The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-20
Weekly News Letter

ker. Food Administrator for Louisiana.
used an illustration in some of his re-
cent speeches which points a moral
that the United States Food Admins
tration is eager to impress and EN-
phasiZe.
The narrative is a quotation from Il
letter home. written by Louisiana
hero who has already won his ace as
an aviator in France. Anybody who
mas read anything about the war ap-
preciates the rigor as well as the dam
ger and daring Of the aviation service.
Those who slivered at the touch of
frost can scarcely imagine the chill of
the upper air, but no matter how cold
it is the flyer must not only keep going
but fighting at the same time, for it is
always his life or that of his foe. with
no escape for one of the two. After
such ride and race with death the
| physical craving for stinulant is acute
The most welcome refreshment to the
| aviator is bit of sugar. and it is this
morsel which is SO scarce and SO diff
ficult to obtain in France. This avia-
tor begged for a taste of it.
| Sugar is one of the foods which the
people have been asked to conserve so
that more can be sent abroad to relieve
| the famine there among both soldiers
and civilians. 1t was told very lately
how Washington. the national capital,
was without sugar for days because OF
the car shortage. Three carloads from
Louisiana took month to get there
despite special attention Add on the
difficulties and delays Of shipping. and
i it can be seen how hard it is to land
sugar from this country in France
Yet the sugar must all come from this
country. the war stopping manufacture
abroad.
The American people are loyal tt
) their country and devoted to their sol
diers and to the allies fighting fo
them. They would not knowingly con
sent to sending their boys thousands o
, miles to face and fight ruthless ell
envy. and then stab their defenders II
the back by taking the food away fron
the boys. Candy. biscuits, beefsteak
butter and similar foods would no
|, taste as good with that thought il
J mind. But that thought must be KEEP
in mind and is basic in the plea of tn
/ Food Administration to eat and vast
i. less and save more of wheat, nlea
J sugar and fats, using substitutes whic
cannot be shipped, and shipping tn
! foods which the soldiers and the star'
ing must have.
Education is the need of the hOu
! The press is doing its share. The Foo
i Administration suggests that the schoo
swing into line. Teaching the childre
the reasons for conservation WI
spread the nowledge to the homes. I'll
4 churches. organized wOmanhood, al
|. other agencies are performing systel
attic service. The fOllowing-up OF Il
4 pledge card campaign is vital al
4 will he an effective work. The Foo
Il Administration is supplying suppleme
! tary kitchen cards and other literatu
TO drive the conservation doctrine dee
er home. Every home must be enliste
!. Every hotel and restaurant must o
Al serve meatless and wheatless da!
III Everybody must he encouraged and
s duced to save the few foods which c;
| easiest be shipped and which can
kept longest without spelling. That
the least anybody can do to stand
s our soldiers and partners and help "
the war before millions more OF pl
cious lives are sacrificed. The sac
8 flee which the American people I;
n asked to make in the way of food s.;
| ing is intinitessimal in comparison.
IL A bit of sugar is a very small rewa
= for an aviator returning from bat
n In the distant skies, In which eve
IL nerve was strained to the break
y Point. 1t was that bit of sugar viii
& his own people denied him. though til
thought they were proving their pat
II otism i'll many ways. 1t is that bit
sugar which the Food 1Adnlinistrati
s is trying to teach the people to g
81 gladly. especially as it will not depr
them in any way.