The twice-a-week Twin Falls times., 1917-10-25

pressed the conviction that the re-
naming 100000 will all be enrolled
before sundown October 27.
Every doorbell in America will be
rung in this campaign And the
women who answer will be asked if
there is anything the food administra-
tion can do to help them in their
individual problems of home conser-
vatiOn of war foods
1t will be pointed out to them that
Prussianism is trying to denational-
ize Belgium, Russian Poland, North
ern France and other countries its
hordes have overrun, by starvation;
and that by neglecting to conserve
those comparatively few war foods
the allied fighting nations are short
Of, we will starve them out of a war
making spirit, discomfort their sol
dier sons at the front and thus make
ourselves partners of Prussianism."
Chief among the recruits to this
volunteer army, trained under the di-
rectiOn of the various state food ad-
ministrators, are the war mothers"
These women, whose sons, husbands,
fathers, brothers or sweethearts al
ready are fighting in France or pre-
pairing to, are expected to add poign-
ancy to the food pledge appeal
The big idea the food administra
ton hopes to get across to the in
dividual housewives mind is: THE
government is. not asking the people
to eat less food, but to eat different
foods"
There are certain commodities of
which the world is short These are
also the ones which most readily lend
themselves to compact shipment in
our short supply of ocean tonnage to
our European allies and they are the
foods of concentrated nutritive value
most needed to keep up the spiritual
morale of our allied European peo-
pies and fighting men by keeping
them we'll fed and contented.
1t is only these foods the govern
ment asks housewives to conserve. In
calling on them during Food Pledge
Week, the half million volunteer
workers will put it up to the home
makers this way:
"lf each of us will use a pound of
wheat flour less per week, at the end
of year we1l have saved $4,000, 900
bushels of wheat for the war.
"If we will use one-third of an
ounce of meat fats less a day, at the
end of the year we will have saved
$4,000 tons for the fight.
"If each of us will eat one ounce
less meat a day for a year, we will
have saved 100000 meat animals
with which to keep up the fight
"If each of us will use one ounce
less sugar a day for a year we will
not only have saved 1,1S5,000 tons of
sugar for the war, but will have re-
duced the retail price for all of US"
They they will go on and outline
the situation for each home this way:
Food falls into two great general
classes One class generates bodily
energy and vigor. The other builds
blood, bone and flesh and repairs the
worn parts of our bodies
There are only a few foods in each
classification that the government
would like to have you conserve so
there will be more for us to export
to our allies Foods listed in both
classes following are both energy and
body builders;
10 keep up the energy OF your
self and YOUR family we would like
to have you eat more white potatoes,
sweet potatoes, rice, cornmeal, hom-
my, oatmeal, barley peanuts, dried
navy and lima beans. split peas, ba-
nanas, chestnuts, apricots, syrups,
molasses, honey, dates, prunes, dried
peaches, raisins, figs, jellies, jams,
cakes, dried apples, maple sugar, eggs
oleomargarine, vegetable oils and fats,
goose oil, peanut butter and soy
beans.
"The only things we would like you
to conserve in this classification are
white bread, sugar, candies, cream,
butter, bacon, lard, pork, suet. beef
drippings and chicken fat
For the physical growth of your
self and your family we would like
to have you eat more prunes, car
rots. spinach, celery, turnips. onions,
all fruits all green's, all fresh salads,
whole grains, kidney beans, lentils,
peas, nuts, corn, oats, barley, rye
buckwheat, poultry, game, fish and
cheese"
A million and a quarter OF the
country's housewives already have
signed the free postcard pledge and
mailed it to food administration head
quarters in Washington and are living
up to the food conservation program.
The increased volume of foodstuffs
of which there is a shortage already