Show THE elimination OF logo WASTE timely hints for war economy from the A american meri defense society the department or of Agrical agriculture ture estimates that lully fully 50 per cent of all vegetables and fruits grown in america never roaches reaches the consumer it is left to rot on the ground and trees or allowed to spoil because of lack of shipping and marketing facilities in add additon itin the average man consumes 23 25 per cent more food than he needs and one third of 0 the american households waste another 23 25 per cei cent at of what they buy extravagance in war time is distinctly unpatriotic and has got to stop if our business is organized on the basis of allowing 50 per cent of our perishable food products to go to waste before reaching the consumer who eats cats one fourth more than he needs and wastes a prohibitive amount in ill addition it is high time lime that our business was reorganized I 1 and this war may be a bloessing ble essing in dis guis the 1917 crop Is a u war crop and we cannot harvest it in our sunday clothes let the producer degi now and see how many apples potatoes etc lie he will harvest and exactly what he is going to do da with them study how the most perishable part can be used in from 3 to 5 i weeks a part preserved and aad used in 3 to 5 months and the remainder scientifically preserved tor for use including export in 6 to 18 months make plans to harvest the crop at the best stage without waste or loss lii in transportation to ta jn M arket repair bins bins in I 1 4 advance of harvest and provide cellars and storage paces that can be easily kept at the right temperature protect harvested products against insect damage and see that nothing heats moulds or decays for lack of care and proper storage conditions sell your crops to the best advantage see that everything gets to the consumer market all foods you do not use can preserve or dry all perishable foods you do da not market business as usual manufacturers and dealers say dont disturb the distribution tern tem and the buying habits ot of the consuming public various people urge us not to economize or change our style of 0 living because it would ds arrange business that means that we e roust must keep up our friner habits of 0 life and of expenditure and also pay war taxes and wa war r prices for tood food aud and living this is burning the average roans mans candle at both ends and the middle none but the ricci can afford to do this it la Is obviously paying current expense out of principal in atea bf b income in order to keap koc p up appearances the flroa note of war should rouse rause even tile the idle mind to a more virile conception ot of patriotism the business as usual frame of mind will negative all attempts at et ef faive of our resources It ivill perpetuate tte oysten of extravagance trava tr gance annd was e with its conflicting agen les confusion and inefficiency eler y our business system is a fair air weather arrangement and cannot stand the test of war to the demand that business must continue as usual there is a single comprehensive answer shortly nothing will nill be as usual wartime living is tar far more than sustaining life and covering cov oring nakedness it Is economizing for yourself the nation and the allies wholesome practical living and ex expenditure will result in a higher r average typo ot of citizenship and a stronger and more enduring national vitality mr lr E A filene of boston attacks this doctrine and declares it 11 unsound and dangerous business lie says cannot dserve two masters business has but one job and that is war to do the tiling thing that wil bring victory at the earliest moment war demands not only an organized army but a reorganized nation as well our job Is tho thai business of war not business as usual england dallied with this problem and has learned her error she now distinguishes between essential and nonessential non essential business she could not keep on doing all that she was doing before and win the war when a change comes overt over the world that makes certain things relatively useless the sooner their production Is discouraged the better our national and individual problem Is not to decrease tile the volume of business but to direct an even gre eater cater volume or of business into new channels chained chan cha nned neds it is the business ot of winning tile tiie war not of act altering ering to the tastes ot of peace project yourself into inta the mind of 0 the american soldier a at t the front there will presently be millions of 0 them do you think hell be content to eat plain tare fare suffer untold hardships aud and hourly face awful death while you and I 1 go jauntily to business as m usual dolled up in spats and line fine raiment and fare sumptuously every day instead of business as usual put everything ery thing into the war as the soldier does and you will be with him in spirit this is a peoples war the spirit ot of the soldier is measured by th espirit ot of the nation and those who are working for him at homo home forbins Fo rains great cartoon has been worth a couple ol of army corps to franco france it represents two french soldiers in the rain and mud of that first winter in the trenches well win says one of at them pro vied they stand firm they life hie comrades asks who do you