Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-07
Urges Increased Use
Of Maine Potatoes
spuds Offer Opportunity 70 savs
Wheat for Shipment Abroad-Many
people Become Total Abstalnsrs Of
Wheat Products,

pa1gn ID now III AosA
81 43PhE swing and thousands
uIuI Of people. In this
Ivtvl&8 State are eating
SS4Y and buying more DO
tatoes in order to
save wheat for the Allies and QUIZ
soldiers fighting In France. Il
This campaign is being conducted
under the direction Of Federal Fooa
Administrator Leon 8. Merrill w1tn
the hearty cooperation Of newspapers.
retail stores, women's clubs. SCHOOLS,
churches, commercial bodies. frater
nal organizations, theatres and SPEAK
ers.
"The best thing we can offer the
people to help the country save wheat
Is potatoes" says Food Adminietrs-
tor Merrill. Potatoes are an aa.
ceptable substitute for bread. Ireland
has been saved from starvation time
and again by the potato. Americans
are already familiar with this valuable
tuber and can increase their use OF
the potato with little trouble and al
most no sacrifice Of appetite, certainly
no sacrifice of nutritive value.
I'm the present crisis all cereals are
precious: they will keep and the po-
tatoes will not AS an emergency
measure. increase the use OF pota-
toes"
Cash and Carry Savings.
When the consumer buys his rooo-
stuffs for cash and carries them home
himself, he saves from to 10 per cent
of the cost of most staple commodities
except tea, where-there is q diner,
ence of Is per cent. This genera
conclusion is reached from nauoh
wide study Of the difference between
cash and carry" and credit and oe
livery" prices made by the Y. o.
Food Administration.
The delivery of food supplies, which
is a general custom among retauers,
involves a service that is necessarily
EXPENSIVE. On certain commodities
however, the difference is very sman:
The smallest differences indicated
are for sugar, Q Il cent per poun9
corn meal, or cent per pound ana
milk, 0.3 cent per quart.
Preach and Practice.
Preach and practice war gardens
The effect Of war gardens IN proVlo-
ing food. saving labor and relieving
the railroads cannot be overesuma-
ted Three of the important Factors
in this war are Food, Labor ana
Transportation. The war garden
helps solve all three.
DR.. Alonzo Taylor Of the Food Ao-
ministration, speaking from accur-
ate knowledge, declares, 1T is no ex-
aggeration to say that the war gar.
dens in Europe have in the case OF
Germany, for instance, pui!eo ner
through two summers and tnat sue
would probably no. have been able TO
null through II 1t had not been lor
her war gardens. In the largest CIT
les of Germany, as much as 70 or 81
ner cent of the food consumption OF
those people during those months was
fresh vegetables, largely relieving
| the cereal situation"
Sugar For Canning.
The Food Administration Is making
every endeavor to see that the coun.
try Is provided with a supply OF
household sugar on the basis OF three
mounds of sugar for each person
per month. Do not consume more.
Saving from this supply enough TOR
use during the approaching canning
season is not regarded as boarding. :,
It ia also the intention Of the Food
Administration to supplement tne
pound per month allotment during
the canning season with an addltlonai
amount that will be ample Tor inc
necessary canning operations. the
full utilization of all methods which
will save sugar is. however. strong
ly advised.
To prevent losses from spoilage IN
certain flours and meals during
hot weather, the United States Food
Administration has issued lnstruc-
tions regarding their storage. spec
| ial care should be taken OF the follow
ing products:
Bran, shorts and middlings, corn
products containing the outer ooatlng
and germ (such as so-called water
ground cornmeal and grits), oats ana
oat meals, graham and wholewneat
-four. rye -four, barley -four, peanut
meal duu 6Oyd uCoh AASoA.
These products should be kept
moving and used as soon as possible.
When storing is necessary. keep in q
cool dry, well-ventilated place. Raise
bags Of flour and meal sufficiently
| from the floor to exclude rats, MICE
insects, also to permit cleaning the
floor under the bags. When many
bags are stored, arrange them IN
tiers, leaving space between the tiers
to allow abundant ventilation. Large
stocks should be reduced as much as
possible before hot weather.
Urges Wheat Savings.
Before the new wheat crop Is
available, there remains three months
In which we are required to feed our
own people and continue the exports
of -four to cur soldiers and the val
liant fighting Allies-Great Britain,
France and Italy says Food Admin
istrator Leon 8. Merrill.
zone bushel of wheat will care for
the bread needs Of one man from now
until July 1st This is no time to think
Of a bushel Of wheat in dollars and
cents, but only in Its relation to hu-
man life.
"Mr. Hoover has asked that we
ask every well-to-do. every independ-
ent person in the United States to
abstain from the use Of wheat -four
In any form until the next harvest.
The arrival of the next harvest Will
solve our difficulties. II the Lord Is
good to us in the weather, our prob
lems will be over by the first OF
September. That Is not long period
of sacrifice; and confidently believe