Putnam patriot., 1918-08-30
BISHOP URGES
 CONSERVATION
Rt. Rev. J. J. Milan Has Priests
 Resd q Letters to Parishion-
Ask. That People Do AS the Food
 A5miaistr.tors Reqgess Them To

Ask. That People Do As the Food
 A5miaistr.tor, Req1es, Them To
 At every catagHc church n .r.- Etate la Sunday. HHe-t- at tr= re- auest 5f sas Rs Re- Jaea J >l-aa- brfoa = as | srsfaea A4ese urged tfefr f.szH#8He#z s5 f8f.53 tHe re- guest= af ee food illustration. and to e6z=ezss . af possible #ays Al St Hsr5 church Is Chs esy Re- Char.es He#sra s95se ot tae b.sa- ops Utsa f5z cooperation altr the ad- miHistz4t=aa. and urged a.s people 70 preserve fr45ts and segetables use as nttle s5zaz as possible. and do every thing E eaeis power to he-p bring ylc- tory to this eoaHtry.
 Bishop SIlaH,s letter to the Catho- lies of Connecticut is as follows:
 Episcopal Residence
 10 Farmiagton Avenue,
 Hartford, Connecticut
 Aug q. 1918
 Dear Father the present crisis of the war aHen all attention is fixed on the wonderful achievements of our American forces. We who remain at hame must not loze sight of the seri- ous duty of providing for the mater ial and moral support Of those who are fighting our battles at the front 1 Now. more than eyer. ls fae time for us to deny 5arselses esYything that nay be needed sa earHF cur flag to victory Tae greater tae number of men n Inc army. tHe more abundant must b. tae sappEes to feed. clothe and eqdIH saea THe aaH of millions of men to military seraee must nee essarlly reduce tHe number of men available faf tEe forces of production and can be ofset oaiy by canser- yation Therefore. one can readily see how vital is the conservation of food for months ta come
 The demands from Europe require vast supplies from tHe people of America Just H5W conservation of rugar Is most essential The amount of sugar that may be used for each person for all purposes within the course Of q month Is only two pounds. This IS due to the fact that very much Is needed abroad and consid- erable amount is required for canning and preserving fruits. The skilful housewife will be able to can more fruits and vegetables and yet use a minimum amount of sugar, if she fol- lows the instructions given by our United States Food Administration. She will thus render an important pa triotic service and at the game time store up supplies of much value for her own home
 X mistaken impression has gone abroad concerning the cs.mination of restrictions in the use of aAeat Con servat4on of wheat a as ueces sary as eyer. and for the gzesent each Of us !s stIll asked tp use not more ttar x pounds of wheat -four per neat0 We owe 8t ta= aar men ID ser vifs To praz1.se =ret an.s for thelr rs of today ba= af tomorrow as well Because as have been bles.e' vftf baaftsal test this year. e, ua.t 5. far.at tl prudence re qaire sae ageama.ataa of'a reserve agauz. possible lean years What ar irreHsrasle injury We sf9n io oui soIaie E they t9uld suffer from hunger aa account I our failure t' deny e4H.e.4es Throughout the en tire eaa=e If the war ~e shoul, limit or Ives to dmrs fooA- and va nous of perishahe aee luce II order i our American Hers ma, never aek the means la ssep them selves strong and vigorous in tn struggle for victory
 kindly arre gour people to coop crate in every Nay with the food ad ministratlon by carefully carving ou the instructions published in tn newspapers and pamphlets. Mir. Hoe yer has been hailed in Europe as th one man who has saved whole nation from death by starvation He give the credit to the people of Amerle who voluntarily accepted and follow ed his leadership in the great prime pies of conservation Let us live u to the glorious record already esta' hshed
 Yours sincerely,
 John J Milan.