Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
CITY PLACED ON HONOR
BY NEW FLOUR ORDER
Heinz Statement Tells Mean
ing of SiX-Pounds- ds-a-Month
Order

p Philadelphia and all America has been
put TO Il final test by the United States
food administration in setting the wheat
flour ration at six pounds u person a
month and abolshing the wheatless days
in the home. according to Howard
Heinz, Federal food administrator FOR
Pennsylvania. IN "A statement issued to.
day. This order from Washington will
accomplish an increased saving, but If It
is not adhered to compulsory rations'
will he established, he intimated.
The new order followed a cut in the
wheat content of the rations of the
Allied armies. The wheat given the
soldier and civilian population of Europe
is entirely dependent upon the shipments
received from this country and varies
from day to day, he said
The wheatcss day i'm the homo has
been abolished. The ration of one and a
half pounds a person week may be
used at any time and in any way de-
sired There has been no change in the
rulings for hotels and restaurants.
They are still required to observe wheat
less Monday and Wednesday. and to
serve not more than two ounces of bread
to a person AT "a meal The hotel divi-
sion Of the food administration is hold
ing Il conference in Washington today,
however, and IL Is expected that a few
Inconsistencies now existing in the food
orders will be corrected by the promul-
cation of new restaurant rulings with
In the next few days.
Heinz's statement
The statement issued today by Heinz
follows:
we have now como to n voluntary
ration system. The -four situation be-
came so serious there was nothing else
to do but use q maximum of six pounds
of wheat flour per person per month.
The situation abroad is so serious that
the wheats content in the bread ration
of the French soldier has been consid-
erably reduced.
The composition of war bread in the
counties of all our allies has been
greatly changed. The wheat content de-
pends upon arrivals from America.
This is the first time we have come
to rations. All other countries have
compulsory rations. Congress has not
Vet enacted any such regulations. Amer
lea Is now on trial as to whether 1t can
do what other countries have done with
out feeling the heavy arm of the law
Mr. Hoover believes the country will
conform with this ruling when the need
of the soldiers as well as the civilians
in Europe is known.
M tlllS tlIht, NneI Our dIIltS anu
BOYS are confronted with the most Sc
rious crisis of the war, il is surely ask
ing little of the people to find ways
to use minimum of -four.
Thousands of people have written ana
telegraphed Mr.. Hoover that they have
| entirely eliminated the use 'of wheat
! -four without ill consequences to their
health. We are all the victims of habit.
| Even the greatest bread eaters can get
/ along without II.
we have four and "a half months un-
| til the new harvest. We can not ma ks
| cul present supply last and give the
: Allies and our soldiers what they have
| asked unless those who are best situated
| an6 have the greatest assortment and
variety of diet show the greatest amount
I Of cooperation. The rich ought to use
a less amount of wheat because Of the
/ variety of their diet, and yet even the
poor have shown their Willingness to get
alcng on less than the maximum
Warning Given
Warning was given by food admins
istration officials that even more drastic
measures are looked for in the con-
| servation of wheat -four. The warning
| issued to Congress by Representative
| Lever that bread cards were among the
probabilities of the near future, was
rather discounted. However, prepara-
tions have been made by the local adj
ministrators during the last few weeks
| for more stringent measures.
| One step in this direction. the ofh'
/ cials pointed out, was the registration
Of -four holdings demanded by the ad-
ministration. Thousands of these have
come In, and ii has been necessary TO
bring In outside assistance In tabulating
/ them. Volunteer workers from the
/ Emergency Aid, the Camp Fire Girls
and other organizations have been EN-
ployed in this work. Announcement of
the registration figures will be Wade
as soon as the tabulation is completed,
The food administration today APP
pealed to all shippers of foodstuffs 20
load refrigerator cars to the limit. The
report that there were plenty of cars
was denied Refrigerator cars will not
be plentiful, and there VIII be greatly
increased production of perishable food
stuffs during the coming summer, the
administration points out Unless cars
are loaded TO capacity there will be a