The Scio tribune and Santiam news, consolidated., October 24, 1918, Image 3

DAIRY PROBLEMS
ARE COMPLEX
WOMEN AND THE WAR
By MRS HENRY P. DAVISON
*
Consumers Are Counselled Not
To Decrease Use ol Milk Nor
Complain of Prices.
Tr*a»ur«t War Work t'oum-il
Kali .oal Hoard YWCA
Within alt months after th» Tolled
Htatmi antarnd lh* war. th» T. W C
A. War Work C'oabcll had established
girls' rtatM naar
mor* than forty.
of the canton
manta, barrack»,
an 1 navy yards
A trained rverea
tloa leader was
placed in chars-
o f each club
Th»»« workers
supplement the
efforts of the Io
cal Aaaoriatlonn.
it tboae already
eitat. Where th«
Idea la new th»
workers form I
club center», or
Mrs. Davison
«anise the «Irin. ,
and arouse them
tn a sense of their responsibility in
thia time of great exclternent and con
fusion
No scolding of girls for unwlaa ar 1
lions and no solemn finger shaking or
curs In the clubs. Instead of dwelling
on what not to do. thane wise leader* I
»nt» real patriotism AH sorts of pro
Jects are suggested that are more in
teieatlng than the dubious and danger
<>us pleasures which appeal to the ig
, norant and the thoughtless
At
parties, for Instance, these wily chaper
ones, whom no one ever thinks of as
BU|>ervlaors. arrange that there shall
always be twice as many soldiers as
girls. "Twoslng" Is utterly impossible
where there are not enough girls to
go around'
Club leaders do not attempt to ban
Ish the gallant soldier entirely from
the girls' world; they wish only to
bring hitn down from glorified height»
of gjumour to take hla place as an
every day hero, subject to the sent»
scrutiny as other men.
Instruction and relief work are not
neglected
Among the activities of
fered are dressmaking, cooking, knit
ting, French, athletic», dancing, sins
Ing. lied Cross work. Belgian relief,
and work for the fatherless children
of France. The world contains a num
ber of things besides soldiers for a
girl’s imagination to dwell upon
Hundreds of clubs for school and
business girls all over the country are
offering pleasanter recreation than
the gaily lighted streets and the aha
dowy parka.
"t have a place now to spend my
evenings," said a telephone girl in
Waukegan, Illinois, to the club leader.
'I was so lonely before you came."
Emergency housing for employed
girls Is closely connected with the
more general welfare work Center»,
selected on the hast» of Immediate
need, have l>een chosen as demou-tr*
lion grounds to show employers how
girl employees should be housed
The'» renters are near the canton
metit»
The Bureau of S«» lai Morality is an
important feature of tbe War Work
Council'• program under the prveenl
abnormal conditions That Ignorwacs
Is tu> shield to a girl is well known U
Its member*. Instead. It la her gravest
peril Any situation shrouded In my a
tery la dangerous
Women can dea
only with what they understand
A
true social mora’I) mu»t be built or
a foundation of* knowledge, and b»
Inspired by high alma
Fourteen women phyeteians ar»
talking to grout» of par-nta. school
gtrla. and industrial women
The»«
lecturer» tend their bc»t efforts tc
spreading Information on MH-lal ideals
Colored wpmen at this time must
meet all the problems contronUns
white women
Their slltlhllon Is tur
liter complicated by Industrial and
aortal <<>ndltions
Special el »b* ar«
being foryird among colored girls IB
the n«-lglilM>rh«M>d of < anlonmrnla
Worker» are being placed In industrial
«'enters like laiuisville. Kcntrnky. an J
Ho|>»wvl|. Virginia
Immigrant tu« n who formerly la
bored in mines, on farms, and In far
torlea. and now a«-rve lu our army are
them ■• Ives. In nded of a.-»l»tai»*e
Foreign men marry young and many
even of the young on»*, ha««« larg«
famllie» d«>|M<ndrnt ut«n I to-tn
He
«SUM» of throe helple»» families, the
War Work Council has traudaior*
who go into the cam pg.
The activities of th«« War Work
Council could not |w «otifim-d to our
own country
Our American nur»e»
tn Frat»«» need the Y W C A social
workers
Even the most self reliant
women must have help at tbe front
where women's well arc is a matter of
minor Impo tan«
A central club In
l*arla gliew bard worked, «»»urageou«
nurses a horn» In a strange tan«l
Branch clubs at all of Ibc base ho* pl
lata provide retagatton and recreation
for hours off.
When th«' French wnnn-n eabbd to
ths War Work Council, pleading for
•g pert a to adviM- them In establish
Ing foyer cant« «-ns tor woman workers
in munitions and other war industries,
experts were sent over to have over
«Ight of the building and equipping ol
some of the canteens and act as ad
vlser to French cotnmlUeee
A prole«»ionally solemn fa< e<| but
lor in one of I he beautiful homes
where a drawtn.-room no . ting wa» i
ein. h«'ld
re ti-- t>- ird llie
stories of the War Work t'ounrll'a
plans and a« < «implishni« nt»
After
the guests had gon«- he approai hed the
speaki-r with two one dollar bills.
I
give them for my daughter, he said.
"I am subject to the nest draft When
I am gone souieou«' tii'i’t look after my
little gtrl I feel th« War Work Conn
ell will do it."
GENERAL SUGAR CONSERVATION
la sugar necessary in the diet?
Neither cane nor beet sugar Is necessary. In the
average American diet alltheeugar needed may ordi­
narily be supplied by ueipg honey, sirups, fresh, pre­
served and dried fruit*.
