Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-07-19
PEOPLE asked FOR
FLOUR DONATIONS
FreewiIl Offering Of Excess
Stocks Is Requested.
MEN OVERSEAS NEED GRAIN
Plan Devised to Save Transportation
and Time-LocaI Donations to 30
I Reoold Locally But Release Equal
Amount at Atlantic Seaboard For
! Immediate Shipment 10 Allies and
! Troops.

Opportunity Is now offered, through
Federal Food Administrator w. B.
Aver, for Oregon families and manu-.
featuring firms using wheat flour, to
make voluntary personal sacrifice
for the benefit Of Uncle Sans boys in
the Army and Navy. Mr.. Aver has
announced that any family, public eat
ing place, or factory using wheat flour,
such as bakeries and cracker factories,
now has the privilege Of directly con-
tributing to the flour bins OF the Army
and Navy by turning back to the gov.
ernment at the market price. such
portion Of their wheat flour allowance
as they will patriotically refrain from
consuming themselves.
Such gifts OF wheat flour. while not
going directly to France for the boys
overseas, will be turned into the gov
ernment commissary at the nearest
point, and will release an equal guam.
tity Of wheat flour on the Atlantic
sea.board for immediate shipment
"over there" Under this novel plan
when a patriotic Oregon family goes
on wheatless diet for week or .
month, or longer period. tie wheat
flour they save and turn back to the
government actually represents an
equivalent Of wheat flour three thou.
sand miles away, which Immediately
starts to move forward to the fighting
forces. This arrangement has been
made in order TO save transportation
across the continent
Il am hoping for splendid wheat
saving record in Oregon" said MI
Aver the other day, For / believe
when Oregon families and public eat.
ing places in the state know that the
flour they save will go direct TO the
boys of the Army and Navy they will
not hesitate to respond in the usual
patriotic Oregon way. ! had a tele-
gram from Sir. Hoover today In which
he asked me for an estimate on what
] thought Oregon could be relied upon
to save under the new plan. l wished
TO be conservative, and / replied that
my estimate would be 30 to S5 per
cent OF the normal wheat flour con.
sumption. This is a much lower es.
innate than other states had made,
and | realize that 1t will probably be
unsatisfactory at Washington. ! am
hoping that the people Of the state
will exceed this estimate by gener-
Gus margin. The county gdministra.
tors have in hand the full details OF
the plan for saving wheat in this way
for the needs Of our fighting men, and
any one wishing to personally contrib
once with the Food Administrator Of
the county in which he or she lives
The wheatsaving plan announced
by Mr.. Aver is a national one, and 1t
ts now operative In all the states.
The states OF Washington. Idaho and
Oregon are now cooperating in an
effort to make big wheatsaving rec.
ord for the Northwest Federal Food
Administrators R. F. Bicknen Of Idaho
and Charles Hebberd OF Washington
Join with Federal Food Administrator
W. B. Aver for Oregon in the follow
ing announcement, which gives in de.
tail the plan Of handling the returned
wheat:
"Mr. Hoover has wired all Federal
Food Administrators that the excess
stocks Of flour held by public eating
places, bakers, dealers and consumers
may be voluntarily surrendered for
the use Of the Army and Navy and the
Allies. This action has been prompted
by the many voluntary offerings from
different parts Of the country.
"The practical method Of handling
such returned flour viii be through
the local merchant, who is hereby re
cucgtca 20 receive all such flour aut
pay the holding consumer the Gctua
cost Of same, and then rc.distribute i
without any additional charge to the
ultimate consumer. Where merchant!
accumulate more than their thirt!
days supply and all hotels, bakers
etc, that have an excess amount tina
cannot be disposed of locally. the!
should Immediately communicate witt
Mr.. NJ. II. Houser, Grain Commission
oi VI tht ruOu Nuihihi9''"''Oh' DSe'
OF Trade Building, Portland, and h
will arrange for the transportation Il
the seabourd. All flour returned Il
the merchant that is resold TO tn
consumer should be reported to Nj
Houser, in order that an equal amoun
may be released for shipment to tn
Allies.
THE whole object Of the abcve al
rangement is to provide a chanre
through which all excess quanutle
of flour may reach the Army and Nav
or the Allied crm!es rs a voluliar
Offering OF the people OF this country.