The Iron RationTHE IRON RATIONReading editionChapter navigation27 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE IRON RATIONTHE IRON RATIONGEORGE ABEL SCHREINERILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEI WAR HITS THE LARDER OF GERMANYII WHEN LORD MARS HAD RULED THREE MONTHSIII THE MIGHTY WAR PURVEYORIV FAMINE COMES TO STAYV THE FOOD SHARK AND HIS WAYSVI THE HOARDERSVII IN THE HUMAN SHAMBLESVIII PATRIOTISM AND A CRAVING STOMACHIX SUB-SUBSTITUTING THE SUBSTITUTEX THE CRUMBSXI MOBILIZING THE PENNIESXII SHORTAGE SUPREMEXIII "GIVE US BREAD!"XIV SUBSISTING AT THE PUBLIC CRIBXV THE WEAR AND TEAR OF WARXVI THE ARMY TILLSXVII WOMAN AND LABOR IN WARXVIII WAR AND MASS PSYCHOLOGYXIX SEX MORALITY AND WARXX WAR LOANS AND ECONOMYXXI THE AFTERMATHPrevious chapter ←THE IRON RATIONNext chapter →GEORGE ABEL SCHREINERAll chapters and sections (27)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE IRON RATIONTHE IRON RATIONGEORGE ABEL SCHREINERILLUSTRATIONSPREFACEI WAR HITS THE LARDER OF GERMANYII WHEN LORD MARS HAD RULED THREE MONTHSIII THE MIGHTY WAR PURVEYORIV FAMINE COMES TO STAYV THE FOOD SHARK AND HIS WAYSVI THE HOARDERSVII IN THE HUMAN SHAMBLESVIII PATRIOTISM AND A CRAVING STOMACHIX SUB-SUBSTITUTING THE SUBSTITUTEX THE CRUMBSXI MOBILIZING THE PENNIESXII SHORTAGE SUPREMEXIII "GIVE US BREAD!"XIV SUBSISTING AT THE PUBLIC CRIBXV THE WEAR AND TEAR OF WARXVI THE ARMY TILLSXVII WOMAN AND LABOR IN WARXVIII WAR AND MASS PSYCHOLOGYXIX SEX MORALITY AND WARXX WAR LOANS AND ECONOMYXXI THE AFTERMATHThree Years in Warring Central Europe BY◇← THE IRON RATIONGEORGE ABEL SCHREINER →