Macon beacon., 1917-10-19
SAVE FOOD AND
LENDiYOUR COIN
HooVer's Men viii Make Big
Drive Throughout Nation for
Sale of New Bonds.
YOU CAN HELP WHIP KAISER
Great Program 10 Outlined for Food
Pledge Week Campaign, October
21 TO 2s-Those Who Fight
Must Be Fed.

Washuuun.-Te million food con
servaton pledges! Twenty-Five million
homes visited 4 national campaign
projected So large in its scope that the
work 10 be accomplished Is rs great
as though census Of the country were
tn be taken III 4 week.
Such Is the program outlined tor
the food pledge week campaign, Oc-
tober Il to %.
What is 1t all about:
Why 50 much fuss:
What are the motives back of such
II tremendous drive!
In every state thousands OF people
are asking these questions while thou
sands Of others are preparing them
| selves TO furnish - complete answer
To the query.
| The reasons why the food pledge
campaign has been projected upon such
broad lines are simple enough; plain
enough
So simple and so plain that they
have been stated in the compass " q
carda card that it il proposed to
hing in every home Of the land-a
card that il the war creed of the
kitchen" because, so closely are the
people in this country linked to the
world war, that one Of the phases OF
the struggle must he fought ont in
the American kitchen.
If soldiers are to fight they must be
fed. For the past three years one by
one, our allies across the sea have
| been taking the men from the farm
aud from the factory and sending them
| to the firing line. Each man sent to
the firing line meant one less who
could be relied upon to help produce
the food that "will wQ tAe war"
There are stores OF wheat in Aug
| tralia There is food in South Amer
lea, but ships arc scarce. Time is
vitn factor The voyage to Australia
and to South America takes too long.
II the needs of those who fight for us
across the sea are TO be met, the food
that sustains those fighters must come
from this country.
If the laborer is worthy of his hire,
surely the fighter is worthy Of his food.
That is principle universally accept
ed by the American public. However,
1t Is not every product that can be
sent across the sea. Corn will not
serve the need our allies have never
used it as Il food; they have no mills
TO grind it; turn it into meal in this
country aud it would spoil before it
could reach an European port. There
are Just four classes Of products, the
experts say, that we must send to our
allies If our duty TO them is to be dis
charged they need meat, wheat, sugar
and dairy products. We eau conserve
our wheat by increasing our c0nSump-
tion of other grains. We can conserve
our meat by making greater demand
upon the resources of the fish market
II the United States We're an auto
cratic country there would be no pop
ular appeal for the conservation OK
food. There would he an autOcratic
food control. The mailed fist would
rule In the kitchen. Imperial food de-
crees would he enforced at the point
of the bayonet. But ours is not an
autocrntic country. Food control Is In
the hands Of the people themselves,
and 1t is to the people that the food
administration has appealed in the
food pledge card campaign.
Herbert Hoover has termed this APP
peal an unprecedented adventure In
democracy adventure that will
determine whether or not IL democratic
form of government IS, after all. fitted
to engage in death grapple with an
autocracy.
The food pledge work campaign re-
solves itself into an effort to secure as
result of voluntary agreement
pledges insuring the general support
for Il we'll defined program of food con-
servaton. The food Nedge week CAM
paign represents an effort to induce as
many of the American homes as pos
sible to unite in common policy. Our
wheat reserves can be conserved ii
everybody helps.
The American people are asked to
join together In common conserva-
tion policy. As evidence that they are
supporting this policy they are asked
to hang card denoting membership
in the United States food administra-
ton in their window. In order that
the conservation policy may be under
stood. the reasons for 1t made plain,
and the manner ot observing 1t rem
dered certain, Instruction Cards-"The
War Creed of the Kitchen n'-are to be
hung in the home.
And that is what the national focd
pledge week campaign is nll about.