Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 302, 31 October 1917 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 81, 1917

:' "r ' . - - . . k Here are FACTS. Before the War, Germany Was Four-Fifths Self Supporting, England One-Fifth, France One-Half, Italy Two-Thirds. That is Why Germany Can Win the FOOD FIGHT Unless We Go to the Rescue

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Use something else in place of wheat. We have got to give our allies 1 50,000,000 more bushels of wheat than we have to give. The only way we can do it is to give up. If everybody in the United States eats one wheatless meal a day, we can get the 1 50,000,000 bushels. You eat your wheatless meal. Others wil eat theirs. In place of wheat, use corn meal, buck wheat and oats. Eat rye bread, corn bread, corn cakes, hoe cakes, pancakes, oatmeal cookies, oatmeal muffins, rye rolls. Germany will win unless we give up wheat. Use something else in place of beef, pork and mutton. In Paris they eat horses killed at the front. Millions of our allies face starvation. Germany has them shut off from the world.. We can ship beef, pork and mutton so eat less of these three meats. Eat fish, chicken, sardines, salmon, nuts, eggs, rabbits and game. Germany will win unless we give up beef, pork and mutton.

3 Use less sugar.

Our allies have to have more sugar. Useless. We have to give France alone 1 00,000 tons a month more than usual. We haven't it to give. We must give it anyway, by saving and substituting. Use corn syrup, maple syrup, sorghum molasses and honey. Instead of candy, eat dates, raisins and figs. Use jams, jellies and fruit butters. Use less sugar in coffee. Use no frostings or sweet desserts. Germany will win unless we give up sugar. Use less animal fats Our allies are famishing for fats. Fats are fuels for fighters. Fats make ammunition. Use less fat. Save every bit. Use oleomargarine, corn oil, olive oil, cottonseed oil, peanut butter, cheese and fruit butters. Fry less. Boil and broil more. Germany will win unless we give up fats.

Sign your country's food pledge card. Be patriotic. Vote "YES" on the food pledge card when Uncle Sam asks you if you are going to try to save and substitute. That's what the pledge card means. Sign it today. Germany will win unless 22,000,000 American families sign the pledge card.

These pledge cards

May be found in many of the Richmond business houses. Ask for them when you are shopping. School children are receiving them to take to their parents. These should be signed and returned.

7 Richmond women

Are realizing more fully each hour that they can play a most important part in this nation's fight for our continued Liberty. The victories on the front in France for the allies are of more importance just now than that the fight for food conservation shall succeed. Richmond must do its part. Are you help

ing

No money; is asked Of any individual. The signing of a pledge card is a voluntary act and a mighty patriotic one. No funds are in the hands of the committee to further the cause everything is contributed, time and energy. This advertisement was contributed by The Richmond Palladium. Special notice Pledge cards will be mailed in the next day or two to practically every home in Richmond. Sign the card, return it to your letter carrier er drop it b a mail box, without a stamp, and it will be returned to the local committee. If you already have signed a card this of course will not apply,

Richmond Committee on Food Conservation

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