Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-07-11
We MUST CONTINUE
OUR WHEAT SAVING
HARVEST
DUTY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE Is
TO STORE UP GRAIN AGAINsT
POSSIBLE BAD YEARS.
SAVE UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER
Great Crop Should Mean willing
Building Of National Reserve,
Says Hoover.

Warning that even If our wheat mar
vest proves abundant there should Do
no anticipation of unlimited wheat
bread until the wal Is over is sounded
in a communication from Herbert
Hoover to +. B Mumford. Federal
Food Administrator. 1t will be the
first duty of the American people to
place every grain they can save into
storage against possible bad years
ahead, Mr.. Hoover declares. Some OF
the most ~inconvenient restrictions no
doubt can be modified, he said. with
the arrival of a large harvest, but he
added that II we are honest with r
selves We will maintain restrictions
requiring the use of some substitutes,
both domestic and commercial.
Recent press dispatches circulated
widely through the country have given
the false impression there ia no longer
need for vigorous conservation Of
wheat and flour" Mr.. Hoover said.
1.-THE Food Administration declares
that every aspect Of the wheat situa-
ton, both present and prospective, In
tensifies the need for the greatest pos
sible limitation in the American con-
sumption of wheat and wheat prod
ucts, If the present restrictions should
in the slightest degree be relaxed 1t
would result in serious want for tho
people Of Europe before the new crop
can reach the market.
Available supply Is Limited.
"The Food Administration estimates
a total available supply until the new
harvest; including the grain which Will
be available from the farms In the
country and terminal elevators and
mill elevators, of about 56,00O.OO0
bushels. OF this 30,OO0, 900 bushels
must be exported before new wheat is
available for export Z we are to main
tain the absolutely necessary ship
ments to our army and the Allies.
That leaves about $4,000. 900 bushels
for domestic consumption for the next
two months.
1.-THE normal American consumption
is something more than 100000
bushels a month, so that the most lib
eral consumption at home would be
only one-third of normal.
I'm addition to wheat on the farms
and in elevators, there Is always an
indeterminate amount in transit ant
in the hands of dealers, and this car
never be reckoned in with the floul
available for use for export and use a
home. AS a matter of fact, this stool
is not actually available, since these
supplies must remain constantly II
flow; they remain a permanent stock
the removal Of which would late
cause a period of acute shortage II
distribution before the new whea
would be available.
"There is, further, an inclination t
include crop prospects with presen
conditions, which has led to confusion
The harvest will not be general,
available in flour until August or earl
September, although in the extrem
South it will be somewhat earlier.
Duty Of People to Store Grain.
"At a meeting Of the Federal Foo
Administrators in Washington, repre-
: senting 48 states, it was the unan
nous view that even If the harves
does prove abundant 1t will be tn
first duty of the American people
> place every grain they a save int
storage against possible bad year
ahead. In consequence, there shoul
be no anticipation of unlimited whet
!, bread until the war is over.
n Some of the most i~nconvenient ?
strictions can no doubt be modife
with the arrival Of a large harves
but il we are honest with ourselves "
will maintain restrictions requfrir
h the use of some substitutes, both d
G nestle and commercial; we will co
n tinue the requirements of high millir
e extraction and the elimination Of II
If non.essential use Of and waste
n flours and bread.
% "It-is worth remembering that Il
ID famine in Egypt 5000 years ago VI
10 saved by a little governmental foi
sight, and it does not require al
. dream to anticipate that so long
1t the war lasts, with its increasil
i. drafts for soldiers and munition VOL
of ers, the world will steadily produ
ID less food II we are wise a great HI
vest will mean the willing building
g. Of great national reserves"
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