Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-22
REVISED CONSERVATION RE6U.
LATIoNs BEING ISSUED BY
GOVERNMENT.
SUGAR LIMITED TO THREE
POUNDS PER MONTH FOR ALL
Porkisss Saturday Calls for Elimination
Of Lard a. Well 40 Other Swine Pro-
ducts on That Dsy-ons MsatIsss
Meal Each Day % We'll a. ons Meat
less Day Hoovsr's Latest Plea.

Uncle Sam is today the quartermast-
er Of hungry world. He is playing
the gamc squarely and counts on you
to do tho same. The American people
cannot expect more than their share
Of the food supply, which for 1913 does
not measure up to expectations. 1t is
now time for every American to get
these facts by heart aud make a 'front.'
al attack on the situation.
Or. order that you may know the facts
the United States food administration
will issue shortly new home card
carrying message from Herbert
Hoover that puts the situation square
ly before the me mbeHs Of the admins
tration.
You are thus taken into the conf
dence of Mr.. Hoover, which is your
due as a member He is not offering
you advice. but giving you the facts
of the food situation, believing that
you have the courage to face the truth
and adjust your household to new war
sacrifices.
The message gives you the facts, the
directions on the old food card and the
new directions tell yon what to do.
The new card asks for a porkless Sat
urday, wheatless Tuesday, meatless
meal each day as well as meatless
Wednesday ana reduction of less
sugar to monthly allowance of three
pounds per person.
More than ten million families have
pledged themselves to help make the
food go around-this pledge, unless we
interpret patriotism as mere lip loyal
ty and insincere affection, is a pledge
to service as real as that Of the soldier.
The pledge card is not a mere scrap
of paper, hut the pledge of the Ameri-
can women to stand by the declaration
Of war.
The new home card reads:
United States food administration.
Additional directions to first home card.
Read again your original home card. II
you have lost it, apply for another to
the federal food administrator for your
state.
What Is Asked.
The food administration aside from
to maintain rigidly minimum OF at
least:
One wheatless day each week and
one wheatless meal each day; the
wheatless day to be Wednesday. BY
wheatless we mean to eat no wheat
products.
One meatless day each week which
shall be Tuesday and one measless
meal each day. BY meatless We mean
70 eat no red meat-beef. pork, mutton,
veal lamb, no preserved meat-beef,
Bacon, ham or lard.
One porkless day each week in addi-
ton to Tuesday, which shall be Satur-
day. BY porkless we mean, no fresh
or sailed pork, bacon, lard or ham.
sucar-You can materially reduce
sugar by reducing the use OF candy
and sweet drinks. We will make ev-
ery endeavor to see that the country
is provided with supply of household
sugar on the basis Of three pounds OF
sugar for each person per month. Do
not consume more.
Human food stuffs comprise three
principal elements:
Protein: Mainly present In meat,
beans, fish, poultry, milk and TO some
extent in grains. :.
Fats: That is butter, cheam. lard,
bacon, margarine, cooking fats. beans
cottons seed oil and other vegetable
oils
Carbohydrates: Grains, sugar, pota-
toes and other vegetables.
AS a nation we eat and waste so per
cent more protein than we require to
maintain health. Therefore, We can re-
d;,ce tho amount of meat we eat with
out harm.
we eat and waste 240 per cent more
fat than is necessary.
or the carbohydrates we can just
as well consume corn, oats and the
other cereals as wheat and we have
abundant supplies of potatoes and veg
etahles. 49,.
Do not limit your supplies OF milk
and table butter, but consume 1t all.
Don't waste any.
Won can reduce the consumption OF
fats by reducing pastry and fried
foods.
Remember the gospel Of the clean
plate, the serving of small portions, the
purchase OF less supplies.
Hoarding-Any person in the United
States who buys more foodstufrs than
he customarily kceps at home in peace
times is defeating the food administra-
ton in it's purpose to secure a Just dis
tribution Of food and in its great en-
dea:vors to reduce prices. The hoard
Ing Of food in households is not only
unnecessary as the government is pro-
rec..ng the food supply Of our people
but is is selfish and 1t is a cause Of
nigh prices.
Such actions multiplied by thousands
increase the demands upon our rail-
ways for cars and already, because OF
our military demands. it is with ex-
treme difficulty we can row move the
vitality necessary food to markets
There Is much insidlous propaganda
the country against conservation and
increased production. All opposition to
these services Is direct assistance to
the enemy.
u. 8. COMMANDERS BOOZE.
Condemned Liquor to Be Turned Over
to Government.