Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1918 — MADE-IN-GERMANY LIES CIRCULATED IN CANADA [ARTICLE]

MADE-IN-GERMANY LIES CIRCULATED IN CANADA

Canada is also having trouble with Made-in-Germany lies calculated to hinder Canadian food conservation according to an official statement received from the Canadian food controller by the United States food administration. The stories bothering Canada are of the same general character as those the United States food administrator recently denounced In this country, such as the ridiculous salt and blueing famine fakes and the report that the government would seize housewives’ stocks of home canned goods. The Canadian food controller estimates that when the people listen to and pass on such stories, each one has the power of destruction that lies in a battalion of soldiers. “Stories without even a vestige of foundation have been scattered broadcast,” said the Canadian statement “Nor have they come to life casually. They have started simultaneously in different parts of the country and in each instance have been calculated to arouse public indignation. “They are insidious, subtle, persistent Bit by. bit they dissipate public trust the great essential in the work of food control. “It lies with every individual to forbear from criticism; to refrain from passing on the vagrant and harmful story, and thus the more effectively to co-operate in work which is going to mean more than the majority of people yet realize.”