Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-20
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 20, 1913
NOTES FRONI
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
by IL. Il. HERNDON,
Food Administrator for Oconce County.

Editor Keowee Courier: Please
publish for the information Of the
public the enclosed matter relating
to the Food Administration. de-
sire to take this opportunity Of say
ing 1T may appear to me persons
that some of the rules cause unnec-
essary Inconvenience. War means
sacrifice, and no one can justly ac-
cuse our President of precipitately
entering into this war. 1t was only
after he learned of the imminent
danger to the security Of the nation
that he permitted rs to be drawn
into this great conflict OF the nations.
! think we may depend upon our
President and the National Food Ad-
ministration, who have formulated
these rules, that no othing will be done
or required that is not absolutely
necessary for the safety and welfare
of the nation, and especially for the
safety and welfare of our soldier
boys.
Our soldier boys, at the call of our
country, are giving up friends, rela-
| tives. homes and business, Drawing
the dangers of the sea, bearing the
hardships of the life in'the trenches,
! and placing their lives at stake in
battle, to defend our rights and liber-
ties, in order that freedom may not
perish from the earth. II any one
| feels disposed to grumble and find
fault, let him pause and ask himself
what sacrifice he is making, COM
pared to the sacrifices the soldier
| boys are making. Is 1t that he is
asked to eat a little more corn bread,
| and little less wheat, q little less
sugar, little less Of beef and pork?
Are these so great sacrifices on his
part, that the boys shall suffer rather
than that he should deny himself?
The President and those who are
laboring to direct us through this
terrible conflict have Information
which we do not have and which the
safety Of the nation requires that we
do not have at this time. 1t Is as lit
tie as we can do--and Is our ratri-
otic Alphabetically and without
murmuring or criticism to conform
to these regulations, which have been
laid down, only after careful consid-
eratiop, for the good Of the nation,
and especially for the welfare of our
boys who are in camp, and are now
or soon will be in the trenches in
Europe.
Some Regulations.
| call particular attention to a few
of the most important regulations in
which Oconeeans are interested as
affecting them:
| Flour.
Flour in towns and cities must be
sold in eighth to quarter barrels; in
rural and farm communities in quar-
ter and half barrel quantities.
| Contracts for -four do not except
the purchaser or the seller from OBJ
serving the rules Of the Food Admin
| istration.
Retailers must not sell more than
80 days supply, and must obey the
rule with reference to sales in coun-
try and In town, and especially must
they obey the rule Of selling pound
| for pound Of substitutes at the same
time with wheat flour.
A contract for purchase of -four Is
no protection against boarding it
| aggravates the offense.
Flour in barrels which cannot be
got into sacks may be sold to farm
ers who buy for tenants, to public
institutions, ETC., until the present
supply is exhausted. No more than
80 days supply can be sold to any
one man.
We should save -four and use corn
meal, grits and other -four substi-
tutes for the reason that corn cannot
safely be shipped across the water
1t Will heat and spoil. There are no
mills In Europe for grinding corn.
Meal will spoil; If 1t did not spoil it
soon stales. Corn bread soon, stales
and becomes unfit to eat when cold.
Often the boys are in the trenches
for several days together where no
food can be cooked. Wheat can be
cooked into bread which the soldier
can take into the trench with him,
which will keep fresh for a week.
Gross maximum profit for whole
salers in -four should not exceed
from 80 to 70 cents nor harral. for