yoi inpan the civilians the lacoa parable spirit of 0 soldier and civilian alike lias has saved france speculators and middlemen in a good sized iown onions conlous were selling at 15 to 20 cents a pound tor for several months one day a huckster dropped in and began to sell all the perfectly good onions hat anybody wanted tor for 7 cents a pound so the next nest day did the grocers they tonight fought ins his state license and his local permit and when beaten continued to sell onions at 7 cents at a profit an ali indiana woman writes that she found a note in id a bushel of potatoes for which slid sho paid stating that tile alie farmer who produced them received 62 cents sho she is moved to inquire whether per cent is a fall fair price to pay for transporting and 60 pounds of vege ike tables grown in her own state A field agent or of tile the national emergency food garden commission reports PO arts as follows A large local concern in a country town had no beans for sale to farmers who needed seed tor for planting they actually had bushels in stuck stock they were holding tor for a higher price A local committee imported a large supply and sold at a greatly reduced price within a days ride in a farming fanning state barrels of flour are being held for a high price one store in a small city has barrels and is selling just as little as possible to in small packages to the middlemen president wilson says bays the eyes of tile the country will be especially upon you this is your opportunity for signal service efficient and disinterested the country expects you as it expects all others to forego unusual profits to organize an expedite shipments of supplies of every kind especially ot of food with an eye to the service you are rendering and in the spirit of those who enlist in the ranks for their people not for themselves I 1 shall confidently ex pete you to ta deserve and win the confidence of every sort end and station food control speculation particularly in foodstuffs must cease retailers become speculators when they charge extortionate ti onate prices or hold for a higher market every citizen must subordinate his private interest to th the e C ommen common ome come good the primary law of national preservation there are few men in england today who would dare even it if they desire dit to make an unfair profit out of 0 the misfortunes of their fellows patriotism demands the sub fellows patriotism demands the sub ordination of profit seeking to war needs deeds we must protect our civil population against want and extor 1 tion ion it if we fall fail to take steps to cur ail and control tile the activities ot of speculators ula tors we do gross injustice to producer and consumer alke alike it Is not easy for the average man to seo see why a 35 5 ounce bread loat loaf retails la in france l rance for 8 cents while a 14 ounce loaf in the united states which raises the wheat tor for 10 cents explanations fall fail to convince him yet he pays uie the price what Is the answer rood food control Y yet et there is one alternative we can seek beck the underlying causes and attack them minimize middlemen and control by all who are not in any ally legitimate sense producers dealers or traders eliminate the speculative element aud and all artl fiel pa ties ot of the food situation 1 W which are not incident to war and let the normal law 0 of sup up pace two THE elimination OF FOOD WE WASTE continued from first page ply and demand get back to work individual consumers should buy di i from the producer whenever possible arid and as a temporary measure home defense leagues can purchase food supplies in hi bulk tor for sale to the community at nominal prices the prime obstacle to the solution of the food prot problem lem is not an actual shortage of 0 food but tile the lack of set pro ducLon and extraordinary percentage of oc waste and profits between production and consumption lon farmers prodico prodica what is most profitable ratier ulan than what Is easiest grown or most needed middlemen ignore everything but choir tm niBe e ans anil maximum profit and consumers buy and expend foodstuffs 10 a slight advantage public knowledge of foodstuffs and sate safe government regulation of bisti bulian is ic essential the government and the people should shoula know where the food is how much is held and wily why our marketing and distribution has broken down the public can neither investigate nor curb tile me speculators and recent euro experiments have shown that the government must be empowered trusted and held responsible food preservation the work of canning drying and preserving per perishable coads can be done entirely by women who volunteer volunteer a part of their leisure time on certain days of each week women should quit knitting for a i few weeks and go to harvesting and preserving by communities muni ties make it a war business and a social function it is the american womans comans most important war industry during the season local committees can help gather all fruits and vegetables operate all local plants and deliver to adjacent canneries the surplus which they are unable to handle leaving the men tree free to do to their work thereby conserving paid 1 labor and reducing cost prices neighborhood cooperation will accomplish com wonders two women for harvesting