The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-07-03
FOOD! / !. WAS | | | T'|ERS
AEL PING HUNS.
~ ! VICTORY IN THE BALANCE.
D kA,IsER,s FRIENDS CONTINUE
CRIMINAL WASTE. s...@. Il
ARE l AID TOHINDENBURC.
Is Congress Nursing Hun Helpers
Patriots Should Wire Their Con-
y ( gresham Before 1t Is Too
r. T.. Late For Action. @s.ss

!! Next in Importance to the brave
stand being made by the Allied armies
against the onrush~ Of the Hindenburg
horde is the union of the patriotic
people: of the United States to stop
Wastage of food. Both are essential
to victory. Therefore I urge that as
many patriotic Minneapolitans as pos
sible attend the Food for Victory mass
meeting at the Auditorium Tuesday
night, and I especially urge that the
men come and find out what splendid
work the women have been doing."-
A. W. Wilson, State Food Admins
traitor.
Patriotism Demands 1t.
How any man with an ounce of
patriotism in his body can see this
preventable waste and fail to do all
that is in his power to stop it is be-
yond comprehension!
An insane> Risk, A Criminal Folly.
1t is sheer insanity On the part CT
Congress to face, the risk Of failure
through tho waste and destruction
chargable to the liquor traffic.
Think Of it. Enough bread 10 "a
t1on our army and navy and millions
OF our fighting allies; sufficient coal
to have averted the heatless days
which caused the nation a loss of two
billions of dollars: and Two billions Of
dollars in cold coin represent only the
larger items Of CT +hot .Io
able to the traffic. 1t could all be
saved by wartime prohibition. Add
to this the uncounted and urcount-
able value OF the man power wasted
the hundreds Of thousands Of cars and
the locomotives required for the traf-
fc, tie moral and the money cost of
the Vice, and crime it breeds. In con-
s1der2tion Of these things, the inaction
OF Congress assumes the aspect Of
criminal folly. At best it delays vic
tory and at worst it may spell defeat
Is Congress Criminal? Are the
people culpable?
With tragic nonotonv the Huns
have been pushing us. with o17 allies
back and literally pinching the Bri-
fish between the Hun devil and the
deep blue sea. We have not been
vim ng the fight. Would it have
helped if Congress. had passed war
time prohibition, and saved the daily
loss Of five and a half millions Of
loave5 of bread? Would the tables
have been turned If our ships had not
rookie idly at their anchors delaying
shipments Of food and war equipment
for l"ck Of the coal and TRANSFORMATION
that the breweries had consumed IN
til the government had to shut down
! indus try at q loss CT two. billion dol
lars? Are the people culpable for not
deme nding that congress act, and act
now?
To Prove Our Patriotic Loyalty.
Every loyal patriot should slice his
bread the thinner, should reduce his
| food portions and save, save, save
to help win the war and the Safety
/ Commission and the President and
the Congress should stop the waste,
waste, waste Of the breweries. There
is az old-fashioned story in an old
fashioned book that runs somethin g
on tbs wise: *tNhv beho1lcst thou
| the thick slice in thy brothers eye
when behold MILLIONS Of loaves are
| in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite!
First cast the millions of loaves out
! Of thine own eve, and then thou shalt
see clearly to cast the thick slice
ort # thy hrother's eve
If you believe in immediate war
time prohibitions the only way to let
the Congress. know it is to say SO.
Why not wire the y. S. Senate in care
of Hen. Knute Nelson end Hem Frank
| B. Kellogg and wire the House in care
Of the representative from your dis.
| trict to stop this waste and win the
war?