The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana, December 2, 1916

“Hands Off the Babies’ Milk!” and “Which Shall England Feed, Pigs or Babies?”

These were among the demands made by mothers of English children on big signs they carried in a parade in Hyde Park, England, as a protest against the artificially high prices of milk. These prices were raised by “profiteers” who used the war as an excuse for a boost in cost of foods. Mothers of children whose fathers are off at the front organized a pig procession and succeeded in having the government force down prices.