two for far bilang and canning two for preparing and drying and one with a small car for distributing selling and other outside work local communities cannot pack extensively for export but they can conserve and use the ocal product stimulate Stimuli te canning and drying foods in the household and in neighborhoods support a community coinman coin com munty mun ty cannery or drying plant and supply volunteer labor to supplement household and neighborhood preservation canvass the local supply of food pro duets finance preservation and dis die trib ution within towns or counties preserve and utilize the local market for far perishable products sort fruits and vegetables frequently use what will not noi keep and prevent heating and depreciation of the remainder discover what fruits and vegetables are worth preserving and what are of relatively small value which are dried which must lie be canned and the cost of each process use tsehe he simple processes whenever possible sible cost is the d aiding factor in ili most mies cases and there is always a practical limit necessities are into lim luxuries uries when you expend 20 cents in labor and material to preserve ri cents worth of food the government bureaus urge tile the people to economize on tin eta and glass which are scarce and expensive peas beans bans b ans eggplant rhubarb apples and many other things thing scan can be dried difed at home or in small plants at great saving of cost substitute containers of fibre fabre or other material for tin tia and glass gass you will find many surplus ojars jars crocks jugs and bogles battles around the house if you cannot use them turn then in III to some bamo central committee that can make use of 0 the materials te rials the gernian german processes of dehydration consists in partly boiling the vegetables et ables and then drying the product at a high temperature the german herbs which is part or of their raiv army ration and very nutritive I 1 fists of a mixture of soup greens on tons carrots potatoes cabbage spin ach and beans all dehydrated tue tile american processes do not boil the fruits and vegetables atall but treat them at a muli much lower temperature with a PAli thorough orough air circulation so as f to reach every particle of the product As a result the american dehydrating process does not injures the cellular anem membranes ranes of the the vegetable matter arid rione none of the flavor color or nutritive value is lost unfortunately the available supply of practical dehydrating machines is too limited mAten ll to be an essential factor in the preservation of the 1917 crop simple home drying is becoming a lost art fruits and vegetables should be cut into slices one eighth to one fourth of an inch thick dry in home made trays of three e glittis boards sides and end ends two inches high and bottoms of screening galvanized wire mesh or lathing spaced one fourth of art an inch there are three methods of drying in the sun by artificial heat and by air blast an electric tan fan for example the last two methods may be combined to advantage for far sun drying sheets of paper or cloth may be substituted for trays As many as six trays preferably of non inglam mable material may be placed one above the other when artificial heat is used in fan drying the number and depth of the trays will depend to a large extent upon the diameter or the fan the fruit should be turned or stirred from time to time while drying after drying the product should be pa paced aed temporarily for a few days and each day poured from one box to another to insure thorough mixing and uniform degree of mo sture during this conditioning any part found to be too moist should be re dried when in condition pack the product permanently in tight paper bags insect proof paper or wooden boxes or ar other suit able containers the U S department of agriculture issues many valuable pamphlets dealing with all phases of tho food question which can be had for the asking food values I 1 tile the queston of diet and food expenditure pend iture has become a matter insistently demanding the attention of individuals and governments in inalie the present crisick crisis annie and navies I 1 cannot fight without food food must be preserved nations roust must be fed millions of people across the seas look to us for a large part of their food during and immediately after the war all european nations have instituted relief measures requiring thel wise i expenditure oi of food and the ellmina elimina tion 0 of waste germany has prescribed a scientific diet not only for the army i but also for the nation we alone among the allied nations continue conri nue our extravagant expenditure along the old I 1 i lines of financial waste and physical injury j to every household president wil j 1 son says lot let me suggest also 0 0 that every housewife who practices strict economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the nation I 1 this is tile the time for america to correct her unpardonable f fault ault of wastefulness and extravagance let j every man and every woman assume the duty of careful provident use and expenditure as a public duty as a dictate of patriotism which nor no one can now expect to be excy excused se d or forgiven for ignoring tile 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