Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-15
OUR HOUSEHOLD
How and in What Manner We May
Conducted by
LIZZIE o. THOMAS.

rhe food administration is constantly
being asked what is meant by conserNa-
\ ton. Just what do you wish US TO do
/ in the direction of saving tood?' Tx
plain the basis OF your program so that
we may be fully informed and can act
/ intelligently thereon These are per-
/ tinent questions and properly PROFOUND
ed Therefore, il is desirable that an
attempt be made TO answer them as sue
Clnctly as possible. The reason Tor
thu necessity of conservation is best set
forth in the words of the Honorable
Herbert Hoover, who in recent ad-
dress to the federal food administrators
made this statement. In the recent Iood
conferences among those nghtlng Ger
many i'm determination of our policies
l for next year i have Jaken the attitude
I Tor the United States that whatever
the war food program OF the allies re
| quires OF us we are prepared TO meet;
that the conference need not consider
whether or not we have the supplies
we are prepared to find them: that their
sole anxiety must be to maintain the
health and strength OF their people and
conserve shipping to transport the
American army; that we, by the econ
Omy OF our people, have the reserves IN
food TO supply all necessities" Accord
ing TO this we are pledged as nation
TO supply the food needs of our Euro
pean allies until another harvest The
more completely we can do this the
more certain are W., 10 insure an early
and happy termination of the war.
Therefore. every patriotic citizen OF
the people of the United States of Amer
iHca - concerned with the question or
food conservation. If we can carry out
our program as effectively and COM
pletely as possible il would appear that
the great conflict now raging may be
brought TO a successful issue in 1919
and III this is done we are Informed that
million American lives can be saved.
-Surely this is something well worth &C
complishing. and no labor or sacrifice
involved can be too great If the achieve
FaF a1.Has aF1I fhNr on
can be attained.
The task we have undertaken is a
huge one. For instance, in the three pre-
war years we shipped abroad of meats
and fats $4,000 tons. For the year end
ing July l, 1919, we are asked to send
100000 tons, or an increase over last
year OF l,05O.OOO tons Meats and fats
include beef, pork dairy products, poul-
try products and vegetable oils.
The average of our shipments abroad
OF breadstuifs in the three-year pre-
war period was 100000 tons. We arc
asked this year TO deliver in Europe b.
July 1, 1918, 10. 400, OUO tons. This is
an increase of S.6OO.U 900 tons. Bread
stuffs. of course, include wheat and sub
stitutes therefor in terms of grain.
Our shipments of sugar abroad from
the United States and West Indies in
rre-war times was $4,000 tons. TINS
year we must send to Europe by July
is an increase of $50, 600 tons
The pre-war average shipment of feed
grains amounted 10 $4,000 tons. BY
July l, 1919, We must place in Europe
100000 tons. This is an increase of
$50. 900 tons.
In pre-war times il is a weH-known
fact that our production OF foodstufis
for export purposes was rapidly De
creasing. This is shown by the fact
that we shipped only an average Of
about $685. 600 tons of all the classes
of foOdstuffs mentioned. Through great
saving and the patriotic devotion of our
people in 1918 we were able to deliver
in Europe 1890 600 tens of food and
this action on the part OF the Ameri-
can people was solely responsible for
maintaining the French and British bat
tie line on the western front and saw
ing the civilian population from starVa-
ton. We consider our work last year
a y,arveIoIIs acbEevei11ent monument
to the idealism of the American people,
and such it was and Will always re-
main. But we have not yet reached
the heights which we must occupy II
We as great sovereign people are to
do-'fOr democracy what Is expected
s>his year We mustRsend abroad IL
$50. 800 tons of food. This must be
delivered on schedule time and all. OF
II must be in Europe by July 1, 1919.
To carry out this program means an
increase in our shipments of food over
| last year of 5,730.0O0 tons. In other
words, we must treble our shipments Of
food as compared with pre-war times.
| We produced a great crop or Wheal
/ this year and We have had other favor
able crop returns. Our supply of fod-
der and feed grains, however, is limit
| ed. Therefore, TO produce ana ship
/ abroad the vast quantities of meats
and fast with a limited animal feed "a
/ ton is indeed a tremendous problem
We must also send great quantities
The available supply of sugar is lin
I tied and production as II relates 10
sugar is tending to decline, The SSO.-
/ 600 additional IONS expected Of US
| this year must come out of our sacrl-
fee and savings. 1t has never peen
said of America that she failed trlend
| in time of need and il shall never now
/ be said. Least of all shall il be saio
I that the boys who went forth from
our homes TO fight and die for US lack
( These are the reasons we are asked
/ to save and to deny ourselves in the
matter of all essential foods that we
may carry out the contract entered into
/ by the leaders of our nation 70 sup
plement the rations of 10000, 600 peo-
\ pie who are dependent on us Tor FOOD.
/ II is necessary that we meet the sit
! uation portrayed above. for by this
means alone can the fighting energy of
our allies be sustained. Let US see If
\ we cannot individually visualize our
selves into the khaki which the-Amer-
| through the sacrifices which we make
I in the matter of food saving we are
I serving the cause as truly and as ef-
! fectiVely as those who go forth to fight.
Il We have been asked to sit al a, com
mon table in a common cause and to
4 limit our consumption of food ont to
the point where il will hurt or cause
US &c be hungry. but to that degree
which will enable us out OF the vast
/ quantities of food we produce in this
. country to ship abroad the part essen
. tial to the maintenance or liberty and
freedom throughout the civilized world.
l The program of food saving which we
. must institute to accomplish this end is
Z briefly as follows: Eat as little bread
I and butter as possible and when il is
I used eat only victory bread. That is
+. bread made out of flour consisting of
/ so parts wheat and 20 parts of other
I cereal substitutes. Eat all the corn
/ bread possible. There is no Limitation
on it's use in reasonable amounts. When
| wheat bread is eaten we are asked to
| confire our consumption to two ounces
I o rtwo two rolls of one ounce each. A
good slice of bread weighs an ounce
We may eat, of course, four ounces of
other bread such as brown bread, muf-
fins, corn bread, or rye bread. If we
carry ont this program faithfully our
conservation as il pertains 10 wheat and
I wheat substitutes will have been sue
/ cessfully copsummated. We are asked
not TO eat toast except in limited guam
titles and to standardiZe our use Of
butter to one-half ounce per meal. We