MEATLESS DAYS FOR ENGLAND

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 149, 24 June 1916, Page 10

MEATLESS DAYS FOR ENGLAND

A "suggestion endorsed by the Bishops of London, Birmingham, __id Durham, Messrs. Will Crooks, M.P., H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, and other notable people has been made that English people should economise in their consumption of meat. It is pointed out in the signed proposal that "the nation has been appealed to on two occasions by the' Board of Trade to reduce tho consumption of meat, ' with a view to economising th_ national supplies, diminishing the demands upon shipping, and avoiding a further advance in price.' It has also.been strongly urged that the nation-should reduce its consumption of alcohol. We therefore venture to suggest tha/. an app_a] be made that all citisens should, for the duration of the war, resolve (unless under medical orders to - the contrary) to forego the use of meat and of alcohol for at least one day every week—e.g., of meait every Thursday, and to abstain from the consumption of alcohol every Monday. It is trne that fish is dear at present, but there are plenty of other foods on which energy can easily be sustained for the space of a day.

"Such an. act of personal self-denial would help to bring homo to all of us the need for rigorous pelf-sacrifice, by which alone the requirements of our country for tho war can be met, and llio saving in money would be considerable.

'"In view of tlio great sacrifices fi-ecly mpde by our eailors and soldiers, we I'oel sure that all who remain at home will willingly _kelp the country hi this way, and ive ask with confidence for the support of fhe Daily Mail and its readers in making tins obse. van.. koikt.il throughout- the country"