The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-08

who are careless, unheeding, cr whs do not understand the true gravity of the situation and the very vital need for saving every possible ounce of food stuffs Like the lady referred to above many of them are probably disregard ing the conservation rules because they. do not believe that food saving is necessary" 1t is moro than prob able that most of these people do not believe it necessary" simply because they fail to understand the true situa- ton.
 If properly enlightened most of them would probably change their views.
 This paper is doing all that it can do to cnlighten the public on the conservation movement but 1t does not reach all the people in the community. Furthermore there are some people who, like the Missouri gentleman, need a lot of convincin'." before they can be made to understand anything
 The Nugget is doing its best but we conceive that d personal campaign among the householders of the city by patriotic citizens delegated to that purpose will do more to bring these delinquent ones to q proper realization of the very serious dangers threaten ing our country through a possible food shortage. than a helf dozen papers could do
 In other sections of the United States food conservation cahmpaigners are maing house to house canvasses for the purpose of urging the people to save food Down in Juneau they had a nine weeks food saving cam paign during December and January under the direction of the Juneau Food Saving Committee and achieved spien- did results in food saving by having the campaigners visit every home and mining camp in the district. During the first three weeks of the campaign 1900 persons were induced to sign pledges to observe meatless and wheat less days and meals and also 10 avoid all waste as far as possible. The re- suits of the campaign are plainly dis closed in the report of the committed at the end of the first three weeks of the campaign period showing that the people of the district observed a to- tai of 1895 wheatless meals: s.511 meatless meals and 1+,503 wasteless meals, or meals from which there was no waste during that short period.
 According to the estimates of several local merchants from twenty five to thirty tons of food supplies can be saved by the people of this community between the present and the opening of navigation if they can be induced to observe the conservation rulings of -A-- EN~~A .a---4--I-4---..---. -A--s .Li- without depriving anyone of one single l nouthful of food. And twenty five 1 ons of food will feed a large number 1 # starving Belgians or assits very 1 in feeding the allied soldiers | who are holding back the enemy while i ye are getting ready to hold up our 1 md of the struggle aganist the Huns. l
 Food sufficient to supply the needs If the allies must be provided and the the quantity of food consumed in America, by saving. If this is not done voluntarily, the government will prob ably force us to save by placing up on enforced rations.
 All patriotic citizens will naturally observe the conservation rules if they understand the actual necessity there for. But there are many who must be sternly impressed before they can be made to understand that the issues of the war and the future freedom of humanity is largely dependant on the amount of food that is saved in the homes of America.
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