CHAPTER XVII 



WHY WE SHOULD USE DRIED FOODS 

 THE WAR-TIME NEED OF "MULTUM IN PARVO" 



NECESSITY is said to be the mother of inven- 

 tion; and one of the children to whom Necessity 

 has had to give birth during the American 

 industrial development of the last half-century, and the 

 rapid growth of our cities, was an adequate system of 

 storing up food for winter use and of distributing the 

 food so preserved. It is only within recent years that 

 fresh, succulent vegetables have been obtainable in 

 winter time; and for most people the cost of these is 

 absolutely prohibitive. At first the canning of food 

 products met the needs of the situation, and the last 

 score or two of years have witnessed an incredible 

 development of commercial canning and distribution 

 of food products. 



The continued development of our cities with their 

 teeming populations, and particularly the necessities 

 of war time, with their demands for multum in parvo 

 have made imperative a still further advance in the 

 matter of food conservation and distribution. This is 

 particularly true at this time because ahead of us we 

 can distinctly see the lean years yawn, even as Pharaoh 

 beheld the hungry kine in his dream. 



History is said to repeat itself; and assuredly we have 

 witnessed an historic repetition in the creation of a 

 food administrator to watch over our stores, even as 



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