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T IS now a truism to say America is the wealthiest an#5 most powerful nation of earth. We Americans, wfth all our individual and collective faultp* v are truly a great people. Sometimes we are so great that we astonish' even ourselves. Wit have astonished ourselves, for I example, by the way we have behaved about food rduring the last two years. When we entered the war we were the best fed* I people on earth and had been for generations. An | incidental proof of this is that the American sol* Idler astonished Europe with a new physical type, (the result of favorable conditions of life and ad«K > k]uate food. And this new physical type proved litself a little huskier and hardier and deadlier at 'the business of killing than any previous type of jman. >. But when we entered the war, at the mere su£> Igestion of the necessity that faced us, the 110,000^' HW0 of us curbed our appetites, denied ourselves I goodies, put ourselves on rations and started ifk rpon honor to conserve food--and stuck to it till the necessity \yas past. It was a most astonishing* ~ ctacle. Not only that but millions of us voluntarily • (started in to make gardens and raise food. Many kf these voluntary gardeners hardly knew a spade Ifrom a hoe; some probably thought that potatoes I grew in the grocery store. Certainly lots of thes#*- l gardeners had no land. But it made no diffprpnrtt . hrhe American people went to gardening. From \ 77tQ5£i>Mi&&3t 9$QH/O 'the Atlantic to the Pacific the war gardens of the' • " <• n . ... . ,, , 'workers stretched in almost unbroken line. ThI 1 Mr' Pa°k W,8h,ng t0 do 8 war Work wh,ch kotton mills of the East, the lumber camps of Oregon. the mining towns of Arizona, the great factories of the middle West, the shipyards of Texas ^ t--all saw the upspringing of innumerable war gar- ' kens. The second summer saw the first redoubled. It's too soon for us to begin to appreciate what ithis war rationing and this war gardening has done jin winning the war, feeding the world and bene- Ifltlng the American people. But anyone intet* l-ested in getting a first glimpse at what this gaB"/ tdenlng has done for us should get hold of a book , Just out, "The War Garden Victorious," by Charles jLathrop Pack. It is not for sale, but it is being '•distributed to libraries, and to organizations and {Individuals identified with war garden work. Mr. (Pack is the organizer and president of the natlohaT iwar garden commission and his book is a record H>f war garden activities and successes, dedicated •"to the war gardeners of the United States and allied countries in admiration of their success in adding to the world's supply of food during the world's war." Mr. Pack fittingly presented the !"flrst copy to an American woman who is typical of jthe spirit that made the war garden victorious-- [Mrs. Thomas Edwards of Oberlin, O. She is nine- 'ty-flve years of age, but she enlisted with the rwar gardeners at the first call and showed she "was not too tortd to learn by changing her lifelong _ methods and adopting the cold-pack method at •canning. Co-operation Wins Victory. Some people might think a book of record and (reference on war gardens must necessarily be dull 'reading. This one isn't. It's good reading. Any real American can get patriotic thrills out of It-- Resides learning a lot. -Mr. Pack is not laboring' Under the delusion that his national war garden commission was the whole thing. He knows It was jthe loyal co-operation of the people that made the fwar garden such a splendid success. A Mr. Pack also appreciates what the press of the 'country did for the movement. He knows that alii the purpose, all the enthusiasm, all of the ability i«f those in charge of the commission's activities {might have been the sweetness of effort wasted on the desert air of indifference had not the American ^ress got behind the movement with all its power. 'The closing chapter is devoted to an illuminating account of the tremendous enthusiasm with which the American daily and periodical press responded to the opportunity, and how the publicity material was prepared and distributed. "The printed word, the most powerful force known to civilization, made war gardens possible. In no other way could they have been piade to' multiply so rapidly In all parts of the land. From printer's ink to parsnips and parsley is a long Jump; but the newspapers and magazines made that jump along with the others which they made for Liberty loan, the Reel Cross, and various other •war-work campaigns. How much of a debt of gratitude the nation owes to it patriotic editors it probably will never be able to realize fully, but it does know that without their wholehearted support and their loyal assistance it would never have been able to arouse the people of the United States as a whole to the strenuous efforts which they exerted to back up the government and the fighting forces. No note of appreciation to the editors of the country could be overgenerous in its praise or too liberal in its expression of heartfelt thanks for their substantial aid." War Garden Commission. That the world faced a deficit in food and there existed an emergency which could be met only by the raising of more food, was apparent during the eariy months of 1917. actually necessary, which was essentially practical and which would certainly aid in making the war successful, conceived the Idea in March, 1917, of Inspiring the people of the United States to plant •wtir gardens in order to increase the supply of food without the use of land already cultivated, of labor already engaged In agricultural work, of time devoted to other necessary occupations, and of transportation facilities which were already Inadequate to the demands made upon them. He thereupon organized the national war garden Commission. It was not a federal government body, though it was Indorsed by the administration, and the quartermaster general's office cooperated with it at soldiers' camps. The commission consisted of Charles Lathrop Pack, president, of New Jersey; Luther Burhunk, California; P. P. Claxt<m. United States commissioner of education, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Charles W. Eliot, Massachusetts; Dr. Irving Fisher, Yale university, Connecticut ; Fred H. <£off, Ohio; John Hays Hammond, Massachusetts; Fairfax Harrison, Virginia; Myron T. Herrick, Ohio; President John Grier Hibben, Princeton university, New Jersey; Emerson McMillin, New York; A. W. Shaw, Illinois; Mrs. iohn Dickinson Sherman, chairman orf the conservation department of the General Federatioh of Women's