. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF MODERN. PROGRESSIVE FRUIT GROWING AND MARKETING Food Value of Fruits Address by E. S. Gill, Secretary Seattle Produce Association, Before the Seattle Rotary Club, December 5, 1917 IF this great war accomplishes noth- ing else of benefit for America, it will almost be worth its cost in what it is doing in teaching the people thrift. Americans have been known for years as the most extravagant people on earth and in no way is this extrava- gance more noted than in their waste of food. In any o
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. BETTER FRUIT AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF MODERN. PROGRESSIVE FRUIT GROWING AND MARKETING Food Value of Fruits Address by E. S. Gill, Secretary Seattle Produce Association, Before the Seattle Rotary Club, December 5, 1917 IF this great war accomplishes noth- ing else of benefit for America, it will almost be worth its cost in what it is doing in teaching the people thrift. Americans have been known for years as the most extravagant people on earth and in no way is this extrava- gance more noted than in their waste of food. In any other nation, the Amer- ican garbage can would have been a great source of wealth. Happily, we are beginning a reformation in our mode of living and are realizing that the words. Economy, Thrift and In- dustry have a very prominent place in our vocabulary. We have been a na- tion of meat eaters, eating more meat than any other people, with the result that we have been more subject to stomach and intestinal troubles and other diseases that are readily pre- ventive than any other nation. The Russian-Japanese war was a revelation to the world as to what people could do whose main sustenance consisted of a vegetable diet. Assisted by their splendid medical service, the Japanese suffered a less loss from sick- ness and disease during that war than any other nation had ever experienced in war in the history of the world. Their soldiers were free from disease and taints in the blood and could with- stand hardships, exposures and strain as no other men had ever been able to do before. With the necessity for practicing economy in our consumption of food in this country in order to furnish sup- plies to our Allies, people now realize that they can do with less meat than they have been accustomed to in the past. They are slowly learning to sub- stitute fruits and vegetables for the meat and wheat diet. But scarcely any of us have gone as far in this direction as we should and ultimately wi
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