by expectation. If the people
of this country consume the entire
amount of wheat they are accustomed
to consume, the war cannot be sue
cessfully. brought to finish. But the
war must go on, and therefore, the
wheatsupply must be drawn upon with
care. Unless this is done both we at
home, and our soldiers abroad must
suffer from the shortage. All that is
necessary is that every housewife shall
substitute, so far as possible, corn meal
and other grains for wheat flour. If
this is done wisely and universally, the
supply from the last harvest will carry
both this Nation and the Allies until the
next harvest.
AS in the case of wheat flour, much
of the meat supply for the army must
be exported from this country. The
supply of living animals is not sufficient
to meet this emergency and afford the
customary amount of meat consumed in
this country. The Government, there
fore, urges that every family. so far as
possible, substitute fish and other articles
of diet for meat supplies.
The demands for meat abroad have
led to the Strengthening of the herds and
cutting off of the supplies of milk and
butter. The high price of beef in this
country has led also to excessive slaugh-
ter in this country. so that a serious
decrease in the supply of milk and
butter is faced at the very time when
the export demand for dairy products
is a. its height. 1t is essential, for the
proper conduct of the war, that no
waste be permitted in milk or butter,
and that the consumption of these
articles by each family be reduced, so
far as possible, without injury to health.
The supply of sugar is not sufficient
to carry the civilized world through the
next harvest, if America continues to
use that article as eXtravag antly as in
the past. This country is consuming
at the present time twice as much
sugar per person as France. 1t is alb.
solutely necessary that this amount be
cut down to actual needs.
1t is ordered that these facts may be
brought home to every housewife of
the United States that the department
of Food Administration of the Federal
Government is planning a nation wide
campaign during the last week in Octo-
Der. This campaign aims at house
toulouse canvass and the securing of a
pledge from every housewife to CO.
operate in this food conservation cam
paign.
If every household in the State of
MARYLAND is to be visited and the mat
ter clearly explained to the housewife,
and her signature to the pledge card
obtained, there must be engaged in
this work during the week of October
11st to 9th, large number of women
who will give their time as officers of
the Government to making the ex.
plantations and securing the signatures.
Every woman in Maryland is therefore
urged to do two things: first, to sign
the pledge card for herself and her
nily; and secondly. to volunteer to
assist in the canvass during the final