Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-19
UNCLE SAM SAYS-HAVE A
POTATO DAY EACH WEEK


One of the things needed to help u
win the war right nok is special selin,
effort behind the potato-the familia
tuber-the homely Irish spud, whicl
has proved of so much value to tn,
Kaiser in homely on cover there
that, even with General Bvng aftc
hlm, he recently found time to issue
a medal concentrating the bringing
OF the potato from America to Europe
Last fall, the grocery trade ioine
hands with the Food Administrators
Tor concerted drive on pototo sale:
But unfortunate complications came l.
the crop. There was field frost tina
hurried damaged potatoes to market.
and also delay i'll shipments, due t
railway congestion, which put price
too high for free consumption.
Now, most of the baby troubles Of
last year S crop seem to be over, an
there are plenty of potatoes in mos
''N"NAN IOHllhS Ill.,
What we need now, is a long pull
and a strong pull, and a pull togethc
'on-grower, grocer, and consumer al.
doing team work to get good potatoes
to market, and put them on the con
slaeF- { Ssi ~ be ss..tgt
with minimum cost.
Look over the weekly schedule Of
deliveries, Mr.. Grocer. Find out which
day is lightest. Make a special pric
an potatoes for delivery that day. &c;
Potato Day fixed in your community
as a weekly event.
The plan of potato week has beef
tried, and it concentrated too mucl |
attention upon the potato at one time
The plan a potato month was ais
tried, but it had drawbacks.
In this new plan of a potato da
every week, Uncle Sam thinks that he
has found the stimulous for steady sell
ing of pototoes. One potato day each
week makes no abnormal demands upoi
the farmer, or tae railroads, and
will not disturb prices, or cause short
ages, or gluts. One potato day ever,
week will enable the retail grocer
oil up hollow space in his sales and
delivery service, and keep his none
md his employees busy. One potat
lay week vii enable the consumer
% use this valuable food article as q
balance in diet, and reduce living costs
md conserve wheat and meat for our
lighters, and the Allied nations.
Get up some potato poster, and an
lounce your potato day. Explain the ,
dea Of the weekly potato day in you ,
newspaper advertising. Make a spec
al price on the tubers for that dav and r
ct the public know that you are sell
ng potatoes on close margins as a team
yorker with the oFod Administration
Advise your customers to buy pota
oes IN larger quantities, yet not too {
of few pounds, sup. ,
ose they buy twenty-five or fiftv l
ounds, or about one weeks suppl, Z
cording to size of family.
With organized sales effort behind "
'tatoes, handled at decent profits W
trough the entire grocery trade of the o,
'untry there will be no need for con !;
liners storing the tubers themselves N
some ways this amounts to a form E,
boarding and disturbs the market. w
Get ready for long season, because b,
lie potato day each week should be re
xed event until the 1917 crop is h,
ten I'M next June. ia
Tle nation expects every grocer to %
} his duty on potatoes, and his duty
not performed entirely by selling. ia
IT by helping the public form new d:
wing and dietetic habits with pota l,
eek's needs. in more generous quaint III
es, purchasing regularly for each ar
ties, which will climate evils of fiuc De
ating supply, and reduce trade costs, ac
ID to use potatoes to save wheat and su
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