basically everything, people had ration books for just sugar
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in a musical called "ration or we run out of food and starve to death"
because their was shortage of food in 1917 so the poster was created to tell the public to cut down on the amount of food they buy and eat and ration instead which was optional in 1917
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" was a revolutionary book. In it, Sinclair talked about the horrendous conditions for workers, and of the food, in a meatpacking plant. It is because of this book that the US has food safety standards and OSHA monitored workplaces.
Rationing. People had to get ration books for supplies to prevent hoarding.
Because there is a shortage of that good. Meaning the quantity demand surpasses the quantity supplied at the price offered... The demand is too high.