Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-31
Do NOT BUY FLOUR
UNLESS NECESSARY
Acting Food Administrator for
w., J. J. Cushing, Sounds
Note of Warning.
CRISIS IS APPROACHING.
Wheat Substitutes Have Been Prom.
ised the state. but Are Scarce Now
Needed for $3.50 Flour Sales.

st. Albans. Jan. 3o-Acting Food
Administrator John T. Cushing. re-
turned to-day from New York, where
he held. "a conference with Adminis-
traitor James Hartness of Springfield,
who sails this week for Europe as a
member of the United States air craft
commission.
At Mr.. Cushing's office this evening
1t was said that the Vermont admin
istration had been concentrating its
efforts to secure the shipment into
Vermont of the wheat substitusAs
which are needed to enable the groc-
ers to make the $3.50 sales of certain
cereals with flour as. ordered by the
national food administration. Early
this month and before the recent or
der had taken form in Washington ME-,
Cushing represented to the nation&I
administration that the suppy Of feed
and wheat substitutes in Vermont was
limited and he was promised ship
ments which, however, did not mater
ialize, the transportation situation be.
ing given as the reason for this failure.
Mr.. Cushing has been informed by
the head Of the transportation division
of the food administration that cereals
and live stock feed will be moved into
Vermont and the other New England
States In train load lots. the embargo
against these commodities having been
lifted.
Whether Vermont will be able to con-
tinue with $3.50 sale will be determined
within a short time, conferences with deal
ers and administration officials being held
on this point.
that as q result Of the Washington order
there has been an unusual demand for
-four.
On this point Mr.. Cushing said: People
who do not actually need flour at this time
are doing poor service to the country by
trying to purchase It.
1.-THE next few weeks represent the crit
ical time in putting this conservation
movement over and until the present linn
tied stock Of substitutes IL augmented
only those who are actually out Of flour
should attempt to buy 1t at the stores.
1--WE must have the fullest measure Of
corporation" s
"Ths cereals which may be sold In the
eO-50 combination are barley fiour. buck.
wheat hour. corn -four. corn meal, corn
starch. corn grits. fetsrtta hours and
meals, hominy. oat meal. potato hour,
rolled oats. soya bean flour and swee: po-
tato -four.
Rye four may be sold without sub
stitutes but is not permissible as a SUBJ
stitute to be sold with wheat -four.
At the food administrators office 1t was
said that this was the complete list Of
substitutes and could not at this time be
increased.
Combination sales Of grain are not per-
mitted in the order. Mr.. Gushing stated
that no sales. except those in the proper
$3.50 combination should be made.
Grocers are urged to make every effort
to secure the substitutes and to request
their customers not to make -four pur-
chases until actually compelled to.
He said the reason for this request was
to reduce the demand for the substitutes
until time was allowed to get more Of
them into the State.
While 1t Is realized that sales Of flour
will Of necessity be limited owing to the
$3.50 requirement 1t was said at the Of
fee of the administrator that flour in
towns and cities should at no time be
sold in quantities greater than from eight
to quarter barrels quantities in rural and
farm communities in quarter to half barrel
quantities
1.-THE battle line has been extended right
across every dining table in America" /"
Mr.. Cushing said. '"The food situation Is
critical.
"Our allies must have food and we must
send it to them II we intend to support
the President in his pledge to devote
the complete strength and the full re-
sources Of America to the task Of winning
the war. g45- S.t.
"Everyone should realize that when
a meal is eaten or food purchase
made an act is being performed that
will have its direct influence on the
course Of this war as surely as the ac-
tual military manoeuvres at tho front.
II ask the people OF Vermont to CO.
operate with the food administration
| to the limit and not to respond to
panicky impulses OF rear or greed or
combination Of these forces and
urge them to buy as little as possible
Of -four at this time.
at ia possible that 1t will be neces-
sary to change the percentage of wheat
substitutes required and there will be
no hesitancy in doing it II 1t is abso-
lutely necessary.
"It will be only temporary conces-
sion. however, for the situation Is so
critical that the American people must
ioin the issue as quickly as possible.
II feel confident that we will receive
the fullest measure of support In diff
acu,t situation from the people Of the
most American Of all the American
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