Evening journal., 1918-01-11
ALLIES Need MORE
fM9BICAF WHEAT
/ 80 Per Cent. of
apply Needed by Fight
ing Men
DIRECTOR MITCHELL
ANNOUNCES PROGRAM

EurOpes need OF more wheat hour
wing to the ship losses and crop fail
Tres over there. has led to the Food
administration arranging to ship 9O,I
10000 bushels in addition to the sur
plus wheat sent across the Atlantic
asst year.
This means, said Edmund Mitchell,
Oelaware's State food director, today.
that the American people viii be call
I'd upon TO reduce their consumption
OF wheat flour more than they are do
ing at present. II not, there will ne
a serious shortage before the May crop
comes in.
The director announced today that
the food administrator is considering
legislation that will make wheatless
days compulsory. Proposals for mixed
flour and for a form Of war bread Of
mixed grains also are under consider
alton as possible measures 10 reduce
The use Of wheat -four
The Food Administration has decided
to purchase from the mills 30 per cent.
of their output, and with This supply
The soldiers and sailors and Allies, re-
serving enough for stores to meet con-
tingencies that may arise
The state Director today announced
that the executive secretary for his
Office. which will be No. 7Oi Equitable
Building, would come from Washing
ton. II have made arrangements with
Mr.. Hoover TO supply me With a man
thoroughly acquainted with the work
Of the Food Administration who can
take up the duties here upon his ar
rival" he said.
Complaints Of pronteering and other
violations Of the Food Administrations
requests to the general public in the
purchase and use of foods. have been
presented to the director and he b.
preparing 10 Is said, 90 t3hc ihcm up
n order Of importance. with the needs
NJ the country He is desirous that an
who have complaints 10 make shall
present them to him. so that he may
adlust the more grievous OF them
speedily.
In announcing his plans, state Direc-
tor Mitchell said:
ITO make food conservation a sue
cess, the people Of our State Will have
70 enter into the project with spirit
and with patriotic motive only.
Food saving is a voluntary .acri-
flee, and while coercion may in some
instances have to be resOrted 20, it can
only be successfully accomplished
through the cooperation Of all, all
working co-ordinately for the good OF
the country and our Allies abroad.
ANY restriction put upon ihe pur-
chase or use OF fO0dstuns now or I'm
The future is not done for the purpose
Of hampering any one, but simply for
the purpose Of saving.
"Our Allies abroad must have -four,
pork and beef as we'll as sugar. and
fats and the only way We can furnish
them with what they need, is by not
using them ourselves.
"This is a peoples movement a war
20 liberate the oppressed
Food conservation must largely he
accomplished by the housewives who,
Nyhen they go tO the butcher or baker
will not ask for wheat bread, Hour,
sugar or meats In large quantities, but
for their substitutes.
III they do not ask for these things.
The merchant will be relieved the EN-
barrassment Of telling the customer
that she can have only a certain
amount Of articles she asks for, or,
n 70 is a meatless or wheatless day.
none at all. But IN no instanc can
a merchant compel a customer to
purchase what she does not want. for
the purpose Of getting what she docs.
"The amount Of foodstuns in Europe
is not sufficient. and America must
supply the deficiency
"Thls can only come about through
eo-operative conservation therefore,
cook only the food that YOU need, ana
cat AN YOU cook and don't waste.
"The Food Administration office VIII
omen Tuesday in Room l0' Equitable
Building. where an citizens viii be
welcome. and where the Administrator
WIN be glad 20 receive suggestions