Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1918 — SEIZURE OF HOUSEWIVES’ FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE [ARTICLE]

SEIZURE OF HOUSEWIVES’ FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE

The government has never considered any plan of seising foodstuffs owned by householders. Nor Is there any policy of this kind suggested for the future. In spite of this fact, the United States food administration has been obliged repeatedly to issue official denials of rumors that the government intends commandeering preserves and canned goods put up ta American homes. Those rumors were originated partly by pro-German propagandists and partly by conscienceless grafters, who sought to profit through buying from misinformed housewives. The year 1918 will see home canning and preserving practiced on greater scale than ever before In the nation’s history, officials In Washington believe. And they are assuring all patriotic housewives that foods so saved are theirs, and thoirs alone.