Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-05-02
LET THE SOLDIERS
HAVE YOUR FLOUR
stste Food Administrator Appeals to
Loyal TennssssGns To Abstain from
Using Wheat Flour and Give All To
Feed Allies and Troops In Francs.

| Nashville-Through the county food
administrators Of more than half Of
the counties Of the state, DR.. II. A,
Morgan. federal food administrator in
Tennessee, has issued an appeal to
the people OF Tennessee to turn over
to the government for the use of It's
army and navy and its allies, all the
wheat flour that they can possibly
spare. This flour will be paid for at
q fair market price to be fixed by DR..
Morgan, after conference with those
who are familiar with price conditions.
1t IS expected that the merchants OF
the counties will finance the proposi-
tion-that is, they will pay for the
flour as it is turned in, and then they
Will be reimbursed when the flour is
loaded on cars for shipment to the
United States grain corporation.
In making. this appeal Dr. Morgan
said: The people Of Tennessee can
| spare from their stocks of flour, am
sure, a carload or two for our govern
ment, in this crisis, without making a
very great sacrifice. 1t would not in.
| convenience us very much If We
did without flour altogether until the
next harvest. In Grimes county, Tex.
| as, nearly everyone responded to the
appeal, and three carloads went for
ward, We can do the same thing
here"
The boarding of wheat will not be
tolerated by the food administration.
There is now, in the judgment of Or.
Morgan, no reason why any farmer In
Tennessee should continue to hold his
wheat. A list of those who still have
wheat on hand has been secured by
the food administration, and where
they will not respond to appeals to
their patriotism the wheat 10 being
taken over under requisition papers,
as provided in the food control act.
One farmer had 1000 bushels and re-
fused to part with it, and requisition
papers were issued and the wheat
taken over for the government.
To Abstain From Wheat
Following a number OF inspiring ap-
peals from eloquent speakers, the
the number OF more than 1000 assem-
bled at the capitol at Nashville,
adopted resolution pledging them
selves to abstain as far as practica.
bic from the use OF wheat flour prod
ucts until the next harvest, and in no
event to use during any one monta
more than one and one-half pounds of
wheat flour per person, the same to
be carefully weighed. At a meeting
OF the district demonstration agents
and war workers at Chattanooga res.
olution that went even further was
unanimously passed pledging absolute
abstention from the use Of wheat
products until the next harvest, and
declaring that each person present |
would seek to influence others to |
make the same resolution.
The meeting of district agents ana |
was decided success and the mem.
bers pledged enthusiastic cooperation |
In all OF the war activities. |. Fin.
ney OF Columbia represented ths
United States Food Administration,
delivering a strong appeal to the won.
nation in this crisis.
On the call OF the war emergency
council of the National Bakers and DR..
H. A. Morgan, federal food administra.
tor, the bakers Of Tennessee to tho
number Of about 40, representing all
sections, from Bristol to Memphis, as.
sembled at the Commercial club in
Nashville and perfected a state organ.
ization by the election OF Charles X.
Evers of the American Bread com.
pany, Nashville, as president. The
bakers were addressed by Or. Nor.
gan and j. 1. Finney of the food ad.
Full cooperation with
the food administration was pledged
and a technical committee of five
to act with the food admin.
in the Interpretation Of rulea
and regulations governing the bakers
Of the state. A number have Joined
since the organization and 1t is now
representative of that interest.
Patriotism of Hotels.
Five OF the leading hotels of Chat.
tanooga have voluntarily gone on
whoatless ration until the next har.
vest having agreed to eliminate all
wheat products from their menus
Houston R. Harper, hotel representa-.
tive Of the food administration in Ten
nessee, is confident that large num-
Der of hotels in other places in the
state will make q similar resolution.
At meeting held at Chattanooga the
hotels of the state were organized and
full and hearty cooperation pledged
10 the food administration in the ex.
ecution OF its rules and regulations.
Maj. Rutledge Smiths efficient work
as chairman Of the council of defense
Of Tennessee has been recognized by
The council at Washington and he has
been asked to bring the organizations
Of other southern states up to the
high standard OF that of Tennessee.
1t is generally conceded at Wash.
Ington that Tennessee has one OF the
bsst war organizations in the Union.
Not only have the heads Of all the war
made good, but their
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