The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-17
CONSERVATION OF
 WHEAT IS VITAL ITO WINNING WAR
Difficulty of Obtaining Proper Substitutes Hamp-
 CTS Efforts of Hotels.

meeting of the United States Food Administrations Connecticut Division or Hotels and Restaurants, Walter S. Garde of Hartford and New Haven John Porter of Hartford. and Almon. C. Judd of Waterbury, the most inn portant matter discussed was the fur ther conservation of wheat, especially Tn restaurants, although the hotels and clubs were also considered Con- nectcutis Federal Food Administrations. Robert Scoville, and his associates. George M. Landers and Clart T. Du- rant, have recently returned from the Washington conference of the State Administrators with MT. Hoover and they are striving to picture to all concerned, including boarding house Keepers and housewives, the vital ne cesslty for very much greater con- servatfon of and substitution for wheat than is at present being prac- ticed in this country.
 During the discussion of the res taurateurs, it developed that many willing hotel and restaurant keepers were unable to show increased sav- 1ngs of the precious white wheat Hour-Which is just as valuable as powder to the armies of democracy because of inability to secure pqpper substitutes of the corn variety. MT Scoville promptly wired the facts of the situation to Washington and be fore the meeting adjourned, it was explained that transportation troubles were to blame and that these would be so remedied that corn flour and rye four will be available in ample quantities for all restaurateurs.
 | Although the divisions questionnaire has ben out only a few days, Edward lR Lngraham, who is handling the of flee detail of the divisions conserva- tion work, has received over 800 re- plies from the 1900 letters mailed to he hotels, clubs and restaurants of the State.
 Bridgeport leads with about 15o, Hartford second with 125 and New Haven, which received the largest number of questionnaires, third with about 100. Waterbury has returned less than fifty and only a few com paratively have been sent in from New Britain and Meriden restaura- teurs. From hotels and restaurants in the other towns of the State, how ever, over 400 have been filed and in l the whole 300 replies filed there is not one instance of protest or unwilling ness to comply with the Hoover rules and regulations for "meatless Tues days ''wheatless Wednesdays" and 'tpork1ess Saturdays
 To tell the full truth, many propri- etors of eating places enclosed letters asking for further detailed instruc- tions and suggestions as to how they may best help their country in her Iever-growing need for certain food commodities, particularly wheat,
 Naturally, many of the eating house men ask that they be subjected to no unfair competition and that all be placed on the same basAs of pledge Iregulation. These and others who Ihave personally visited the Connecti- cut office of the United States Food Administration and personally pointed out the inequity and futihty of en- deavoring to observe 'meatless'' and 'twheatless'' days, unless all places of the same class likewise got into line against the Kaiser, have been assured that their sacrifice would be only tenn porary and not in vain. No matter whether Congress passes proposed leg islation making the Hoover 'regula- ltions'' mandatory and compulsory, Un-
 der severe penalties, or leaves mat
 ters on a. voluntary basis, Connecticut ldoes not purpose to await for any lengthy discussion at Washington.
 In the very near future, it will be
 unfashionable and unpatriotic-not to
 say unsafe people to be seen pat
 ronizing eating places which are no1 observing their pledge or which have failed to sign a pledge. Local pub licity is the trump card which the Ho- I tels and Restaurants Division holds
 for such conditdons. No food ad-
 ministraNs6n membership, card will be
 tolerated in such wilful eating places
 and the reading public in the vicinity
 will be so inofrmed. As soon as they
 are received from the government printing office at Washington, large membership posters will be furnished
 to be displayed in each or the all night restaurants and dining rooms . The food administration office has made it clear that it will welcome complaints about alleged patriotic | places which are either openly v1olat
 ing the regulations or slyly evadlnE them by various camouf1age methods
 The food administration also made z
 reuest today through the newspaper: of the State that any restaurant oi lunch room keeper, who has recently Istarted in business or for any other reason may have been missed in the
 State canvass, should promptly ap- ply to the office at No. 36 Pearl street Hartford, for a pledge card and in
 struodons and membership card
 A letter recently received from the Federal Food Administrator of Min
 nesota says:
 Thirty out of thirty-one restau { rants and lunch rooms in Minneapoli visited by a representative of the stat lcairy and food department incognitt , last week, gave evidence of their Joy : alty to the Food Administration pro gram by refusing him meat of an.
 kind on the day he cailed-Tuesday : 'fhe odd one reported by the food de I partment representative is a China } man, and he decided to make the lis , unanimous by takink meat of all kind
 off his bill of fare on Tuesdays hence forth. This report indicates that cit. :. lunch room oroprietors are dealin; e IloyaIly with the meat saving question t Are they doing as we'll in the othe,