New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-04-20
LOYAL LOUISIANA WHEAT.
LESS TWO DAYS EACH
WEEK.

The brave boys at the front ar
| battling for life. The least tn
people at home for whom they ar
lighting can do is to make sur
; that the soldiers and their Allie
do not want for food. Wheat
mainly in the form of -four, il
the easiest and best food to ship
The Food Administration is lead
ing the people to save the wheat
out ftheir consumption. Many
plans have been tried, much saw
ing has resulted, but the nation
is still far short Of it's full quota
for export. Stricter rules have
been made with the double view
of gathering enough flour to send
and conserving enough to last
this country until the next har-
vest. .s~w gig go
Last Monday was the first such
wheatless day, and the success at
tanned assures the efficiency of the
movement and the full cooper
ton Of the people. There were
some bakers who took advantage
Of the situation to act like Huns,
either selling a double quantity
of bread the day before, or ship
ing bread into territories where
the bakeries were more patriotic.
Added rules have been made to
cover such cases and to remove
the last vestige of an excuse. The
people will help to brand such
patent enemies and they will be
suppressed as fast as possible.
All over the state the people
have proven themselves more than
wiling to cut their consumption
Of -four to the minimum and to
surrender as much Of their flour
as the Government asked. Half
a dozen parishes have made
tender of their entire stock to the
-four committee appointed by Mr.,
Parker. have pledged themselves
to do without wheat for as long
time as required, and have de-
clared themselves willing to do
anything else decided necessary
to support President Wilson and
his aides and to win the war.
Merchants all over the state have
placed their -four stocks at the
Governments disposal. The
Government will pay for all the
-four it accepts. concentrate the
supply in each state, release an
equivalent amount at the mills TO
be rushed to the seaboard, and
will then redistribute the stocks
voluntarily stored. Louisiana 5
contribution will make as good a
showing as any.
New instructions being issued
this week to the Food Admins
traitors all over the state. make
plain a number Of points which
have not been thoroughly under
stood. Retailers are defined as
those who do no wholesale busl-
ness whatever. All the parishes
are asked to report any eligible
firms which have failed to secure
license. The license system isl
intended to accomplish three
principal objects. These are to
limit prices to reasonable profit
and forbid speculative profits
from a rising market; to keep all
food commodities moving direct
and speedily to the consumer;
and to limit future dealings and
deliveries. Specific profits are
fixed as to some foods. Gu su-
gar 25c per hundred pounds is
permitted between the refinery
and the retailer, and the retail
er's margin must not exceed lei
perpound. On -four. the whole
sale profit is 60 to 75c per bar
rel. retail soc to $1.2O per barrel.
and not exceeding lie per pound
in less than original packages.
The wholesale profit on corn
goods must not exceed 75c per
barrel. Their food and feed
profits must not exceed the pre-
war profits without regard to the
market Or replacement value at