Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-29
American People Told That
War Will be Won or Lost
Thru Food Problems.
BIG DRIVE ON
FOR CONSERVATION
Half Million canvassers Begin Work
Of Visiting 22,ooo, 900 Home. in Order
to Prevent Waste and Extravaganee
in ussholds-FamiIies Asked 70
Sign Pledge to Save Food - Y. s.
Must Feed World.

'"Sos W. vvOtt0s
Washington. Oct. 2s.-Food pledge
week got actively under way today
with a half million canvassers thruout
the county, securing pledges from 22.-
100000 he mes for the observance of the
acvice in food economy, which Presi.
dent Wilsoa Laa endorsed. With eff.
fectiVe enrolment of families to save
food thr, cut the war, the United States
W.. be able to export all the meat,
wheat. fats and sugar its allies in Eu-
rope sorelS need to enable them to
11a:itain their fighting strength.
Lord Northcliffe, head of the Brit
ish war mission in the United States,
Places Inc situation before the Amer.
lean people in these words:
The greatest food exLerts on both
s.der o. the Atlantic say that there 10
o world shortage of food. The boys who
are enduring the hell Of the trenches
for our sake can not Fold out unless
wes: fed. The situation which we have
- face rieht cow in this food pledge
w:tk II obvious. Either the stay-at-
homes must save, that the soldiers
may Bet their vital needs, or the SOL
d3e-s mus: sc short so that the stay
at homes may fatten. You can not
have it beth ways and must take your
choice" sS
Means Success or Fa,iurs ssf War. ~
Belgian Minister De Cartier, citing
the fac. tnat America fn.- many months
ha kert Belgium from starvation, said
today that the effort In which every
na!Ion allied against Germany 10
stretching every nerve and extending
every last ounce of strength will suc~
COED or vii fail according to whether
tns people and their armies have the
food needed to maintain their strength
AMI their spirit. ~
America must supply by far the
greater portion Of this food" he said.
1T is q grand conception, worthy OF
the ideals and traditions Of the great
est republic that this food shall be
supplied by the voluntary effort of
your people. We people of Europe re-
lying upon the ability Of America to
accomplish what she sets for herself
to accomplish during the week the en-
fort you have determined upon to save
the world for democracy. you will as
sure victory in the war"
Another Curb on Spectators.
Special regulations to prevent spec
ulation in canned goods will be put
into effec. Nov. /. by the food admin :
istration.
All Gamers will be put under IL
cense and be- refused permission to
make future Isales of canned corn, to-
matoes, beans, sardines and salmon
hefore Feb. l.. This date later may be
extended, depending upGE the needs Of
the allies and the American military
fogees AS in other industries con.
tro!Ied ky the food administration, can
ners will be required to sell their pro-
ducts at a reasonable margin Of profit,
regardless of market conditions or re-.
placement values.
All Save Food, Presidents Plea.
President Wilson's appeal to the ma
ton to save food follows:
The chief part Of the burden of
finding food supplies for the peoples
associated with us in war falls for. the
present upon the American people, and
the drain upon supplies on such scale
necessarily affects the prices OF our
necessaries Of life.
Our country, however, is blessed
with an abundance of foodstuffs, and
If our people will economize In their
use Of food, providently conffning
themselves to the quantities required,
for the maintenance Of health and
strength; II they will eliminate waste,
and IL they make use OF those com j
modities Of which we have surplus
and thus free Ior export u iars or pre-
portion Of those required by the world
now dependant upon us, we shall not
only be able to accomplish our obliga-
tions to them, but we shall obtain and
establish reasonable prices, at home.
To provide an adequate supply Of
food both for our own soldiers on the
other side, OF the seas and for the civil
population and the armies OF the allies
is one Of our first and foremost opiisa- ;
tions; for II we are to maintain their
constancy In this struggle for the In
dependence OF all nations we must flrst
maintain their health and strength.
The solution Of our food problems:
therefore, Is dependent upon the In
dividual service Of every man, woman
and child in the United States.
The great voluntary effort In this
direction which haS been initiated and
organized by the food administration
upon my direction offers An opportunity
Of service In the waI which II open
to every individual and by which every
individual may serve both hia own pSo-
pie and the peoples of the world. d.
sas We can not accomplish our ob1eEts