Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-04
A. Hebard Case Tells Garden
islanders Something About
National Conservation
Paper presented to the WaImea, Kauai
Literary Club by A. Hebard Case,
County AGENT for Kauai.

Literary Ctup by ~ Heod'o SeeSF
- County Agent for Kauai.
The slogan Of the food administra-
tfon which has been used since the be-
! ginning Of this work and to which we
win march TO victory is, Food will
win the war-Don't waste It." To stop
wasting food is, OF course. a cardinal
point in food conservation. 1t Is CON
serVation. But to insist on that
strongly, as strongly as we are going
70 have to insist upon it before the ne
cessity for 1t is driven home, and not
offset by the counterbalaactng fact
that there is something which We can
eat instead Of that which We save, and
the disagreeable impression is ere
ated in the minds Of the people that
they are being asked to half-ration
themselves while we are carrying on
this great war against Prussianism.
This impression has already been
created, to some extent. To correct
this misconception-to tell the story OF
the part food plays in war, how bread
and bullets will put down autocracy
and make the world safe for democ-
racy, how we must conserve our food
supply in order that a share and an
ungrudging share, may be spared to
our allies, is, If not the most impor-
tant, at least the immediate and first
task of the food administration or any
other such body. From this important
task Is brought to light a new slogan
which will answer the needs of the
administration and create no such
feeling OF fear in the minds of the PEG.
pie, that Eat and win the war;
One of the first things to be done is
to remove from the minds the fear that
this country is entering upon cam
paign OF starvation. We are going to
send great quantities of food abroad,
IN order that our allies may keep on
lighting and win. the war, for us as
we'll as themselves. The more we
send, the further we will keep the first
line trenches from our shores. We
Will send food, then, send it abundant
", but that does not mean that the
American people are going hungry. 1t
does not mean that they are going to
eat less than they have been accus-
toned to; they may, In fact, eat more.
The time may come possibly, should
the war continue for years, when they
will have to eat less, but for the pres
ent all they are asked TO do Is to use
sparingly the foods that can be con-
yeniently exported to our allies.
There are some things, perishable
stuff and bulky foods. which cannot so
we'll be shipped abroad. They are
wholesome foods OF which the Ameri.
can people for their health's sake
ought to eat more. Cornbread, rye,
potatoes and home products. of which
ali are good. So that all We ask the
people is to change their habits lit
tie. to eat all they want of any num-
Der CT foods wholesome and pleasing
TO the taste, but to cut down their
consumption of certain things of
which our allies stand in crying need
1--we are actually counseling the peo-
pie, when we ask them to save, to DO
something which is good for them.
Food conservation IL not going TO be
4 hardship for us IL we look at 1t In
the right way. At most II Will mean
the substitution Of one thing for an.
other. The MAJ who eats less wheat
bread and more corn bread may find,
as thousands have found, that they
IKE corn bread better. Be willing to
try new foods.
Conservation Is not even going to
mean that we are to be unduly linn
tied in our choice Of dishes. Think
OF q chart. On this side are the
things Of which we can eat more, on
the other side those We ought to eat
more sparingly. You will see that
the "eat-more" ottbalances heavily
the "eatless." On the food admins.
fration home card there is only six
articles which Hoover has asked the
housewife to save, viz: Save the