Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-09-12
FOOD CONSERVATION
PLANS ARE CHANGED
sUssTlruTEs FOR FLOUR WAL
HAVE TO % PURCHASED ONLY
ON THE sAsls EloHTY-rWnNTX.
NEW RULE rs ANNOUNCED
Ths Original Flfty.FFty Raas Put Iwta
Effect Lest January Has Resulted N
consumptAen Of Whsss Flour Bslns
Reduosd ny Moro Than ons4s4ah

Consumption Of Whsss Flour Bslns
Resvosd ny More Than ons-stah
Nashville, Tsnn.-psginniAs On Sep
tsmbsr the food conservation rsSulai
ticns were oAsngel 20 that from now
on substitutes for flour VIII Asvs ID
b purchased only on tAs basis Of
siEhty.twenty instead Of fifty.fifty.
which has bean in effect for the past
seven months. This b the biggest
change tAAt has been made aimee the
Food sdministration was ssta bshAsAl
Hereafter those who purchase .
flour scutnaning eighty pss cent a
wheat and twenty per cent Of rscosl
nizsd wheat -Four substftutcs will not
have 70 buy any substitutes or sign
any ple4ge to use substissess II they
buy the standard wheat flour they WIN
have to buy enc pound Of ssbsttAsess
for every fesr peands of flouT that 10
purchased. n 10 not expected ths&
these regulations win very materially
increase the consumption Of wheat
flour, as the people Of the State have
Tor 30 leng used the substitutes that
tAsy win continue TO do %. The orisi.
nal fifty-fifty rule was put into sffso,
On January 30 last and under Il. &C.
cordins to the very best information
sxailable to the Food Administration,
he consumption Of wheat flour in Ten.
nesses has been reduced by more than
ons.hak. Many merchants and mill
ers In the stats estimate an even lArg
or reduction than this, amounting In
many cases to seventy tive per cent
Heretofore hreaktast foods Of osr.
tain kinds. Mks oaAmeals, have bean
recognised - . substitats. This win
not be the case In the future, bat 9TH
srwise the substitutes win undergo
httls change.
xons oonfsnsnea
DF. II. A. Morgan, federal food ad-
ninistrator Of Tennsssse, has returned
from New Orleans. La. whore he had
been to attend . conference Of the fed
eral food admmbtraton Of this zone.
composed Of the States Of Tennessee,
Arkansas. Mississippi. LcuisianA Tex
- and Oklahoma The administrator
strongly recommendsl 10 Washington
that the prices Of cotton products
should bs stabt1issd. DIR. Morgan Iscs
on Sunday fsr . meeting Of the federal
food administrators at Washington
This conferences is now In session and
WIN be featured By Mr. Hoevsrs re-
port of his trip to Ne nations al13sd
with US In this war.
Poultry Meeting
4 @. Giles. poultry and egg rsprs-
sentative Of the Federal Food Admin.
hstration IN Tennessee, has returned
from Memphis, whsre hs attended the
sessioa OF the T1-state Poultry Asso-
ciatlon and delivered an address. Mr..
0kles pleaded with the produce and
poultry dealers to cooperate In car
Fying out the rules and regulations OF
the federal food administration. Hfu
address was splendidfy rsosivsd and
he was accorded IN ovation at fts con
cluston.
Assistant Food Adminlstrator.
A circular letter has BEEN issued BY
Or. II. A. Morgan. federal food admin
istrator OF Tennessee, announcing the
sppolntment Of James I. Finney - as
sistant federal food administrator fol
he seass. since last September Mr
fYnasy, whose home IL at Columbia
vhsrs be is editor Of The Daily Her
aid. has been with the food administra
tiou. He first served for two months
az chairman Of publicity during th'
pledge card campaign and was latsl
permanently appointed as the educa
tissal director Of the State. He has
ihovevsr. discharged practically th'
Huties of assistant food administrator
AVER since he has Sssr with the FOOD
Administrator. being IN charge Of iti
aduiniseStive activities during tA'
absence Of Or. Morgan. He has As'
hesn active In organizing the coun
Ass Of the stats. having spoken al
ready IN prvbahly hAk the counties o
Tsnnssses. Aad held nunsrous foe
administrator eonfersnceS He VI
continue 10 direct tAs pselicity FER n
food administration !. addition to "a
s,sohsrrs Of his dut3ss - assstan
t.ssrsl rco1 aknisistratsr. On Wsd
,.sdsy of sAss week hs presided owe
. ooufsreacs Il the ts<sFal fosd q
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