Clubs, Illinois; Capt. J. B. White, Missouri ; Hon. James Wilson, former secretary of agriculture, Iowa ; Assistant Secretary of Agriculture . Carl Vrooman (for the year 1917) ; P. S. Ridsdale, .executive secretary, who was also executive secre- ,tary of the American Forestry association, with the conservation department of which the commission was affiliated, and Norman C. McLoud, associate secretary. Mrs. Sherman also was appointed by the department of the interior a special assistant director, in charge of women's organisations, of the United States school garden army, with which the commission was in close co-operation. '•"Put the slacker land to work" was the first slogan of the commission. War gardens are essentially family-power institutions. But big business caught the spirit of the hour and capitalized the enthusiasm of numbers and the healthy rivalry of teams by establishing community gardens financed by it and worked by its employees. The railroads' went big business one better; the children of the nation put it over Both of these; "daylight saving" gftve them all a chance to take time by the forelock; while preserving kettles, canning clubs and dehydration plants all contributed their several shares in the saving of the fruits of the national endeavor. Results Are Amazing. The results were amazing, 'fhe 1917 war gardens numbered approximately 8,500,000, and their food products are estimated at $350,000,000. The 1918 reports show 5,285,000 gardens and food products of $525,000,000. The first season 500,000,000 quarts of vegetables and fruits were canned; in 1918 the number increased to 1,450,000,000 quarts. This, of course, is but a small part of the story. It needs such a book as this to show us how many other things there are to the story, as, for instance, the releasing of many kinds of labor and the lessening of railroad congestion. The book gives an interesting picture of a mighty host, many millions strong, gaining new strength and revigorated health by handling the 1ioe, and getting exercise as good as golf and tennis, more profitable than either and.more patriotic than both. The gardens they tilled ranged from a neglected, weed-mastered, rubbish-littered vacant lot to a city park. The boys at Camp Dlx went over the top as gardeners at home before they got their opportunity to go over the top as crusaders In the glorious ' cause of human liberty abroad. Then there is the social as well as the domestic Side. Community gardening, for Instance, is practically the only method by which all available garden space may be ptit to work, by which labor may be most efficiently employed, by which economy in purchasing power may be best exercised and by which it is possible to secure expert supervision. But these thihgs are material. There is a value beyond them, which one finds recorded here, the value of the community spirit as it marks the Increasing solidarity of society. • like value is also recorded In this volume In Its description of the gardens established by many large corporations and industrial and transportation concerns for their employees, resulting in feellfig of fellowship not previously existing between capital and labor. The illustrations really illustrate the text. The series of striking posters used In the publicity campaign are reproduced in color. There are 61 full-page illustrations in half tone, many of which are exceedingly interesting. The small home garden In Marion, which is shown herewith, is not especially pictorial, but was selected because It is a war garden typical of hundreds of thousands seen the country over--and, let us hope, long to be seen. Victory Garden a Fixture. Mr. Pack predicts that the war garden--«ew the victory garden--is a fixture. The food conditions of the world will make it necessary for many years, and during that time the value of garden-' lng will have become so apparent that the move- . ment will continue until It has become a fixed' habit and firmly implanted in the lives of the people. Herelii \les the tremendous importance of the United States school garden army, which already has a membership of nearly 4,000,000. For the' mobilization of the school children the logical agency was the United States bureau of education of the department of the interior. P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, approached the undertaking with broad vision and keen foresight characteristic of his administration of educational affairs for the federal government. Under his guidance there came Into being the United States school garden array, mobilized with effective promptness and swung Into action under the leadership of J. H. Francis as director. Doctor Francis is an educator of note who wail drafted into this Important work by Commissions Claxton. and he brought to bear on the enterprise perception and aggressiveness which achieved results of national importance in comparatively brief time. President Wilson was keenly interested in the United States school garden army. His cordial indorsement yas expressed in a letter to Secretary Lane which served as the corner stone of the structure and an inspiration to the children of America. From the beginning the commission and the school garden army have worked in entire harmony. The commission has furriished the army its publications, and has prepared special 15)19 printings for its exclusive use. Director Francis in the introduction says the mighty nrmy of school children must help to get together the two factors of leisure time and. patriotism and of thousands of acres of uncultivated lands. Superintendents of schools must make their schools a vital force in giving more food to the world and in conserving what is produced. Secretary Lane's special message to the school garden army contains this forceful paragraph: "The boys and girls who have liberty gardens in 1919, the garden army officers who assist In keeping the an^iy efficient, and the teachers who direct the work, will render a patriotic service to be compared only to that of the men who won the war." Mrs. Sherman says: "In the opinion of the 2,000,- 000 members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs there is no other one subject that will give the physical, mental and moral development to the child that may come from learning to pro> duce food from the soil. We also believe that gardening for children Is a part of the school education of a child; that it ranks in Importance with reading, writing and arithmetic, and that the schools are the only agency equipped to handle the subject In a comprehensive and adequate manner. 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