Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-07

Peck McLeOd, d1rectOr or nome eco- monies for the food administration special campaign will be instituted in the interest of the conservation of sugar This will be further sup plemented by including literature be- ing prepared in Washington. The sugar shortage has necessitated the request that, where it is possible to do so, fruits can be canned with little or no sugar at the .presen, time and that product added later when sugar is more plentiful.
 The state food administration Is also urging all jobIbers in Arkansas to get in touch with firms in New Orleans who are handling what IS known as the seconds and thirds" sugar. which, it is stated, may be used for canning and preserving In this connection Mir. Williams says:
 "That class of sugar may make darker syrup, but it will not en- danger the fruit canned. We must remember that, in order to win the war we periodically accepted a darker bread. Let us in the same unselfish spirit of sacrifice welcome a darker syrup. It is through the darker things of today that the vic torious light of freedom is slowly bat surely breaking to illuminate for all time the allied countries"
 Arkansas Hotels Praised.
 In releasing Arkansas hotels and restaurants from the pledge they made with the United States food ad ministration to "go wheatless until the next harvest" E. R. Wiles, chair man of the division for the state food administration, is in receipt of T letter from John M. E. Bowman, of the hotel and restaurant division of the United States food administra- tion, in which he pays high tribute to MT. Wiles and the '"boniface" of Arkansas.
 My qualification is not only that of a government official, but profess sional and personal" wrote MT. Bow man. Il had assured MT. Hoover thai he could count upon the patriotic ho- tel men in the country to make and sacrifice, financial or otherwise, that would aid in winning the war: I felt that I knew the men in whose ranks I have the honor to be enroll ed. The result was magnificent. The pledge given MT. Hoover last March contributed in no small measure to the success not only to our national effort in the last few months against the enemy, but materially assisted the allies
 "The pledge you gave had it's echo in many an American home. It serv- ed to make a great many people real ize that they had duty to perform and your example was a stimulus and guide
 May l ask you to prepare, just as quickly as possible, an accurate list of all those hotels, restaurants and clubs in your state which have no wheat pledge, and which faith fully kept it?''
 Claims Excellent Record.
 Relative to the latter feature, M:. Wiles states there were at least 300 hotels and restaurants that "kepu the faith!"
 ''We sent out over 25O honor cards to those place who signed and faith laaly observed the Tho wheat pledge" said MT. Wiles. There were over 50 more that we know of respect will be fully B 1-3 per cent. In fact, predict that it will be the equal of any state in the union. In two counties that I know of, Jeffer- son and Sebastian, the hotels and res- taurants of these counties faithfully observed this pledge. We are proud to have rendered this signal service to the nation"