The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-18

SAVING OIL two cents on each meal every
day for each person will save to the
nation for war purposes, 1000, 900. 900
per annum.
Conservation Will Safe Life.
without larger margin from our
abundant food supply. only to bc Sc
cured by individual. effort and volun-
''cr sacrifice, the war will be pro-
inngcd and thousands of lives need
lcsslN lost. The guiding hand Of
women in the home alone control in
this matter
Furthermore. this is not alone n
war question. The nigh prices which
are bearing so hard on the poor and
the more moderate wage carncrs in
TINS country are partially due to the
shortage of supplies in the worlds
markets and the saving in consumption
and waste which can be made will les
sen the prices to those of our nCorlc
which must be our first solicitudc. In
all OF the arrangements which we
plan to make during the forthcoming
year for the supply of our allies we
will bear the first regard to our own
people. that they shall have plenty,
provided that they cat wisely and with
out waste.
There Must Be Unison.
All effort at saving must be di-
r"ctcd toward the great national and
international situation. These Of
forts must also be made in unison and
by all of us. Therefore. the ground
work Of direction must be national in
character. Those directions will re-
quirc supplement. from time to time
of local character and We propose in
the first instance to send directions to
each member directly and after leg
islation is completed and the food adj
ministration Is erected, to co-Opcratc
with the state governments by dcccn-
Trailing administration as far as pos
sihlc into their hands through the vari-
Gus food committees
Calls on State Councils.
'lnasmuCh as before legislation is
| completed the food administration has
no representative throughout the coun-
try, tho National Council of Defense,
with the assistance Of the women's
committee of the National Council of
Defense to undertake the registrati ton.
This registration will begin July | and
VIII continue intensivcly for l. days
| and will consist simply in asking every
woman in the country to volunteer in
| this important service by signing and
| mailing to the food administrator con =
s"rvation division. Washington. the
following pledge:
I am glad to Join YOU in the service
OF food conservation for our nation and
| | hereby accept membership in the
| United states food administration
| rledging myself to carry out the direc-
| lions and advice of the food auminis-
| ttation in the conduct of my house =
mold insofar as my circumstances per-
| nit
| Information Wanted
wv" not only want the name and nd =
dress. nut we want tho number of per-
! sons in tn" household we want to
| know whether the household employees
a cook whether it has a garden and
; W" want to know the occupation of
tn" bread winner. There are no fees
or dues to be rnid. The food admin
| iStration wishes now to have as mem
h"rs AT those actually handling food
in the home.
| ''n receipt of the pledge we will
send out preliminary instructions and
a household tag to be hung in the win
dow. The insignia of the food ad-
miniStration will consist &C the national
shield surrounded by heads of wheat
and We hope to have the shield dis
played on every home in the United
States.
Many Promise Support.
we have the promise of support
from many hundreds Of women's Or
carnations in the recruiting of oul
memberships and the women's COM
mittee plan to take upon themselves
much Of the responsibility for thi.
,lWQrk. Wr feel confident that all thu