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 * Scarcity of food is exacting greater death toll and causing more intense suffering in Europe than bullets. This frightful, unprecedented predicament of starving millions of allied families SOUNDS a solemn warning to America.


 * Our supply of food is only so much—and now five or six other countries are depending on us to feed them that they may live and fight.
 * The authorities merely request that you eat—
 * ONE POUND LESS OF WHEAT FLOUR A WEEK—
 * which means one hundred and thirty-three million bushels of wheat more annually for emergency or two thousand million loaves of bread;
 * ONE OUNCE LESS OF MEAT A DAY—
 * which means four million four hundred thousand meat animals each year for excess demands;
 * ONE OUNCE LESS OF SUGAR A DAY—
 * which means one million one hundred and eight-five thousand tons of sugar a year, making it plentiful and cheap;
 * ONE-THIRD OF AN OUNCE LESS OF FATS A DAY—
 * which means three hundred and ninety-five thousand tons more fats each year from which to make glycerine, used for manufacturing explosives.
 * Complying with this request from today on will materially help to win the war and


 * Do not buy more food than you actually need—then the dealer will not have to "stock up"—and the wholesaler will have enough to go around.

Less Eating Will Save Many a Pain and Doctor Bill A Little Saved Today Will Mean Square Meals Next Year

You Owe the Duty of Saving Food to Your Country and Humanity