Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1918 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Food Will Win the War A LARGE part of the world is coming to the position that L Belgium is in; qom- * Ing to the stage where the prtmary and important thing ffiffßcffivgß 1 n llfe 11 MtfJ'l IHI wBK enough food to keep alive. Food has now taken a dominant position in the war. The American people must prepare themselves to sacrifice far more than was at first thought necessary. - u_ The cold facts are: France, Italy and England have just enough food to keep them going ten or twelve weeks. When America’s food shipments stop—the allied nations begin consuming Into tikis slender store and begin a swift march into actual famine conditions—which would mean defeat in short order. Europe then must live on America’s surplus Your saving increases our available stocks just that much and actually feeds some person in the countries with which we are associated in our war against the Central Powers. Our surplus wheat has already been shipped to the allies. U. & FOOD ADMINISTRATION