The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-29
eY ALICE WANGENHEiM,
Xaeaaf COLLEGE,.

aren't we? Each of US in our own
way, Of course, for we can't all be
soldiers and sailors. however much
we'd like to.
But are you sure you know what
your way is?
That's why this message comes
to you now-because perhaps you
don't know about the big way there
really is for you to help.
About Things to Eat-and the War.
You've heard people talking
about saving food, haven't you?
But do you know why? Here it is
a real true story!
Somebody that knew once said
that our country was the greatest
food store, butcher shop and grain
warehouse in the world. Most of
the other countries-especially
those in Europe they grew
big crops every year, Fever had
quite enough to feed all their peo-
pie, and so they came to us for the
rest. We sent them wheat for
bread, and meat and sugar and but
ter and oil.
Then came the war. The Euro
pean countries hadn't enough-and
then, to make 1t worse, the farmers
all went off the land to fight, and
the big farm machines weren't used
for farming any more, and the
trains were filled with soldiers SO
that there was no room to carry
grain. The countries of course
stopped trading with each other,
and when they tried to send over to
us, and to India and South America,
for more food, there weren't enough
ships that they could get hold of,
and a great many of them we're
sunk by German submarines be-
sides. The United States had the
most food and was nearest. So
they sent what ships they had to
US. We promised to keep the ships
moving with food for them.
Then we went to war too! The
Allies we're depending on us for
food-more all the time. Our own
soldiers were going over. We
couldn't very well let the Allies
and our soldiers fight for us over
there without enough to eat, could
we?-while we stayed home and
had enough!
OF course we couldn't, We prom
Used to send to Europe every grain
of wheat we could save, and lots
of meat and sugar and butter and
cheese and condensed milk-more
than ever before. And we did it,
too--we are doing it now. Not as
well, as we should be, perhaps-we
have to eat much less of some
things like bread and sugar than
we would have II we'd been bit
more careful in the beginning. But
that must have been before we all
understood.
With all this new need, there
isn't any more bread or butter or
sugar or meat in the country than
there ever was. Somebody had to
arrange how we are going to divide
that food-and to see that it was
done. Last year President Wilson
appointed Mr.. Hoover to do this
and his department, which controls
our food in wartime, Is called the
Food Administration. It has it's
head office in Washington. and a
branch in every city and county in
the land.
Bread and Things Made Of Wheat.
Wheat is SO important on &C
count of the bread and other things
made from it that some people
have said that the war will be won
by the side that has plenty of
wheat. The Allies have not nearly
as much as they need. Their crops
have not been as good as they used
to be. because the men are fighting,
instead of cultivating the farms.
VIC must eat MUCH less
wheat bread than we used to. That
doesn't mean we can't have all the
bread we need. We can have plen-
ty II we like. But part OF 1t must
be bread made from other grains
than wheat, that is ALT can be
5GNef YYHd5. You've no idea TIL