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Show THE FOOD PLEDGES H The government is about to commence H a campaign for food pledges. There will H be systematic canvasses wherever possi- H hie to persuade people to observe wheat- H ""' less and meatless days, and save sugar H and dairy products. H The people of Cache Valley should co- H operate in this movement and undoubt- H cdly they will. But it is one of those H things in which everyone has a comfort- H able feeling that everyone else is attend- H ang to it, therefore we personally do not M need to. The practical result of that at- H titude is that nothing is accomplished. H , As long as the thing was simply a mat- H ter of general agitation, only exception- H ally conscientious people paid attention H to it. To secure co-operation and over- H come popular inertia, solicitors will have H to be sent from door to door. It is sur- H prising to see how quickly the kickers H and the grumblers will fall into line when H some prominent business man or pretty H girl asks them to come across. B The reasonableness of the thing hard- H4 3y needs argument. Our country has an H' ample food supply. But our allies have H only a short supply of the leading food H ; staples which they are accustomed to and H j ; fitted up to use. They have not the ma- Hj chinery to prepare corn for food. It is Hf 'i simply common sense to send them much Hf , f our wheat, and let us get along more K ,i on corn and potatoes. A man who would H! ( kick on such nourishing and appetizing j ff food if well prepared, ought to take his M turn at the canned "bully beef" of the H trenches and see how he likes it. H - j No doubt it is only a question needing ' t ' general agitation to secure acceptance. .Few people will decline to co-operate if asked. But it does take the personal request re-quest by word of mouth to get such a thing done. |