The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
PUNISH FOOD tI0ARDE7
FOOD ADMINISTRATION WILL
STRICTLY ENFORCE LAWS AND
PUNISH VlOLATORS Sc
VERELY.

burlington, Ia, April 15.-Two men
charged with violation of the govern
ment food regulations have just felt
the heavy hand of the law.
w. 3. Resell of Salem, Ia. was found
to have four sacks of flour in his home
and he was promptly arrested and Ia
ken to Keokuk, where he was bound
over to the federal grand jury in $1,000
bond An employee on account of the
company was fined $500 for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross last week. The
government will no longer tolerate
flour boarding.
II. r. Roberts of Postville. Ia, was
license revoked for selling flour with
out the proper substitutes. He also
was required to sign public apology.
From now on, the food administra-
ton will strictly enforce the law
against all violators. boarding flour,
selling -four without equivalent weight
of substitutes and kindred offeases,
will be punished to the limit.
MARKET THE WHEAT.
Administrator Deem has received
an appeal from Herbert Hoover direct
ed to the farmers of Iowa, urging them
to market their wheat before May l.,
reservins only seed.
The allies are taking so per
cent of other cereals than wheat to
mix in their bread. All bread in Eu-
rope Is baked in bakeries. 1t is impos-
sible to make bread that will keep
wholly out of other cereals. Therefore
this appeal to the farmers.
Mr.. Hoover says: "This is a war
call, and a service for Uncle Sam, who
is fighting for his life. If your local
miller is unable to buy all the wheat
that is offered, market it in the other
customary trade channels through
which it will reach the Food Admins
ton Grain corporation"
EUROPE MUST HAVE WHEAT.
No question is more frequently ask.
ed than why we send wheat to Europe.
We send wheat to furnish foundation
for the mixed cereal bread that the
allies have eaten for three years and
a half. and not to supply them with
a straight wheat bread. We have
been eating Victory bread, bread that
calls for only 20 per cent wheat SUBJ
'stitute, while Europe since the out.
break of the war has eaten war
bread which contains from % to so
per cent substitute. They are asking
us for wheat to make this war bread.
Wheat flour is the only known found
alton for a bakery loaf. Corn
meal and buckwheat can be used in
making cornbread and batter cakes,
but these breads cannot be looked on
as bakery products, as they will not
stand "a hours handling between the
oven and the table. American wom-
en- who do their own baking can make
good use of cornmeal, rice, and oat-
meal, but wherever women work in
factories or long hours in the field,
whether in America or Europe, bakery
bread must be within their reach.
DR.. Alonzo Taylor, representative
from the United States food admins
tration to the recent allied conference
in Paris, and an expert on the food
needs of the world, answers the ques-
ton in this way:
1--WE want to send wheat to Europe
because you can make bread of wheat,
and you can't make bread out of rice
and oats and corn. And nobody bakes
domestic bread in Europe. You can
go to any town in France, and you
will find that there are no individual
bakers there. There will be employed
probably two or three men in one
place, who win have one large hearth,
who will be able to bake 1000 loaves
Of bread together. with minimum
amount Of coal. The bread is ldeliv.
cred to the home: and this is one-half
Of the diet OF that home. It was In
peace time and 1t IS now. In peace
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