/
What are the general sugar saving rules?
Use all sugar sparingly and wherever possible use
other sweeteners. Be sparing of confections and
sweet cakes. The American people last year spent
enough money for candy to feed all Belgium for two
years. Supplement sugar with honey and sirups.
Cultivate a taste for fruit in its natural sweetness.
Sugar is a fuel food. Get fuel from potatoes and
other starchy foods rather than from sugar. Sugar
excels them as an energy-food only because it pro­
duces energy more quickly. They excel sugar since
they supply more than merely the fuel need.
How may the sugar ration be expressed in quantities
known to everyone ?
Two pounds per month means about 8 ounces per
week, or a little more than 1 ounce a day. This daily
ration is a trifle more than 2 tablespoons level full.
It should be remembered that this is to include all
sugar used for any purpose whatsoever—for table
use, cooking, in ice cream and desserts, on cereals or
fruit, in sugar sirups used on griddle cakes, etc.
"t'aleaa moans ar* quickly found to
r*m«-dy condltloaa »listing in th* dairy
Industry aa «»Il aa in olb««r ria»»»»
of llvoatork. a*rious menar* to both
Industri«» which ar» allied m»> b*
torve a»L"
This la Iha statement of Assistant
Federal Food Administrator. W. K
Nowall
"With th* dairymen soiling their
business»» as taat aa they ar* able to
find purchaser»." said Mr Nowell,
“with an increaalng volume of aaloa of
h««avy calve». both mate and female,
and with alrrody a world s shortage
of beef, tha outlook for future suppling
la not as rosy as on» might wish
"It has be«’n charged in lost»
quarters that tbo price of milk and
other products of th* dairy bav« boon
elevated to such an extent at all
Pacific nnrthw- vt points that the dairy
Inter»»!» should be making a profit and
well aatlaMed with their lot
"Taking only th» retail price as a
basis that which most vitally affects
th» consumer- ths price ol milk today
in Portland Is Ike per quart
"Eten with normal prices milk Is
gaaarally sold retail at 10 cents a
quart here, therefore the advance la
not nearly as marked as In many
other lines of foodstuffs
"Tho dairyman today la paving more
than double th» wages of normal year*
for his hired help, lie la paying mor* |
than double for his requirement» of
bay and a very considerable advam*
over lha uurtnal fur his bran and
aborts
"The cost of milk cans and other
dairy utentlla la practically donbl«- tho
normal Tho coet of bottles ha* soared
to su< h heights as to inaks one diasy
to think of IL Th» cool of producing
milk today la thrrefure more than ,
double that of normal psrtods even i
without considering the fact that thia I
has seen a very abnormal season and >
the production of milk and cream per <
cow 1» far below the normal
"law* ena< led during the laat few .
years force the dairyman tn add t" his
costa as a matter of cleanliness The I
public la no longer willing to tolerate
the quality of milk generally marketed
a few years ago
All of this coats
money and th» dairyman has been |
paying it while the full charges have |
not been pa»»™l back to the c<in»iuji r |
"Il has oftlmes been said that »Wt.in
very seldom quits a business where I
liberal profits ar* available The fart |
that so many dairymen are quitting
that they are not making ad-quate
that they are not making adequate '
profits if any at all
"The killing of dairy calves during
the present season has broken alt
recefda simply becana* the country j
producer could not afford to feed them i
to maturity
Huggeation has been
mad* in some quarters that the kill 1
Ing of female calves be prohibited by
aw This would Indeed solve th* prob
lem providing some mean» were found
to feed and keep th» animals
"Hairy esperta bav* for years
preached the gospel of getting rid of
the star boarder' tho cow that does
not pay her espenov
That ts th»
situation just now
Few are paying
their board and there is no impruve
ment of the situation in proa|x»ct
"Similar conditions may be spoken
of in regard to th» future of th« beef
supply Owing Io the shortage and eg
Ire me price of f»«d more light weight
and unflnlahe«t cattle have been
marketed In the stockyards of th«
country during th« laat two seasons
than ever before known The country
cannot afford to feed its cattle even al
the present price of b*«f and the
Journey to market la therefor» a n*c*e
ally In fact the government has re-
i cently requested that the public pur
I chase beef from lirht weight animals
because the stock must be market»«!
Thia means that many thousands of
animals that are Unlay coming to
market weighing around *•»<• to l.ooo
pounds, would have showed a weight
of at least a third more If allowed to
fatten properly
Thia tm-ana an
enormous loss In t'u* meat supply for
the future a loss that the country
can ill afford to conteini.'ate."
"Why not have milkmaids now a
daysf someone asks There Is a cry
that tha labor conditions ar* In a bad
way aa far as th* dalriea ar* concern
*d
Th* men have gone to war or
Into ether work and th* cows ar* being
killed off because there la no ooe to
mlTk them "What is going to become
of th* children of this country If that
goes en’" la tbe question asked Rome
of the girls who ere not a tartly
faaclsated by th* thought of wnahtng
windows, running elevator* and carry
ng mail ar* looking toward the dairies.
They won't wear tbe costumes seen
la light »per* but they II be quite een-
etbto tn heavy boots and coveralls
and they'll rove th* day
Here's to
lha ■sMaaid ef modem days
This shows one uf the thousand» of French vIIlag«» which have
be>n smashed to dusty brick heaps by opposing artillery during
German •apturv and occupation Too ofton French gunner» arv under
th« MMoaalty of sending sheila into the homes wheir they have
Spent happy years with their wlv». and babies.
Your subarrlpllon to the Fourth Liberty Loan will help move
the ruin t «< k Into Germany *
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