The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-11-28
GREAT NATIONAL
WHEAT RESERVE
PLAN OF HOOVER
Even Abundant Harvests WIN
Not Remove All Restrio.
lions In Use Of Wheat
~ n. D. Food Administration.


Herbert Hoover, backed by the uaa0p
.Rous opinion Of the Federal Food ~.
ninistrators from all the states, -
planning to create great national -.
serves" Of wheat a. . safeguard
against possible lean harvests In r.
turs years. For this purpose the pse-
pie Of the United states will be asked
to restrict their consumption Of wAsat
even should there 10 abundant has.
vests this year.
Mr.. Hoover Issued the fellewia0
statement.
"Rscsnt press Dispatches. widely -.
eulatsd through the country, have
given the wholly false impression that
there 10 no longer nesd for rlgorooO
conservation Of wheat end fear.
The Food Administration declares
hat every aspect Of the wheat atuar
toa, both present and prospective. ~
tensifiss the need for the greatest Pc
stbls conservatioa Of wheat and wheat
products. II The present restrictioao
should b in the slightest degree -.
laxed It WOULD result in serious vast
for the people Of Europe before ~
asw crop can reach the market.
1.-THE food administration's estimate
- the situation the first Of June Ia.
dtcatss a total available supply until
the next harvest, including the graia.
that will be available from the farmers
In country and terminal elevators, and
oil mill elevators OF about fifty-six
million bushels. OF this about thirty
million bushels must bs exported b.
fore the new wheat - available for q.
port, If We are to maintain the aboo.
lutely necessary shipments Of our army
and the allies. That leaves about q.
10000 bushels for domestic consump.
don during the next two months.
'The normal consumption 10 some
thing over forty million bushels q
month so that the most liberal con.
sumption At home would Do only one
third Of normal.
I'm addition to the wheat on the
farms and in the elevators there 10 al.
ways an tndeterminats further amount
In transit and in the dealers hands and
this can never be reckoned In with the
flour available for export and for uss
1t home. As a matter of fact this
stock IS not actually available since
these supplies must remain constantly
In flow; they remain a permanent
stock, the removal Of which would
later cause period Of acute shortage
Il distributed before the new wheat
would be available.
"There Is further an inclination 10
include new crop prospects with pres
ont conditions which has led to con-
fusion. The harvest will not b gen.
orally available In flour until the mid.
die Of August or early September, al.
though in the extreme south 1t will b
somewhat earlier.
AT q meeting Of the Federal Food
Administrators at Washington yester.
day. representing all the forty-eieht
states, 1t was the unanimous view that
even II the harvest does prove album.
dant It will be the first duty Of the
American people to place every grain
they can save In storage as against
possible bad years ahead. In conss-
Quencs there should be no anticipation
Of unlimited wheat bread until the
var is over.
"Some Of the most inconvenisnt n.
strictions can no doubt b modified
with the arrival Of large harvest but
II We are honest with ourselves we VIII
maintain restrictions requiring the
use Of some substitutes both domestic
and commercial; we will continue ths
requirements Of high milling sxt1ac.
don and the elimination Of the nones-
sential use Of and waste In flour and
bread.
1T IL worth remembering that the
famine in Egypt eight thousand years
ego was saved BY late governmental
foresight and 1t does not require any
illuminating dream 10 anticipate that
20 long as the war lasts with IT. in
creasing drafts for soldiers and mn,
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