French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-17
it is selfish and is a cause OF high

It is selfish and is a cause OF high
prices.
Such actions multiplied by thou-
sands increase the demands upon our
railways for cars and already, because
OF our military demands, it is with ex-
treme difficulty we can now move the
vitally necessary food to market.
There is much insidious propaganda
| the country against conservation
and increased production. All oppo-
sition to these services is direct as
sistance to the enemy.
The Situation Grave.
The reverse side Of the card carries
! message to those who have signed
he pledge card of the Food Admins
ration. 1t is as follows:
To Members of the United States Food.
Administration:
The food situation in Europe is far
yraver than when the preliminary sur-
Tey of the food supply of the world
for this year was made. We have an
abundance for ourselves, and it is the
trm policy of the Food Adminfstra-
ion. by the prevention of exports, to
retain for our people an ample supply
of every essential foodstuf. The har-
rests of our Allies have proved less
han we had contemplated, and the
great curtailment of shipping by the
submarines during the last few
months has further prevented them
from access to more remote markets,
Beyond the demands of the Allies
there is a call Upon us by the friendly
neutrals for food supplies, and if we
cannot at least in part respond to
these neutral calls, starvation on an
unparalleled scale must ensue.
Greater Sacrifice Necessary.
sition in the war, and we must ask
the American people to sacrifice far
more than was at first thought neces-
sary. We have exported the whole of
the surplus of the wheat from this
harvest after r~eserving to ourselves an
amount sufficient for our normal con-
sumption of seed and -four until the
next harvest, and therefore the amount
of wheat flour that the United States
can contribute to mix with the war
bread OF our Allies during this winter
will be simply the amount that our
people reduce their consumption
month by month. In other words, ev-
cry grain of wheat or its products that
the Allies receive from the United
States from now until the next harvest
will be exactly the amount which our
people have saved each month on their
behalf.
The Allies today ask for Is per cent
more meat and fats (pork, dairy prod
uets and vegetable oils) than we con-
slider our monthly production permits
us to send them without trenching on
our own supplies, or, on the other
hand, unless we can sonsume less. Due
to the shortage in shipping, our avail
able sugar supplies must be less than
normal from the present time forward
Every Particle Saved Will Count.
Thus every particle of diminished
consumption by the American people
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men, women and children of our AL
lies and for the starving people in 9TH
81 countries. This is a personal obi
| cation upon every one of us toward
some individual abroad who will suf-
: fer privation to the extent of our own
individual negligence. "
If we are to reduce the consump-
ton of the few products which we
should export abroad, we will need to
eat a larger proportion of many diff
> ferent foodstuffs which we cannot ex-
port and which we have at home. Fol-
this reason we MUST NOT waste ANY
foodstuffs. A great many individuals
in population eat far o food
than is necessary to maintain their
health and strength. In this emergeu-
cy only the simplest of living is patri-
otto. We want no person in the Unit
ed States to eat less than is required
for good health and full strength, for
In this emergency America requires
every atom of the productive power Of
our people. While many can eat less,
all of population can substitute
other foodstuffs for the few that are
vitality needed for export.
We. must not overlook the fact that