Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-13
loWANs URGED TO EAT sPUDs
AND CONSERVE WHEAT
FLOUR.
GREAT SUPPLY or
MuRPHYs IN STATE
Feared That Thousands Of Bushels
VIII Be Wasted If Consumption Is
Not Increased - Seasons Acreage
May Be Decreased If Old Crop Is
Not Disposed OF.
Special to Times Republican.

Burlington, April 13.-Information
reaches the office of Food Administra
| tor Deems that there is an unusually
large supply Of potatoes in Iowa and
unless the people realize that it is nee
essary to utilize the crop some of it is
likely to go to waste.
| A letter from Forest City says: II
notice that much is made Of news
| item to the effect that potatoes have
| got to Sc cents a bushel in Burling-
| ton. They have been 80 cents here for
three weeks and l am Informed there
are hundreds of bushels in this vicinity.
Doubtless many of them will go to
| waste"
Also another letter from northern
| Iowa says: There are about ten car
loads of good potatoes among the far
mcrs here and there seems to be no
market for them. Please let me know
may be used at reasonable price"
A letter from a Wisconsin woman to
Horace S. Rand. food commissioner for
Des Moines county. expresses willing
ness to sell potatoes at so cents. de-
livered in Iowa, and she has been ask
ing 80 cents locally in vain.
Urge Consumption Of Spuds.
The supply of potatoes is large and
very reasonable prices should obtain
over all the state and Administrator
Deems is asking all the people to CO.
operate with his department in en-
couraging the use OF potatoes in order
to save wheat flour, which is vitality
! needed by orr allies, and also to save
impending waste in the potato crop
itself.
An effort will be made by the adj
ministration to enlist the cooperation
of civic organizations everywhere to
push the consumption Of potatoes. Ac
cording to bulletin 46S of the United
States department of agriculture. there
are more than one hundred ways of
serving potatoes.
Potatoes are a. good substitute for
wheat flour. They are strictly an Amer
lean product, altho Europe has adapted
them to it's very great advantage.
, Potatoes can not be shipped, while
wheat -four can, to save hunger among
our allies. Americans. therefore, in the
opinion of the food administration.
shipped and more of potatoes which
are - plentiful and cheap this year.
/ Excess Supply 100000, 900 Bushels.
BY eating potatoes instead Of wheat,
the peopleMof Iowa can help win the
war as much as by purchasing liberty
bonds and contributing to the Red
Cross. altho they Should do both" said
Administrator Deems today. 1--WE have
not enougth wheat for our allies and
ourselves. We have more than 100,-
100000 bushels excess supply Of pota-
toes If we are to win this war. the
allies must have more wheat. Potatoes
may not come quite up to wheat in
food value but they do come about as
close to taking the place of wheat as
any other food. Therefore by eating
potatoes we can save wheat for the
allies. At a time when the world is
hungry, it would be criminal to waste
any food. 1t is the duty of Americans
to eat up their potatoes
Fear Decreased Acreage.
Washington estimates that 30.000.000
bushels of potatoes will be wasted unL
less the potato crop now held by far
mers is moved Immediately. A waste
of any portion of this crop will not
only mean a decreased acreage in the
coming season but will also have a bad
psychological effect upon the country
as a whole, This waste will begin with
the warm weather when potatoes start
to sprout. II this sO.000.00O bushels Of
potatoes can, be consumed before the
first of June,it will mean a direct saw
ing of wheat and other foods which
must be saved for export. The eating
of potatoes, because of their food
vaiuc and of the fact that they are
very satisfying to the appetite, makes
less likely the eating Of bread.