Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-11

Us TO understand. They feel. however,
that We saved them in Ibe hour OF theif
greatest peril and efiectlNcN drove the
wolf away from the door. Nhat we ac-
*ampliShgd through a voluntary saving
Il WaeaL Is a monument TO the idcalisnn
a the American people and IN days 10
come viii he regarded IS one OF lRt
uost remarkable things accomplished
. any nation IN the history Of the war.
4 - an evidence Of our deep interest IN
the conflict ana Of our determination to
see IL through. IL shows what may De
expected from the people OF great
democracy in hours Of stress and trial
such as the world has undergone and
is now undergoing II Is wonderful
tribute - the patriotism and devotion
uI our people. 1t Is a national achleNe-
mcut which we can treasure and look
upon with pride for all time to come.
Ne must not conclude, however. that
because Providence was KIND TO Us ana
blessed Us with abundant harVeStS anu
we are row able 10 eat wheat on the
basis of Nu-.U that there is no longer
need for conservation. our surplus 81
wheat this year has enabled as TO sup
ply our own people and all those aliieu
with us with the universal loaf equal
IN character and quality TO one maze
from pare wheat flour. This was an
end greatly TO be desired and we are all
dppreciatlye of il. but we must save a
part OF the surplus wheat We produced
this year as "A reserve supply for mex
year. Il seldom happens that two
sion. II they are there will be abund-
ant need for all that we have. and if
we should fall short through unfavor-
able seasonal conditions we would in
deed be in a pitiable plight If we ate
up an the reserve of wheat which we
produced this year and which should be
carried over into next year as a We
serve supply. Therefore, when the food
reference TO the use of wheat flour it
did not mean or intend TO take the
bride off or invite people TO consume
II without limit or stint 1t simply
meant that We could have a reasonable
supply of a much more satisfactory type
OF bread than we used in the previous
year owing to the necessity under
which we lahOred of saving such a large
amount of wheat flour out of the small
crop Of 1917. All persons are, there
fore. expected not only to purchase
flour on the So-2e basis, but preferably
TO use a ready-mixed flour.
Some complaints have come to the at
tention of the food administration on
the part of producers of cereals stating
that they already have corn meal at
home and they do not think they should
be asked TO purchase flour on the 1920
DaslS- They are mistaken n this con-
clusion. however because the govern
ment not only asks us to eat wheat on
the So-3u basis, but TO consume as large
a proportion of corn in the various
forms suited for human consumption
as we did last year. This is a very inn
pOrtant point to remember and cannot
be emphasized too strongly. We should
therefore. eat all the corn we possibly
can and all the other cereal substitutes
for wheat in as large amounts as we did
last year. In doing this we will be per
forming a patriotic and essential duty
We. will not he discommoding or incon-
veniencing ourselves because the Afneri-
can people did not suffer in the saving
OF that $50. 000, 600 bushels of wheat
which turned the tide of battle in favor
of the allies and enabled them TO hold
the western front until our own soldiers
could get there in sufficient force to
insure complete and ultimate victory.
There is another phase Of the present
situation which should be called to the
attention of every citizen. While we
have produced a large crop of wheaJ
this year our supplies of fodder grains
are smaller than in some years past
There is. for instance. decrease OF
between 600. 900 and 5000. 600 bushels
in the corn crop. Therefore we face
this year as grave problems as we faced
last year. because while we shall be
able to supply the allies with the bread
stuffs they need with comparative ease,
it will be very difficult for US to send
to them the supplies of fat. pork and
beef which they can only obtain from
US Moreover. we must remember that
we shall have 20 send abroad this year
81 much larger amount of total foodstuffs
than in 1917-191S. During that period
we sent to the allies about 100000
tons of foOdstuffs for man and beast