Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-07

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future propaganda calculated to pro-
duce the results which the ;nternation-
al food situation demands.
2-The food administration has
about 100000 window cards bearing
the emblem of the administration and
it is asked that each county chairman
distribute them to the residence of such
as will agree to display
them in their front windows as an in
dication that the family within is OBJ
serving the governments request that
any overeating and all waste be elimin-
ated.
3.-FrOm time to time during the
succeeding months, literature covering
special necessities and special requests
involved in carrying out the interna-
tional food program will be sent to all
county chairmen of the woman's COM
mittee for distribution.
At is urged that each county or
ganiza tion maintain continuous and
vigorous campaign against the evil, for
it is an evil in war times, of what is
known as the fourth meal. The wo-
mans committee is urged to work
against the continuance of extra meals,
extra lunches and similar affairs.
Where celebrations, banquets and the
like are given, they should make one OF
the three meals Of the day and the
hours of such services should be ar
ranged to correspond.
st is requested that the members
of the woman's committee interest
themselves in the instruction of school
children in food conservation through
the medium of school teachers Of the
various schools in the state and to this
end booklet has been prepared, enti-
tied "War Service in Iowa Schools"
which is now ready for distribution
and general school USE 1t is also ask
ed that the Sunday schools of the state
be induced to undertake some instruc-
ton of the school children in the food
conservation form of service.
6.-Ofequal Importance in the plan
is that the woman's committee urge up
on all retail and other merchants the
use of displays, exhibits, demonstra-
lions and posters on the subject of food
conservation. The majority of mer-
chants will readily comply.
THE members of the woman's
committee, individually and collective
ly, should consider the matter OF the
publication of prices of food commodi-
ties in the daily newspapers and that
they attend meetings OF the county
price Interpretation committee when
they are held. 1t is urged that they
stimulate an interest among the house
wives in consulting these prices and III
making reports and suggestions to price
Interpretation committees. The prices
published by the price Interpretation
committees show the maximumsw which
may be demanded by the different
classes of dealers in food commodities.
Unless the housewives observe the pri-
ces carefully and inquire frequently OF
the retailers from whom they purchase
their foodstuffs as to the market on
each; unless they occasionally request
permission to examine the invoices OF
such dealers, it is reasonable to believe
that some extraordinary changes may
take place in the prices of foodstuffs
and this may be attributed largely to
the housewives lack of interest in the
system of publication.
The above outline is somewhat ten
tative in character but covers the main
points of the program which should be
brought to the direct attention of the
housewives of the state.