Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-20

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Extracts from Vernon Kellogg's
article In North American Review,
reprinted by order Of the National
Food Administration:
| We Americans are patriotic, In this
war; but. as for sacrifice, except for
the few families already bereft of son
or father and those more numerous
others whose sons have already gone
across and are justifiably suffering
constant anxiety because of this, we
have not made the beginning OF a
beginning.
The Food Administration has, in
deed, worked US up gradually from
don't waste" through "wheatless
day. and then two, a week, and a
'.meatless day." with later an added
"porkless" one, and, save sugar" and
save fats to pound and half OF
wheat -four limit week, or, Ii you
are we'll to do and can easily buy
many other things, to no wheat at all
until the next harvest. And the Fuel
Administration has had "tag-the-
shovel" day, and then some chilly
Mondays, quickly returning to warm
or ones when we objected. And the
Treasury has asked US to make our
investments in safe securities OF lower
interest rather than In less safe ones
which pay higher interest when they
pay any at all.
That, put roughly, Is about the ex-
tent to which our patriotism has led
us to sacrifice.
ALI this is not to decry the quality
of our patriotism or its potency to
lead us something to real sacrifice.
But so far 1t simply has not done 1t.
Perhaps 1t has not needed to yet.
But the Food Administration seems
to think differently. 1t has tried to
make evident the opportunity for
sacrifice, even II 1t has not really
asked for 1t, because from what 1t
knows OF Belgium and France and
Italy and England 1t sees a real OPP
portunity and real need for little
| American sacrifice In the way OF
eating.
Take the matter OF sugar, for ex-
ample. Italy and France are allow
| ing themselves an average of about
II ounces OF sugar per month per
capita. We are saving sugar on
a consumption basis of 100 ounces
of sugar per month, per capita. We
do not eat quite all of this on the
table or use 1t In cooking. We drink
part of 1t at the soda fountains and
use up a smaller amount in various
factories that produce neither edi-
bies nor potables. But we do act
ually eat so ounces per month.
| (Since the above was written our
sugar ration here in Idaho has been
placed at 48 ounces per month per
capita, but this does not include what
we buy for candy, Ice cream, soda
water, canned fruit, powdered sugar,
brown sugar, syrup containing sugar,
etc, etc. Editorial note.)
Then there 10 meat. The English
now get their meat on ration cards;
also their butter, margarine and
other fats. They allow themselves
20 ounces of meat, including poultry
and game, week. This Is the
weight as the meat comes from the
butcher, including the bone To en-
courage "self-suppliers,' the English
man who catches or raises his own
meat may eat all Of 1t without weigh
ing 1t. But In this time of war, and
sacrifice for the sake Of winning 1t
we are eating meat, not including
\ poultry and game, at the rate OF 80
ounces per week per capita.
In the matter of public eating
houses the English take no chances.
By government order the actual
Quantity of food that may be served
there Is strictly and specifically linn
tied. The present allowance of the
staple foods is; meat up to the total
of your meat gard allowance, 20
LOUNGES (as 1t comes from the butcher)
a week; ounces of bread at break
fast and dinner, at luncheon and
IN at afternoon tea; one-third OF
an ounce of butter, margarine and
other fats at each of the three meals,
and one-fourth of an ounce at tea;
no sugar at any meals or at tea ex-
cept that one-seventh on an ounce
per person may be used In preparing
luncheon, and one-seventh In pre-
pairing dinner.
The French are a bread-eattng
people, The diet of France is So
per cent bread; As per cent other
things. We rely ON bread for less
than 40 per cent of our eating. ANY
considerable limitation In the guam
tity and quality Of bread in France
means sacrifice. Well, French pat
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