Evening star., 1918-06-01
.jOSEPH'S WHEAT TIP.
!. taken BY HOOVER
Advice Given Pharaoh to
{, Store Grain to Be Adopted
l.. by Food Chief.
CALLS FOR SACRIFICES
b the Associated Press.

3y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 1.-The fore
sight Of Kin gPharaoh, who saved
Egypt from famine by following the
advice Of Joseph. the Old Testament
hero. to store grains in years OF
plenty against period Of drought.
foretold In the rulers dreams. was
cited by Herbert c. Hoover. United
States food administrator. in q mes
sage to the federal food board for
New York, made public here last
night. announcing the intention Of
the government to place in storage
every possible kernel that can be saved
from the forthcoming wheat harvest.
The food administration, Mr.. Hoover
autographed, plans to create . sub
etantial reserve Of wheat as an in
surarlce. against want in case Of lean
crops in the future.
with the arrival Of large har-
vest the message said, "some Of
the most inconvenient restrictions no
, doubt can BE lifted. but we must con-
tinue to use some substitutes. So
long as the war lasts with its In
creasing drafts for soldiers and mu-
milton workers the world will pro-
duce steadily less food. If we are
wise. a great harvest will mean the
willing building up of a great ma
ttonal reserve of grain"
Speaks in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June L.
Herbert c. Hoover came here with
q message that called the people to
larger sacrifice in the matter Of food
conservation, because the war will
not end until we choose"
The appeal that Mr.. Hoover made
to an audience that last night filled
the Academy of Music was coupled
with an Indictment Of Germany. The
of sstossE p,o1T food has supplies ps
circle of starving people around the
German border, he declared, and
among these the death rate today
amounts to more than all those
whom Germany has killed in battle.
Food consumption in America was
Hoover said. I'VE can reduce it Is
per cent this year without harming
any one. In view Of the necessity for
shipping an Army to France. I am
Food conservation has become
such tremendous factor that the
American people are now facing the
responsibility for saving 100000
tons OF shipping required to send food
TO the allies from other than Ameri-
can markets"
Foes Situation Worse.
Germany's food situation is growing
worse, Mr.. Hoover said. and the allies
are steadily returning to normal II the
present harvest crop in America proves
as rich in reality as in promise food
prices here should approximate the nor
NAL by next winter. Even the rise in
freight rates will not Justify increased
prices for food on the scale that obtained
last winter, he added.
Last February there were 100000
hungry people in the bread lines Of Lon
don. Now there are 1000. The normal
supply was resumed early in May.
"No matter what the harvest il next
year. we must bear in mind that II the
war continues five years longer, and
that il possible, the call for men abroad
will mean inevitable decrease in pro-
duction."
The importance Of Q sustained food
supply is especially important in its
effect upon the morale Of a civilian
population. the food administrator said,
and he pointed to the splendid con-
f1dence which the English people have
maintained" since the German drive be-
gan on March 81.