Evening journal., 1918-02-25
WHEIT SUBSTITUTE
rule IS EXTENDED
Applicable Now TO All City,
County and State
Institutions
DIFFERENCE
IN RATIO SEEN

be mo- deviation in the Victory" bread
regulations. and bakers who have not
taken advantage of i'ie lhirly-day
period 90 lay Don a sufficient supply of
substitutes io make The 20 per cent.
loaf viii Doe forced Co close. according
60 announcement Nosterd1y by the food
administration. when the Philadelphia
situation Was brought lO the attention
of ITS officials
Wholesale shortages in the suhsii-
luies available for the making of the
Victory" loaf do not exist, loo ihe be
lief Of food administration authorities
alihouch tho admission is made ihli
there may Doe some local difficulty due
io transportation delays Food surveys
made in every part Of the country be
fore the order for the Victory loaf
was ISSUED showed am abundance OF
substitutes ON hand. according tO re-
ports 90 Washington from slate and
city administrators.
The food administration has mo- power
Go nX the prices which these sunsii-
luies shall bring and the iluciultion
Will be governed entirely. officials as
scrl Day ihc law OF supply and demand
in the various localities The bakers
have the power. however. tO increase
the price OF the Victory loaf ~ they
cannot obtain ihe wheat substitutes at
the same price of flour.
The list OF substitutes that may lc
usci includes bran. shorts and mid
dlines. corn flour, c0rnme9l, edible
cOrnsiarch. homny. corn gifts. barley
flour. rolled oats oatmeal, rice. rice
flour. buckWheat nocr potato -FOUR
sweet potato flour milo flour milo
meal. kaflr -four, kaillr meal fciorlia
flour. feicriia meal s0ya bean meal
peanut meal. cassaya Hour iarO flour
and banana flour Until March . rye
flour also may Doe used ass a. substitute
for wheat -four Bread made of graham
flour. or sO-callcd wh0lc-wheai -FOUR
which contains 90 per cent or more OF
bran. shorts or middlIngs, complies
with this rule
one effort 20 relieve ihe iransporia-
ton situation which Is Thought in
some quarters 90 Doe iho real cause of
the trouble. came today in the lnnoun-
cement by tho food administration That
f o. will complete in the next two or
three DAYS IFS organization for ihc pur-
pose of keeping the director general NJ
the railroads closely informed of ihe
ear necessities. not only of Che allied
governments. bui for the domestic
movement Of foodsluns as we'll The
statement follows:
"The most serious problem IS tho
ear needs, due 90 delayed movement of
last years crop and of live stock from
the primary country points i0 the in
terror terminals. the mills and the man
ufacturing cenlers, where they can D
purchased Tor export and domestic sup
Z ply. The presentations of these need
{ 90 the railroad administration Is bem
+ met by Che appointment of region'
} transportation agents Tor ihe food ad
- minisirafi0n already established
Chicago and proposed at New York an
Atlanta. Their agencies VIII secure ana
furnish Information as to ear necessi
ties for the primary movement of food
stuns iO ihe regional railway admins
iration
shippers of foodsiuns should lppl,
10 the first instance 90 Che local rail-
way officials FOR rars, and upon fail
urc lO secure necessary Transportation
they should for grain and grain prod
ucts, apply 60 the food administration
zone managers. while 81 ppers of live.
stock and perishables 'n me same dinl-
cuies should apply for inc present d.
rectly 10 the food administrator at
Washington. These applications FOR
cars win DE put before On various reg
lonal dlrccloraies and wi Doe daily re-
ported to railroad adj Illustration IN
/ Washington
"The food adminislr1' ON is conf
dent that in view of Do directors of
railroads assurances as 20 ihc supply
NJ cars. If brought 60 his attention
losses OF foodsluns throu ,h decay and
possible shortage IN distribution or 60
the Allies viii thus DE "a, srfed'
ON complaint of Representative Medil
Mccormick, of Illinois, Food Admins
traitor Hoover ordered yes 'erdav ln in
vesiiraiion N the situation IN southern
Illinois similar 10 ihe oio in eastern
Pennsylvania. where The farmers sal,
HAT the miilors refused To- buy NOR
than a certain portion of ihelr whoa
crop
Accordng 60 letter from Beprcsen
latiNe Mccormick io ''r Hoover. man.
mills in southern Illinois have heel
forced On shut down by reason of
rlilng of iho milling division of th
United -iaic- food admins rat on limit
ing their output. although they hav
thousands OF bushels OF wheat IN ihei
elevators and there arc Thousands 20
bushels Of wheat on the farms in con
liguous territory which they coul
grind
Farmers. because they have been nm
5 able TO get corn and mill feeds hav
been feeding wheat lo cattle and hog.
They are said lo be threatening TO ca
. down not only their wheat acreage ihi
year but also their cattle and hog feed
Ing unless the food administration alter
/ ii- policy.
) Mr. Mccormick. in his letter, also con
tended that the milling division In %
, alloimhnts selected as its standard th
, ihrcc-ycar period prior lo The entrsnc
. of the United States into the war whic
b were all ahnormally lean years an
5 HAT ihc bumper crop which was pro
luced last wear cannot reach the mar
llci vhilo ihe cnii~o co~1''v and 100
Aili.- a.e Dall.u- lur more flour.
The wheat substitute regulations. aI
d plicahle heretofore 20 all private con
- sumers. were extended Yesterday by Oh
r food administration 60 an county, Stat
e and municipal institutions. Flour pun
chsses intended for baking bread q
. rolls must be in the ratio OF four