The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-22
Copyright. isl7. by American Defense
Society


mates that fully SO per cent OF all the
vegetables and fruits grown In Amer
lea never reaches the consumer. 1t Is
left to rot on the ground and trees. or
allowed to spoil because Of lack of
shipping and marketing facilities. In
addition. the average man consumes q.
per, cent more food than he needs. and
one third OF the American households
waste another 25 per cent Of what they
buy. Extravagance IN war time Is dis
ttnctly Mnpartiotic. and has got to stop.
II our business is organized on the
basis of allowing so per cent OF our
perishahle food products to go to waste,
before reaching the consumer, who
eats one fourth more than he needs.
and wastes "A prohibitivc amount in al.
dition. II is high time that our business
was reorganized. and this war may he
n blessing In disguise. Tho 1917 crop
is n war crop and we cannot harvest
IT In eur Sunday clothes.
Let the producer begin now and sec
how many apples. potatoes. etc. ne will
harvest and exactly what he Is going
TO do with them. Make plans to hnr.
vest tho crop at the best stage, with
out waste or loss IN transportation 10
market. Protect harvested products
against insect damage, and see that
nothing heats. nou,ds. or decays for
lack Of care and proper storage con :
ditions. Market all foods you do not
use. Can. preserve. or dry all perish
able foods you do not market.
"susinsss as Usual"
Manufacturers and dealers say, DO
not disturb the distribution system and
the buying habits OF the consuming
public" That means that we must
Keep up our former habits OF life and
of expenditure. and also pay war taxes
and war prices for food and living
This IL burning the average mans
candle Mt both ends and the middle
None but tho rich can afford to dc
this.
Tho business as Usual" frame Of
mind will negative all attempts at ef-
| fectivc mobilization OF our resources
Our business system is n fair. wcathc,
| ARRANGEMENT, and cannot stand the tcs,
Of war. TO the demand that business
must continue MS usual, there In a sin
gle comprehensive answer. shortly
nothing will be Ms usual" War-tim,
living II far more than sustaining If,
and covering nakedness. 1t In ccOno.
| MIXING for yourself, the nation. anf
the allies. Wholesome. practical Twins
and expenditure will result in q highe,
average type OF citizenship and q
stronger and more enduring nationa
vitality. H..
England dallied with this problem
and has learned her error. She coul,
not keep on doing all that she was
doing before and win the war. ON
national and individual problem is tn.
| business of winning the war. not OF
catering TO the tastes OF peace.
| Project yourself into the mind OF tn,
American soldier at the front. There
will presently be millions of them. Dc
! you think he will be content to en-,
plain fare. suffer untold hardships, ant
hourly face awful death. while you and
| 70 jauntIly to business ''as usual,
dolled UP In spats and fine raiment
and fare sumptu0usly every day
Forain's great cartoon has been worth
a couple Of army corps to France /
represents two French soldiers in III,
+, rain and mud Of that first winter II
the trenches.
! Wen win" says one Of them. PRO
vided they stand firm"
| They" his comrade asks. who IL
you mean?'
"The civilians"
| Tho incompatible spirit OF soldie
and civilian alike has saved France.
Spectators and MiddiernAn.
| In good sized town, onions ha,
neon selling at II to 20 cents n poun,
FOR several months. one day n buck
sfsr dropped In and hogan tn sell II
the perfectly good onions that any
body wanted for seven cents n pound
so. the next day. did tho grocera. the,
fought his state license and his loca
permit. and. when beaten. continued I,
sell onions ut seven ccnts--at n profit
An Indiana woman writes that sh
found note In a bushcl of pOtat oca
for which she paid 81. stating that tn
farmer who produced them receive,
50 cents.
A field agent Of the National Emer
| gency Food Garden commission reports
uS Ipilo"S' n large IOCaI concern u
j n country town had no beans for sal,
to farmers who needed seed for plant
ing. They actually had 400 bushels /,
stock which they were holding for
higher price"
To the middlemen. President Wilso,
says: 'Thc eyes of the country will
bc especially upon you. The countr.
expects you. as It expects all others. I,
forgo unusual profits. In the spirit o
those who enlist IN the ranks, 70
their people. not for themselves
shall confidentaly expect you to de
serve and win the confidence OF PEG
PIE OF every sort and station.
! Food Control.
Speculation. particularly in food
stuffs must cease. Retailers becom
spectators when they charge extor
tionate prices. or hold for a highe
market. There are few men in Eng
land today who would dare. even
they desired It, to make an unfaI
Profit out Of the misfortunes OF theI
fellows. Patriotism demands the suit
ordination OF profit seeking to ~
lEneeds. We must protect our civil popu
lot1on against want and extorttcn.
l n mot AAav for tina av0rn "a man - n