[Iron Munro]

NYT 1918: Navy Man Indicted for Food Hoarding

Interesting article - thanks for the link

Note that he was turned in to authorities by a "friend".

The man and his wife had a little less than $2,000 worth of food stored (hoarded?) in 1918.

That amount would equate to about $30,000 dollars in 2012.

Reference: US Inflation Calculator

I would say, they were preppers before prepping was cool!

[libertarian27]

Thanks, that article from 1918 was very interesting.

Federal grand juries and Food Administration! Wow!

[Titan Magroyne]

That article from 1918 is remarkable. Spending one’s own money on one’s own larder was illegal and worthy of punishment in the United States. Unfreakingreal.