Morris tribune., 1918-01-11
MORRIS MILL is BUSY
GRINDING WAR FLOUR
New Product Will Be Darker Than
Usual, But Will Be Just As
- Wholesome

Inc stewart MILL VI N1OA 40 ~ ~ "
grinding -four under new regulations
prescribed by the milling division OF
the federal food administration. Ill
regard to this new war hour, MI.
Stewart says that the people Will
never notice the difference in the
quality but the brand now being
made will be just trif1e darker but
inst as wholesome as the old brands.
However, the change will by no
means make a dark -four such as Is
used abroad and the mills are not
required to mix other cereals Win
the flour. as was at first thought.
The only difference with the new
Aour is that it contains the better
parts of the wheat that have before
been allowed to escape consumption.
The flour will be just as clean and
wholesome as in the past and the
bread just as sweet and appetlzlng.
The making of war flour is intend
ed as a war measure to save the
country an estimated l6,OOO,OOO
bushels of wheat and at the same
time reduce the cost of feed by pro-
viding a greater quantity of it. I'm
der the new arrangement the mills
are allowed 264 pounds of wheat to
make barrel of flour and on each
barrel the regulation profit OF rs
cents is still allowed.
The new flour is just as good as
the old standard patent. While
4r;A do
food value than it did before, be-
cause it actually contains more glut-
en-. 1t is not of as high a quality,
but all the essentials are still there
and some of them, such as flavor and
nutrition, are even better. In Euro
pean countries at present there is no
-four which is made out of wheat
alone 1t is mixture of wheat, rye,
barley or corn, and the people over
there would be only too glad to make
bread out of the low grade which
we run into our feed. If the people
of this country never have to use
any thing worse than the flour
which the mills are now making,
they should have no reason to kick,
In an interview with Mr.. Stewart
Tuesday he said: Under the new
Government regulations 264 pounds
of 58-pound test or higher wheat is
the most allowed to make 1876 pounds
of straight -four To make little
higher grade of flour the government
allows us to take out up to Per cent
of the lower grade flour, which we
intend to do and which will make
our flour as much better in proper
ton to other fours as it has been in
the past The -four which we are
now making is the very highest
quality that the government orders
will allow.
About the only difficulty in con-
forming to the federal orders is found
in the disturbance of established
markets. The Stewart Mill here at
Morris has built up large trade on
quality Of flour, and this market will
now be jeopardized. However, Mr.
Stewart expressed his willingness to
conform to the requirements as part
of the war burden.
S. Stewart attended meeting of
the millers of the northwest in Min
neapolis last week Thursday and he
said that nearly every miller in the
district comprising North and South
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Montana was present. This was the
largest gathering of millers that has
ever taken place in the United States
with the exception of one time, the
new government regulations making
it importaont that every miller be
present at the meeting to learn
all about the new flour and how it
should be made.