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title: Patriots! Use Cornmeal (U.S. Food Administration, New York Federal Food Board)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/patriots-use-cornmeal-new-york-federal-food-board-1918/
description: A man in a suit speaks through a large megaphone filled with a cornmeal texture, standing on a ridge of loaves and rolls under the one-word headline
section: Collection
---

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[![Patriots! Use Cornmeal, 1918 US poster: A man in a suit speaks through a large megaphone filled with a cornmeal texture](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/patriots-use-cornmeal-new-york-federal-food-board-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/patriots-use-cornmeal-new-york-federal-food-board-1918.jpg)

# Patriots! Use Cornmeal (U.S. Food Administration, New York Federal Food Board)

A man in a suit speaks through a large megaphone filled with a cornmeal texture, standing on a ridge of loaves and rolls under the one-word headline 'PATRIOTS!'. The text gives practical reasons (cornmeal cannot be shipped, is cheaper than wheat flour, saves wheat) and offers free recipes. The tell is the opening label, which attaches the virtue word to the act of choosing one grain over another.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PATRIOTS!

USE CORNMEAL
IT CANNOT BE SHIPPED
IT IS SPLENDID EATING
IT IS CHEAPER THAN WHEAT FLOUR
IT SAVES WHEAT
FREE RECIPES INSIDE
GET YOURS

U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION--NEW YORK FEDERAL FOOD BOARD
```

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