CHAPTER XVII 
WHY WE SHOULD USE DRIED FOODS 
The War-Time Need of “ Multum in Parvo” 
N ECESSITY is said to be the mother of inven- 
tion; and one of the children to whomNecessity 
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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