Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-10-18
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LEND YOUR COM
Hoover: Men va Max. 81,
Drive Throughout Nation for
Sale Of New Bonds.
YOU Can HELP WHIP KAISER
Great Program Is Outlined 70, ...1.
p'sase Week Campaign, oe.os.,
q to 2s-rhes. whs Fight
Must De FED.

-Aeh million food cor,
s=f'a'ion pledges. twenty-five million
fsInes visited! A national c,nno,vn
r-ojected so large in its scope that tho
Work to be accomplished is AZ rras,
as though a census Of the country xen
~ be taken Ia a week.
Such is the program outlined n,
the food pledge week campaign. ~
tc0er Il to IS.
What is it all abouta
My so much FUSS
What are the motives back OF inch
q Tremendous drive?
Ia every state thousands Of peopAe
ara asking these questions while taou.
sahds of Others are preparing than
selves to furnish q complete anyver
to .he query.
;he reasons why the food pledge
campaign has been projected upon such
broad lines are simple enough; plaip
enC'lgh. ~
50 simple and 50 plain that they
have been stated In the compass Of
cari--a card that II 10 proposed to
hang In every home Of the land-a
card that is 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 be fought out Ia
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
and from the factory and sending them
10 the firing line. Each man sent to
the 9cins line meant one less who
could be relied upon to help produce
the food that Twill win the war"
There are stores Of wheat In Aus
tralia There Is food In South Amer.
tea, bat ships are scarce, Time is a
vital factor. The voyage to Australia
and TO South America takes too long.
If 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 Iahorer Is worthy Of his hire,
surely the fighter Is worthy Of his food.
Tha, Is q 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 1t as Il food; they have no mills
to grind it; turn It into meal In this
country ard 1t would spoil before Y
could reach an European port. Their
are Just four classes Of products, tn
experts say, that we must send 10 oul
allies if our duty to them is to be dis
charged they need meat, wheat, suga'
and dairy products. We can conserve
our whent by increasing our consump
ton Of other grains. We can conserve
our meat by making q greater dentno
unon the resources Of the fish market
If the United States were an auto
cratic country there would be no pop
ular appeal for the conservation o.
food. There would be an autocrat'
food control. The mailed fist wollt
rule In the kitchen. Imperial icod ae
crees would be enforced at the pom
of the bayonet. But ours IS not az
%autocratic country. Food control Is II
the hands of the people themselves
and II is to the people that the loo'
administration has appealed 10 tn
food pledge card campaign
Herbert Hoover has termed TINS ny
peal an unprecedented adventure u
democracy'--an adventure that VII
: determine whether or not a denioela'l
form of government Is. after OIL, nue.
10 engage in II death grapple Win u
! autocracy. :.
, The food pledge work campaign =
solves itself into an effort to secure =
result of voluntary asreellen
, pledges insuring the general suppo ~
} for a well defined program Of food Con
r .]srvatlon, The food pledge week can
paien represents an effort 70 induce ~ \. :
many Of the American homes az - =.
sible to unite in a common policy. - ,
I wheat reserves can Be consef'e' !
). everybody helps. as..a !
r The American people arc ssa.s., ,
t ,oin together In a common conss' :.
tion policy. As evidence thai .ne w =
g to hang a card denoting ~'nelnoessn'
0 IN the United States food adianl. ~
r tion in their window. IN oraes .. y
J. the conservation policy may 3 u a,.,
|. stood sa,e the reason, tor y made . pI =.
md md, the manner Of observing y r. =
: dsred certain, Instruction casas-
= War Greed Of the Kitchen
= hung In the home. a.
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