Unknown, Frederick H. Spigel

“ 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 ”

“ 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. ”