Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-07-04
GREAT NATIONAL
WHEAT RESERVE
PLAN Of HOOVER
Even Abundant Harvests wilt
Not Remove All Restric.
tons In Use Of Wheat.
By N. D. FOOD Administration.

BY ~ D. Food Administration.
Herbert Hoover. backed Ivy the IMAM.
lmouS opinion Of the Federal Food Ad-
n,lnistr.torx from mll the stntes, ID
plnnnin; to crcnte ''grent mntiOnal re-
serves vt wlient us safeguard
against possible Tenn hnrveSts In fn-
ture years. For this purpose the lro-
pie Of the United Stnt~s will he usked
10 restrict their consumption Of wheat
even should there I've al,u,t,iunt hmr-
vests this year.
Mr.. Hoover issued the following
statement:
"ltccent press dispatches, widely cir
eulated thrm,gh the country. hive
given the wholly false impression, TINT
there Is no longer need for rigorous
conservation Of whent and flour. ~
"1hc Food Administration declares
that every aspect Of the wheat sifua-
ton. botl, present and prospective. in
ten.ifirs the need for the greatest nos.
siblc conservation Of wheat and wheat
prn.luctx. II the present restrictions
should lie In the slightest degree re.
Taxed 1t would result IN SERIOUS want
for the people Of Europe before the
new crop can rench the market.
1.-The food administrations estimate
Of the situation the first Of June In.
dicates a total available supply until
the next hurvcst. including the grain
that will be available from the farmers
In country and terminal elevators. md
all mill elevators, Of about fifty-six
million bushels. OF this about thirty
million bushels must be exported he.
fore the new wheat Is available for ex.
port, If we are to maintain the nbso.
lutcly necessary shipments Of our army
an,! the allics:- Tint lenyes about 90
OOOCHW bushels for domestic cOilx,lmlp.
ton during the next two months.
'''hc normal consumption liz sO,ne.
thing over forty million bushels q
month 40 that the most liberal con.
sumption Mt home would lie only one
third of normal. -.
I'm addition to the wheat on the
farms and In the elevators there In nj.
ways I'M indeterminate further amount
In transit and In the dealers hands and
this cnn never be reckOnctl In, with the
flour available for export and for use
at home. As matter OF fact this
stock is not actually available since
these supplies must remain constantly
In flow; they remain a permanent
stock, the removal Of which would
later cause period Of acute shortage
II distributed before the new wheat
would he available.
"There Is further an INCLINATION ia
Include new crop prospects with pres.
ent conditions which has led to con.
fusion. The harvest will not he gen.
orally available in flour until the mid.
die Of August or early September, al.
though in the extreme south 1t will b
somewhat earlier.
AT meeting Of the Federal Food
Administrators ut Washington yester.
day, representing all the forty-eight
states, 1t was the unanimous view that
even II the harvest does prove abun.
dant 1t will be the first duty of the
American people to place every grain
they can save in storage MS against
possible bad years ahead. In conse.
Quence there should be no anticipation
Of unlimited wheat bread until the
war is over.
"Some of the most inconvenient 70.
0trictfons can no doubt be modified
with the arrival Of large harvest but
II we IRE honest with ourselves we will
maintain restrictions requiring the
use Of some substitutes both domestic
and commercial; we will continue the
requirements Of n high milling extrac.
tion and the elimination of the nones.
sential use Of and waste In flour and
Drend.
1T is worth remembering that the
famine in Egypt eight thousand years
ago was saved BY late governmental
foresight and it does not require any
illuminating dream to anticipat. that
90 long as tbe war lasts with its In
creasing drafts for soldiers and mu,
aitiOn workers the world will sleadily
produce less food. II we are wise Z
great harvest will mean the willing
b. ding up of great national re
d .es."
Bread is the staff of life. but yer,
few Americans need a staff.