ALCOHOL: AN ENEMY OF HOME AND COMMUNITY 537 



Manpower was needed to build ships and mine coal. It 

 was shown that the use of alcoholic liquors was interfering 

 with this work. 



Waste of food in making alcoholic liquors. One of the most 

 critical situations was created by the world shortage of food. 

 Many people were suffering from lack of food, and some were 

 even starving. Unless the United States met the de- 

 mand for food, the war might be lost. This situation led 

 people to study every means of conserving food. It was 

 found that there was a great waste of food in the manufac- 

 ture of alcoholic drinks. The following table shows the 

 amounts used annually. 



This means that 156,000,000 bushels of grains that could 

 be used for food were wasted to make alcohol. The grain 

 used for liquors would make 4,000,000,000 loaves of bread. 

 That is, the yearly bread supply of 22,000,000 people was 

 being wasted. The number of people that each of these 

 grains would supply with bread for one hundred days is 

 shown in the following table. 



