The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-15
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EVERY EFFORT TO ZEE MADE TO
CONSERVE FOOD THEOQEh-
OUT THE STATE.
Problem Is One That VIII Keep
Officials Busy.

J.. W Oclrhay. Federal Food Admin
,%lrajor for West Nirsiuia. returned
Thursday from Washington. ~h"r" Nv
mad attended Il conference ~ 'hr F'o-
cral Food Administrators ar IN" va
rinuS SintcS. The meeting was h"-
dressed by Herbert i""rcr' hl'rd
Sinics Food Administrative. ana aiSh pE
President Wilson.
With the cluSin: IF tn" war. the food
problem l"onls up larger Than ever upon
the man of the world, and II seems
that almost all Of EuTnr" VIII need
some help in the way t't l""n supply
until the European nations can ADJUST
themselves Ia peace conditions AMI re-
turn the soil Ia produ"" other crops H"l
rnly France and Belgium. Austria. Tur-
key. and the Holy Land are III need OF
food. but now the German people make
mr. uun.al for fuoLslurfS from tn"
United States. and this assistance has
been promised thcm By president Will
son IL n Euaranl"" can he made That
rcucc and order will I've maintained in
thr German territory and Il proper diS-
trihutiun of the Cuod furnished Viii be
had.
Mr.. Hoover emphasized tho fact upon
the Federal Food Administrators that
there will nc no letting up III the work
Of providing fuudSluffS far tranSp"rta-
ton to Europe. While some rcS'!lc-
tions are being taken off, especially as
10 wheat. requiring no further Suhsti-
tutcs to be used with wheat flour ana
hy increasing the sugar allowance 10
four nuIInds per month. still thCT" is
= demand for conservation and tho saw
ing Of ull foods 10 meet the European
demand.
Mr. Hoover has promised u have
. onn. 900 tons If food from this Coun-
try into Europe within ten days. md
he himself Will go to Europe Ms chair
man of the Erigiau Relief Commits"
To take fun charge Of the larger pr"h-
lem Of feeding all the other nntons
now upon The verge ut starvation.
Mr. Orlrhay says that every effort
will he made by the Food ..d'ninist ra-
ton Of West Virginia !" save every
pound of food that is possible, and that
the people OF the state viii he c"ntu.
ally informed uf such needs as long
as they exist. He says there arc three
reasons for relaxing upon tn" c"rScrra-
tinn uf whr;tl---orr is that N" storage
faciltirS are not sufficient IN hold the
whoa; for shipment. ;nl ttirr" being y
greater dciu:tnh than ever for fats. but
ter, etc. that III" increased consumption
Of wheat viii Increase ,h" m'ii feed
supply. thereby lnsur,ng Il greater SUP
ply az fats for transportation.
Another reason is the fhri tina. thf
prospect for next years wheat crop IL
very good and rs the world is hr'nE
adjusted to peace conditions. thrr" viii
he no longer tho gr"n- necessity NJ
maintaining the large reserve OF wheat
to meet the war emergency. From sta
tistical reports "C experts who have fig
urrd upon the wheat crop f"v tho com
inr year il is said that the crop VIII
hr even grca.cr than that nf the pres
ont year which WAS the largest in tho
history OF tho country. and will h. sut-
nccut 10 take Cnrc If all our needs
without the reserve unless some urrorc-
sccn calamity such ms Il drought de-
StroyS the wheat crop.
r. J. Humphreys. Inspector for West
/, Virginia FrpG Administration. and l..
NJ. Davis. Director "f Education for the
Administrations. returned Thursday
from Washington. wh"r" they attended
a conference of the Federal Food Nd
miu!strators from III" various states.