Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-11-22
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FOOD BY PRECFPT
not BY EXAMPLE
Commercial Club Members
Feast After Holding Month
ly Meeting

The monthly meeting of the members
of the Salem Commercial club last
night developed the fact that the mem
bers were not only quite willing to
hear all about food conservation, but
were also quite willing to put away a
fair amount of provender in the way
of a lunch served Immediately after
the meeting. The lunch included an
abundance of white bread sandwiches,
lplenty of sugar, cream and coffee and
ether things mentioned in the food con.
servation campaign.
The meeting opened with Presiden.
Fred Steusloff in the chair. w. III.
Hamilton, chairman Of the depot COM
mittee reported that the Southern Pa
cific depot had come or was about to
come and that work would begin as
soon as certain materials We're receiv-
ed. Having performed its duty, the de-
pot committee asked to be discharged,
ut was.
w. A. Marshall, director Of the So
,cial committee announced that hereaf-
ter the monthly meetings would have
some life in them, which means that
instead Of just having the reports of
the previous meeting read and few
speeches, the meetings would include
an entertainmeEV and something to
leat. By this means it was hoped to
secure large attendance of the tried
business men.
L. J. Chaplin, director of the agTi-
lcultural department of the club IS ac-
Itivities, announced that the fourth an
nual Marion county corn show would
be held in Salem Dec. 10 to Is. There
would be the usual premiums and then
some on corn products.
President Steusloff announced that
although there appeared to be nothing
much doing at the club, the fact was,
the directors and officers were pretty
busy people. They had been assisting
the government in the food administTa-
tion campaign, the fuel administration
of Marion county and doing work for
the state council of defense. Hal ID.
Patton speaking for the members of
the club, congratulated the officers
and directors for their patriotic work
There was no place for the farmer
to mitch, President Steusloff remark
ed, and he thought the business people
should show a proper appreciation of
country business by providing hitch
ing facilities, as not quite all the peo-
pie in the country were driving cars.
Mr.. Southwick thought the civic COM
mittee could handle the suggestion w.
M. Hamilton said that Woodburn was
Heading the way in making things com
Portable for the country folks with
special hitching racks. B. NJ Macy,
citv attorney, suggested that fine
hitching place would be on Court
street between Commercial and Front,
as the people on that block would not
permit paving, and that possibly they
would feel more at home with a lot
of hitching racks. Three efforts have
been made to have that block paved,
but the property owners have beat 1t.
The address Of the evening was de-
livered by Arthur M. Churchill who is
in charge of the pledge card campaign
for the food administration in Oregon.
He complimented the Marion coun-
ty board in securing pledges amount
ing to 90 per cent. One of the great
benefits of this campaign was that of
interesting every householder in the
war and that each had part to do
in the food conservation plans
For those who would like to know
what were the plans of the German
government, he suggested a reading OF
the book '"The Pan-German Plan I'm
masked -
What the Germans are now doing
and what they hope to do can hardly
be believed by the older Germans who
left their native country generation
ago. he said.
Coming down to our near relations
to food conservation, he said he found
the small hotel keepers the worst Of
tenders in placing on the table more
food than really necessary. And to
some extent the country people felt
the same way about it-they had al
ways been big providers and could see
no reason why they should conserve on
food.
While the people out west are using
all the sugar they want, he said there
was but little used in the east and
even as far west as Chicago, it was be-
ing served out carefully.
At the close Of the address and just
before adjournment Mrs. w. II. Ham
ilton rose to inquire whether the club
was practicing conservation of wheat
products especially as she had noticed
a bounteous luncheon spread in the ad-
Joining room. Mr.. Steusloff promised
rye bread for the next time and then
everybody proceeded to enjoy white
bread sandwiches and a lot of other
tempting eatables and congratulating
Mr.. Churchill on his fine address on
Food Conservation.