The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-03-29

"Unclc Sam says conserve wheat
and other wheat products. including
flour" observes robert McKunc Of
the McEune Forwarding company at
Price There il an abundance Of
flour Ia Castle Valley and IN the Tim
tab Basin country. We are asked a.
uev wheat substitutes Tor wheat flour.
iiut how are We to- get the substitutes
Substitutes are harder to- obtain here
In Eastern Utah than are the wheat
ur the wheat flour \ carload uf
rurnmrai which was sold To- one of
our wholesale firms several weeks
ago. has not yet arrived. aud there
now is "a famine In cornmcaL This
car Is uVersold ahead ~ ts arrival.
There Is not bag of bran pr bran aud
shorts or straight shorts IN the ware
houses nr the dealers here. And NO
mill can be- found which will nll an
order for these things. and most -
the mills are sold ahead thirty To- sixty
DAYS. i,anchcrs and househuldcrs are
asked To- Raise hogs Each family
should have at least one hog. aud they
arr asked t. save the beef aud To- raise
chickens and eat eggs and poultry
Hut We arr asked IN the same breath
not To- use wheat t. feed them, ana
wheat y about al that can be- had for
feeding hogs and poultry wheat. the
forbidden wheat. Many housewives
are mixing oatmeal with flour and
many are using graham flour. aud
-tiil Moro would urr curnm-nl and
other substitutes " u could be had,
but Uncle Sam has caused such u rush
after these substitutes that the mills
a. a.. A
with thu demand THIS " u country
~ long distances aud had roads.
Dealers are asked not a. sell more
than V hundred pounds ~ flour 4" n
customer. me- matter how Tar h. must
come Tor u, and some ~ them must
come forty or rfty miles &C. Rct u suu-
ply Tor twu weeks ~ that rate. sheep
camps and cattle camps away OF on
the d~-ere hnd mountains would u" hit
hard hy such stringent rules. aud th"
people ~ u rul, Wiii pl Tar e. uboi
any rule considered nrcvratN hY Tn
co. Sam ,to help our hnt~ across III"
water uniHh their bib Assistant Fuel
Administrators MvGrcgur. who has
charge under W. w Armstrong ~
food conservation Ia Utah. b. trying
hard ~ g-t modification uf the IRON
mcnt. with some hope uf success. aud
Armstrong has for some time past
been In Washington. ~ g.. urging the
appointment 81 special representa-
tive for Utah who viii make rules
applicable To this country which
would not az conditions IN the con.
gcHtcd districts ct the East. The pres
cnt rules here DO not ~ conditions.
and many ciEhtocn-kar't Americans
who want tn help are hobNlcd 10y Inn
possible restrictions. Consumers are
asked o. hay aH much substitute ~
flour. when the substitute would D. a
loss H. them. aud their bins are filled
with all the substitute they can use.
II makes their flour cost them double
a. b" compelled 10 buy u useless sub
stitui. that II available aud the sub
stitut. thry could use II not purrihl"
a. get.
why not max. II q rul. that the
pnrvhns" Of fiftY Ccnts "r dollars
worth of thrin stamps would cntitl"
the purchaser a. get - hag ~ flour
That n u substitute that would help
the boys over there. and u would lot
~ uHe up our wheat All over Eastern
Utah Al the present time lll the
dealers can Nu " tn lntNfiHf a NAlif ~
possible of restriction upon the pur-
chaser by furnishing such substitute
a. h. ran use and not let our people
gn hungry when wheat IN ~ plentiful.
Since the foregoing was put In type
Mrkune has received communica-
ton from the state fuel administra-
tors office In which II II said; We
have written Co the stockgrowerr and
merchants ~ Price asking them 20
can together a meeting OF the mer-
chants of your city with view OF
making such notifications of our rul-
/ ing of March tith, which Will and
can be- made to apply 10 tho condi-
tions existing In your section" Fur
| Their;
As explained a. you. the flour stu
alton h very SERIOUS and the govern
ment II insisting that II he conserved
| In every way possible Consequently
/ you should make your suggestions "a
/ conform as closely as possible Ia ouT
/ nfty-fifty ruling"
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