Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-01-31
PLEDGE CARD HOLDERS ARE
ASKED TO SAVE STILL MORE
President Wilson By Proclamation Urges
Every Patriot to Use Less
Wheat and Meat.

"The time has come for sacrifice" is
one Of the significant statements con-
tanned in the new supplemental Home
Gard for the housewives kitchen, made
public this afternoon by the Connecti.
cut office or the United States Food
Administration. AS the result of the
vigoro;-s drive in this State, last fall,
nearly 900. 900 housewives and handlers
of food signed food pledges and became
members Of the United States Food
Administration whose rules and regu
larions they promised TO obey in so far
ms circumstances would permit. ,,.s i
United States Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover is now issuing TO all
food pledge signers and, in fact, to all
patriotic citizens, q plain statement
showing irrefutably "Why We Must
Save Food and an equally clear and
reasonable set of rules regarding
"What you Can Do To Help Win This
War;.
Perhaps the most striking of the
new regulations, which will also be
effective for hotels, clubs, restauI ants
and lunch rooms. is the provision for
q second "wheatless" day-Monday,
in addition to the present "wheatless"
Wednesday. Two "porkless" days are
not called for but as every patriotic
home in the state has been emulating
the hotels and restaurants for some
time in observing "porkless" Satur.
day aud inasmuch as Tuesday has for
months been "meatless" which in
/ cludes pork products, the two "pork
less" days will not be an innovation
for very many.
According to Washington estimates,
there are 900. 636 families in Connec-
ticut and the Hartford headquarters of
the food administration gave out this
afternoon as the number of food
/ pledges in its files. 1913, 9S1. This is
only about l, 900 less than tie 900, 900
signers Connecticut WAS asked to secure
as its quota in the big nationwide
drive but apparently there are still
almost 100, 600 families in the State
who have not yet signed pledge cards
and become honored and loyal mem
hers of the food administration, ready
t. follow Hoover and prove that food
will win the war;.
Robert Scoville, the federal food adj
ministrator for this State asked the
newspapers today to give the widest
publicity to the announcement that
new members are always welcome and
that pledge cards may be obtained at
the Hartford Office or &C the various
town headquarters. usually the food
member of the War Bureaus. Mr.. Co
Vile said he could add nothing to the
splendid exposition by Mr.. Hoover OF
the pressing necessity of conserving
wheat for shipment abroad to our own
soldiers and to the starving nations,
whose men are ranged with ours along
the trenches and whose heroic women
are striving to till the field Because
we have long since exported our last
surplus wheat and because for several
reasons wheat is food commodity most
urgently needed. it being as important
Just now as American soldiers, Mr..
Scoville emphasized the opportunity
given everycI.e, young and old. in this
country, of serving again st the Kaiser
by saving daily little wheat-like-
wise meat, fats, and sugar-because
now it is what Americans save that Is
shipped abroad and that alone.
In his Home Gard message, to the
housewives, Mr.. Hoover says the situa-
ticn las become critical and Mr. SEQ.
Vile directed especial attention to the
closing portion OF the Hoover appeal:
eff we are selfish or even careless,
we are disioyal, we are the enemy at
home Now is the hour of our testing
Let Us make it the hour of our victory
victory over ourselves; victory over the
Enemy of Freedom. snzz,s,v-r,ugssu. kass.s.