Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-27
ASK GAMERS TO
HOLD GOODS FOR
THE WARS NEEDS
rd;b,es Arc Needed for Use Of
Soldiers Food Off
cia.s Say.
RESULT OF A CONFERENCE

scas. tomatoes. string beans and salmon,
sow on hand, should bc held for war
purposes until further advised by the
iood administration. This action. It If
taid. Is the result of a conference of the
leading canners of the country with
government food authorities.
Reports of such holdings must be
made NJ once, separate from those to he
submitted before March IL. Gamers who
have no stocks are required Ia report
indicating tins fact Quantities not
wanted will bc released promptly.
Reinsurance tn housCholdcrs that the
government has no intention II com
Wandering any canned goods. preserves
home grown food or usual stocks Of pro-
visions kept for family use, was gwen
today IN placards which the food admins
tration will distribute to every post fin
and public library IN the country. nc
placards were headed DO not he to'led
10y the lies OF the enemy
The matter ol obtaining enough canned
goods for tho soldiers that are weekly
going across the htlantIc has been qucS-
tion of much concern to the government
authorities It y stated, and the acton
announced today u Is reported. has been
under serious consideration Tor many
weeks II also explains IN measure
the signlhcancc OF tho appeal made last
week Tor the cultivation oi home gardens
On LANCER scales than last wear
because ol continued misunderstanding
and mislntcrprrtation OF the cereals that
arc wheat substitutes. the food ad-
ministrat0r announces the list c"rfccted
M 10 TO-DAY rs follows.
The list oi wheat substitutes IS very
widc and includes bran, shorts and md
dlinss corn -four corn meal, edible corn
starch h0miny, corn grist, barley nour,
rolled oats oatmeal, nce, rice Hour,
huckw heat -four potato flour. sweet
potato -four. ml,o hour, milo meal, kaihr
hour. Lafhr meal. lctcuta -four teterlta
meal. soVa bean meal, peanut meal,
casava -four. taro flour. banana flour
and other products OF 4 similar nature
Rrrad made ot graham -four or So
called whoe-wheat flour, which contains
twenty per cent or more ot bran, shorts
or middlngs, complies with this rule
Potatoes also may be used ms wheat
flour substitute On account OF their
high moisture content, four pounds ot
rotatoes are considered the equivalent OF
one pound Of the substitutes required
ORGANIZE RURAL DELAWARE.
Rural Delaware was organized for the
Food Administration yesterday, when
conference was held IN the office OF I'd
mund Mitchell, administrator for the
state, between the administrator and
men from the Senatorial districts,
Those who attended tho conference
wcrc
RTRAL INV CASTLf
Third Senatorial district. Newton l..
G,ubh. Sixth district George " fcvclv
Niddlctown: seventh district, Richard
IA, nfh hCV nfSfTTPt
administ rators to he selected.
kE~T COUNTY
Inst district. ;. J Reynolds, SMYRNA;
second district J. Freeman Clark, Men
ton. Thrd district, Eugene l,aughley'
Dover: Fifth district, Wallace ;. l.andy,
Milford one administrator TO bc selected
srssEx COUNTY.
First district. William b Truitt, Bridge
vile. Second district, Arthur ;. llearn,
laurel Third district Charles VI Hollis,
S.aford; Fifth district, DR.. " r. Mes
sick, Lewes; one administrator to be
selected
These men will handle all the business
= the food administration IN their re-
spcctivc districts they, IN turn making
reports Of the progress OF the work 10
Mr.. Mitchell IN this city. All complaints
and all persons seeking information III
their districts are to transact all business
through them.
sALrs To FARMERS.
One of the chief items OF interest dis
-tlssed was the matter OF wheat flour
conservation IL WAS decided To provide
certificates for millcrs and storekeepers
selling 20 farmers.
No sales 10 farmers OF wheat -four will
nE.E-F ffNf.s lEHGl
the latter produces certificate showing
that he has had cornmeal ground and will
agree 10 use il with the wheat flour.
No miller will be permitted TO de-
liver wheat -four 10 a farmer unless
he produces a certificate TO show that
the wheat was grown on his farm. hLs
= 10 prevent nesales and numerous other
says "a whIch the food regulations could
be evaded
There were sOne cases reported where
tarmers and mlllers we're accused OF fall
ng 20 live up 10 the food regulations re-
gArding the conservation OF wheat. In
all Of these Instances, an investigation
has proven that the violation was due TO
ignorance Of the rules and food regulations.
SEW HOME CARDS.
beginning this week, 10000 home cards
will be distributed through the school
children, 10 as many homes throughout
the State BY the end OF the week it
is hoped that every home in rural Della
ware will possess one q these new home
cards.
The same plan will BE- followed in this
city as soon a. the cards can be printed.
Ii was reported Yesterday that all Of
the bakers in Wilmington were not living
up 10 the new food regulations regarding
the baking OF Victory bread. Among
those mentioned was the Freebooter Bak-
ing Co. Food Administrators Mitchell
made careful investigation and found
that the rIrnor IN regard 70 the frel-
bofer concern was uniounded, and he
said last night that he was pleased to
DENY such :. report circulated about this
inn MIR Mitchell also added that some
of the Wilmington bake rs were so Jealous
in obtaining substitutes that they sent
trucks 10 Philadelphia where supplies
Of the substitute fours were obtained
and since Monday have been Loyalty
obeying the new rules and furnishing
their customers with Victory bread