El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-07
OBEY ORDER REGARDING FLOUR
AND AVOID THE FOOD BOOTLEGGER

OCCASIONAL reports Of booteggng in flour and Of eff
- forts to evade otherwise the restrictions ordered
force by the state food administration Texas putting the
state wheasss basis until June later except as
to invahds OF children who allowed three pounds per
month physicians certificates indicate that there are
many people who DO not even yet understand the necessity
for the wheatess order Otherwise thew ould mt conn
tenance efforts TO evade it. We're impressed on them
nor only 1eas but other states also have reduced to
the minimum their consumption Of wheat in order to keen
our allies supplied until the next harvest most Ct them
would accept the situation loyalty The remainder are so
devoted to their st0machs that they would continue
trying to secure wheat flour, though the whole world
starved
The wheat situation today is the most serious situation
in the food supply Of the world wheat shortage and
lens back Of the battle line
Threatened with lack Of bTsadstuffs abroad the allies
appealed to Us for 100000 bushels be shipped BY the
enc OF March 1t was more than the United States had
been exporting to all countries in previous vears-con
soeraby morebut the request granted because of
me very great need abroad That wheat has not all been
80 90, Dse@lSs q me snip emergency, but that has
merely caused the French and English the Belgians and
Italians, to tighten their belts and wait
The greater burden Of furnishing wheat has fallen on ms
directly because Of the ship shortage Thera are
STORES OF wheat IN Australia unavailable because Of the e
uey long distance to Liverpool and the French ports
and because Of the lack ships For everv shin now hss
% 6e used for the shortest voyage possible
4he aes mad depended on securing 100000 bushels
Of wheat from Argentina Had it been possible to send re
Argentine eporabe surplus to Europe no sacrifice in this
country would have been necessary
But nov It requires than twice as much shin to
mage to move wheat from Argentina to European ports
4 does 70 TINS country ship could carry cargo of
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cargo Of munitions in the time that the same ship could
cary a cargo Of wheat from Argentina to Europe.
The necessity for Transporting our troops TO Europe
more rapidly than has been anticipated and the additional
snip tonnage necessary to keep them supplied with food
clothing and munitions has made it impossible for the allies
Obtain the wheat they purchased Argentina The ships
they had planned to use in moving the Argentine wheat are
ne" being used to move wheat and munitions from
The nature Of the obligation resting on this country
hzVng thus been sketched let consider the wheat us
ton in this country.
On March the stock of wheat on farms amounted TO
epprox1matey 111272OOo bushels From this about ssr
10000 bushels had TO be aside for seeding That was
the original figure for seeding but It has had to be in
creased because Of the failure Of first paintings IN some
ioaes ana the resulting necessity for replanting But
On me basis OF the original figures bushels re-
manned Tor food purposes On the same date the stocks Of
wheat IN commercial hands amounted to 656es 600 bushels
This total supply Of wheat available for food
poses, amounting to f47y845,o00 bushels /
Flour stocks at mills totaIed bushels In ad-
oon there vas supply Of flour at terminal elevators Of
s6500 bushels The total wheat flour available for
1909 vas 17641150o bushels March At that time we
aao sun to send to the allies 100000 bushels This left
or home consumption fof 500 bushels of wheat less e.
ports 10 Holland and other neutral countries depending on