New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-28
Allies Need Food
We Can Do Without

Hera is the situation. There are many
- ,ro can do without that our Al
lies need. There are many Things tna'
pr;ta;n. France and the rest OF our Al
iias 40 not need, which we can suostl-
t,,te for those staples which they 40 .
SpIedee Week" is the beginning. OF
national self denial. 1t is the tune
when all citizens are expected 10 cone
forward, voluntarily, and promise W
forego certain food Injuries ana eA-
trayagances which will aid US ana our
allies to win the war.
During this week, recruiting 9 9S
will eb at work all over the Ohlteu
states. More than half mililoh men
and women have volunteered 70 90 sI 90 ="
the work Of enrolling the other wow
900 citizens. ..ouoo,+
m conservation. The entire thing is
- he voluntary. No law has brought
"pIeS0e Week" into being-only the
s.rss of Justice of the American peo--
nie who believe that we cannot ana
p,nst not eat overmuch, purchase ana
Consume extraysgantly, when our Al
lies. war-worn by their battles lot U.s.
nssd food which we can do without
Never before in the history OF the
oonntrv have the great mass OF the PEG,
nIs taken thought for economy. ana
now war is upon us, and II we are "
maka war efficiently we must take that
thought and follow the action WHICH ~
We must conserve the food supply
Tb;s can only be done if every house,
holder. every head of family, ana an
the members of that family, enilSt III
The service of the government ana re-
solve 70 watch over the food supply oi
,ba;r own homes as carefully as gen
eral estimates the ammunition Oh HIS
Food is the most effective ammuni-
ton that we may use against Germany
This week we pledge ourselves 10 con-
serve it. c...o. nth
its wealth and vast herds OF cat'ie
fields of grain and millions OF acres u
vegetable gardens, has found the PROV
lem of feeding its hundred miiiloh per
sons extremely simple. ... Il
Suddenly war and the prlvatlohs "
war have come upon US, and We nhe
onrselves facing the problem of feeding
not one hundred million but at iea9
two hundred million mouths.
Tho farmers of Europe have reversed
the Scriptural injunction and nav
beaten their ploughshares into SWORDS
with the men of England and her COLO
MES OF France and Italy struggling
against the Hun, it has been imposslpi
&C. tbem "a raise sufficient food 10
self-support. ., Al
II is up to US TO feed not alone tn
soldiers Of our Allies, but also the mel
ard women who are working IN lac
tor;es and mills, and their children De
N is a big task, but the people
America can do II. They have yet I
start anything they couldn't finish.
Nor will they have to face real prlva
ton themselves, in order that our Al
they may be fed properly. All that }
needed is elf-denial, the abandonment
of certain Injuries, the substitution
certain staples for others at presen
more common. In reality 1T is absurd
/. simple. In addition it will Go won
ders for the health Of generally over
fed America.
That is one reason that "Pledg
Week" has been instituted-to brin
home TO the people OF the country IN
actual necessity for this trivial sscrl
flee.
Those who sign the pledge do no
commit themselves TO any hardshi
whatever even to discomfort
They merely promise to take upo
themselves care IN buying, cooking. L
preserving establishing censorsh
over the consumption of their families
and seeing that the well filled garbag
pail of present day Americans wear
hereafter a starved and haggard look.
And how will the movement actual
work? Follow some broad principle
which must be observed by every mar
woman or children who volunteers hi
appetite TO the service Of his country