Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1918-11-12
SAVE FOOD As
never BEFORE
This Is Call of Food Administra-
ton to Public for Com
ing Year.
INCREASE OF FIFTY
PER CENT Is NEEDED
Last Year 11,s2o,ooo Tons sent Army
and AHies-This Year IT.
$4,000 Must Go.

Last Year 11,s2o;ooo Tons sent Army
and AHies-This Year IL
$4,000 Must Go.
The people of the United States
are right bang up against the stiffest
food saving they have known, al least
since Civil War times" says A. 3. WI
son. federal food administrator for
Minnesota. They must realize this
fact right now and be prepared to
make sacrifices In order that the fight.
Ing forces Of the Allies in Europe and
the civilian population Of the Allies
In Europe, who have endured the bur
den of history's most terrible war for
more than four years. may be sus-
tanned In the trying period which we
believe will mark the finish of the
great conflict.
The cold, hard facts of the situation
are just these: Last year With not a
little effort, the United States shipped
to its armies and Allies IL, 1920, 900 tons
of food. This year, with no larger re-
sources upon which to draw, they must
ship 17,550,0O0 tons. This is an in.
crease of $4,000 tons, or practically
so per cent.
In other words, America this year
must a v SO per cent more food than
they saved a ear ago.
How is this to be done?
"The rigid rules which have been
laid down for public eating places and
which were outlined in these columns
a week ago, show what the food ad-
ministration believes 1t is necessary
for hotels, restaurants, boarding houses
and other places where ready food
Is sold, to do, and the food admins
tration intends to see that this is done.
II public eating places do not Loyalty
and periodically cooperate. the food
administration will not hesitate to So
cure compliance through Its control Of
tho distribution OF sugar, flour, and
other food supplies.
But, this affects only about 10 per
cent of the people of the United States.
What about the other 80 per cent or
more than 9O,OOO.O0 people? In other
words, what about, saving in the Amer
lean home?
This is the answer: The American
housewife must put herself into inten-
sivs training 50 as to learn to manage
her resources as effectively as. the SOL
der is compelled to save his strength
and use 1t with the most telling force.
She must conserve scientifically and
all the other members Of the family
must support her loyalty in doing this.
All must conserve in. the use Of every
kind Of food. To eat merely for the
pleasure Of eating, after enough has
been -consumed* to sustain health and
strength. is to waste just as surely as
to throw good food into the garbage
can.
Here is a TYPICAL illustrations: A
small boy in a Minnesota household.
the other day. within an hour after .
hearty dinner, asked for something to
eat. His father knew that he could
not be hungry. that he was merely
asking for food to satisfy his. appetite
" 6VOuAO0s 1A1S A0IuCA mCk LID ~
quest with the figures which are given
above and followed that with this
statement: Every mouthful you, eat
which il unnecessary for the main
tenance of your health and strength is
a mOuthful taken from someone in
Europe who needs it a thousand times
more than you do: Nov. II Q loyal
young, American you feel you can eat
food within an hour after having 4 full
meal. it is up to you The boy was
game and refused the food.
But, it is Just that kind of thing
that American families have got to
face this year. Eating merely for the
pleasure Of eating must stop, II we
ars going to do the: fight thing by our
sons and other relatives. and our
friends, who have gone; overseas to
wipe out one Of the cruelest and vilest
groups. of self-eenstituted tyrants, that
the world has ever known; and to make
the world a free and decent plece to
live In
I'VE have subscribed for liberty loan
bonds. We have given to the Belgian
relief, to the Red Cross, to the Y. M.
G. A., Y. W. C. A.. and similar organ
izations. We have contributed loyalty
in order to make the leave-taking OF
our home boys express our determine
ton to support them here at home
while they fight our battles abroad.
All this is good. but We undo all Of
this kind Of thing, IN 1 measure at
least, II We do not conserve food.
.e1T1h4 phrase, food slacker.' will be-
coms#a term Of reproach - bitter %
any other to the .conscisnce Of the
American who does not cooperate ID
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