Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-10
Believes Speculation in Eat
ableS Should Be Rigid|y
! Prohibited and Prices Regu-
lated.
HOPE CENTERED ON
SPRING WHEAT CROP
Department Of Agriculture 10
Conduct Campaign 10 IN
duce People to Eat More.
Corn Bread.
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Washington, May 9.--Herbert c.
Hoover reported to President Wilson
today on food conditions abroad and
presented the allies estimates of their
food requirements from America dur
ing the war AT an hours conference
he reviewed the situation in detailing
measures foreign nations have taken
to conserve their supplies.
on his departure from the White
House Mr.. Hoover was asked If hei
would accept place as food dictator
If one were created.
Il don't want to be food dictator
for the American people" he replied.
1.-The man who accepts such a posi-
ton will die on the barbed wire of the
first line entrenchments.''
Would End Speculation.
Before the senate agriculture COM
mittee during the day Mr.. Hoover
urged that central food department
be established. He advocated price
fixing bills approved by the admins
tration as means Of ending specula-
tion and argued for prohibition as a
war measure. Later he saw the six
cabinet members who comprise the
council Of national defense. At this
conference he cited the need for food
I, c artroi as a outlined what the allies
are doing in this direction.
The first of the administrations
food bills was debated in the house
today. Chairman Lever of the agri-
culture committee presenting the
measure with the declaration that its
prompt enactment is vital to success
full conduct of the war.
Rural Members Object.
Several members from the food
producing parts of the country attack
ed the bill as giving too much power
to the government, Representative
Graham of Pennsylvania objecting
particularly to provisions empowering
the secretary of agriculture to send
his agents into places of business to
obtain information.
Zone reason for this provision"
Representative Lenroot of wisconsin
replied, "is to prevent speculation
This will permit the agriculture de-
partment to get information neces-
sary for that purpose"
The bill was laid aside for consid-
Grafton of the revenue bill tomorrow
but Mr.. Lever announced he would
ask that it be taken up as soon as the
revenue measure is out of the way,
probably early next week.
Hope in Spring Wheat.
Despite the poor outlook for winter
wheat the department of agriculture
hopes the country will produce sur
4 plus for export to the allies by grow
ing a great spring crop. Secretary
Houston said today the country would
be unable to keep up it's vast exports
of the last four years, but that the
department saw nothing alarming in
the situation IL spring wheat does well,
I'VE believe he said, there would
he great spring crop, and great crops
of other grain and other foodstuffs.
There is now enough wheat in the
United States and in Canada to supply
our nominal needs until the new crop
is at hand In July and still leave 100,-
O0O,00 bushels for export.
situation Is Grave.
'Stll the situation is grave 1t does
look as il we will not have as much
for export az In the last two or three
years.
Weather conditions appear to be
good for spring wheat. There has
been plenty of moisture. The condi-
tions appear good, too, for corn"
The agricultural department Is
starting campaign for conservation
of the wheat supply through wider
use of corn in bread The south,
which now uses corn, eats less than
four bushels of wheat per capita an
nually, while Minnesota and other
northwestern states which use no corn
for food eat more than seven bushel.;
Of wheat.
Change Milling Laws.
American milling laws prohibit the
use Of mixed flour. Officials of the
department hope to save much wheat
by changing milling regulations as
soon as given power under the food
bills.
Cold storage reports made public
today by the department show that
the holdings of cold storage eggs in
$50 places Of business increased from
$4,000 case April 1 to 1,S45,000 May
/. Stocks were less by 25 per cent,
however, than on May l last year.
Butter stocks increased during the
year ending May about 1875 per cent;
cheese stocks decreased per cent;
apple stocks decreased 33 per cent.