Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-08-16

I'D sustaining soldier or saves frnn,,
starvation woman, chic or man ha.
cause the marketing of q hog In our
towns and cities releases for expof&
tne central Western hog which would
nave been imported by the town In
which the local hog was sold.
Inc cities and towns of North Car.
ollna have to depend for their pofk
ana beef supplies largely upon the
central West instead of upon the
farmers in their own State. The Food
Administration, of course. IL poinp IA
see tnat al! OF the people at home are
supplied with food products before anv
is exported land this means that solid
cars OF meat which might be saving
innocent people in Europe from actual
starvation are being brought into
North Carolina and other Southern
states to supply the markets which
should be supplied by orr own
farmers.
NOT one per cent of the people of
America have any conception of tho
horror of the situation that confront.
the civilian population of ENGLAND.
france and Italy, and the still more
plt1ful plight of the people of Finland.
switzerland and other neutral oeun.
tries of Europe. Any surplus that WA
nave is first divided with our Allie.
ana the neutrals can get only what ia
left. Whether they get any at all de.
penos upon the degree in which our
people substitute other products which
we have for the products which. be.
cause OF their concentrated nature
and keeping qualities are best adaptad
for export.
Our normal surplus of wheat and
meat has already been exported. What
the people of Europe get from now
on can come only from what we save
out OF our normal consumptin of food
products. Even at the best. tens of
thousands OF men, women and chill.
dren will starve during the next four
months; but every particle of food
that is saved or marketed by any
will find it's wcy over &C.
tually or by proxy to feed some SOL
der or to help save the life of some
cnild, some woman, or some man in
Europe.
Facing these facts, can anv normal
human being, blessed as we in Amer
lea are blessed, refuse to economize
in the use of all foodstuffs and to SUP
stitute for wheat, beef and pork prod.
ucts other things that we have ia
abundance? We are sure that No
North Carolina family which is &C
quainted with these facts will refrain
from doing its utmost to save life and
suffering on the other side.'
ready-to-eat from stores of the kind
mentioned. Diphtheria, tuberculosis,
pneumonia, various sore Threats.
these are the likely ones.
1t matters not whether it be labo-
ratory, a hospital, physicians Of
flee, a meat market or a private resi-
dence, you may estimate its sanitary
worth by the facilities for washing the
hands.
We do not refer to visible dirt, to
the soiling of children's hands and
by dirt, in their play, for in
stance. That sort of dirt is just as
as it ever was. We refer
to invisible dirt, the sort which may
get into your meat from the mouth OF
the clerk, or into your mouth from
your contaminated, though clean
looking fingers. The best antidote for
this sort of dirt is soap and water.
The best preventive is absolute per-
sonal cleanliness, cleanliness with q
not just visible cleanli-
ness. A person apparently freshly
oathed and dressed is just as likely
% be careless about the promiscuous
spreading of his saliva as one who
oeks untidy. Indeed, we notice clean
cooking people splitting indiscriminate-
y on the street everywhere.