The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-03-22
PLAN SERIES OF STEPS
FOR SAVING OF FLOUR
Will Divide Flour Supplies, Share
Wheat Substitutes and Re
duce the Waste.

| Washington, March 21.-The food
administration has announced the
hrst or series of steps planned to
stretch Hour supplies sufficiently to
] teed the country and maintain ship
ments to the allies until next bar
vest.
BEGINNING with the baking trade.
which uses 40 per cent of the wheat
hour consumed in this country, the
administration has approved plans
Tor division of -four supplies be-
tween shops. sharing of wheat sub
stltutes, and for nation wide edu-
catlonal campaign to eliminate
waste, which will be worked out at
meeting in Chicago next Friday.
| Further restrictions on the con-
sumption Of wheat, which were an
nounced last week as under consid-
GRAFTON, will be put into effect next.
Aside from the shortage of wheat
In the United States, another serious
problem is confronted by the food
administration in making good
promises to the allies. Not a single
weeks shipments of grain and ce-
reals abroad have equalled the an
nounced program since January / -.
so that there remains a deficit of
$4,000 tons to be made up in ad-
dition to the regular supplies.
Shipments reached a low point in
the week Of February / to z, as the
elimination Of weeks of bad wealth
er which demoralized both railroad
! and overseas transportation. Only
S4,658 tons went abroad in that
week. Improvement has been shown
since, but even with clearing wealth
er, it has been impossible to trans
! port 27O,O00 tons promised every
seven days. Since January /, ship
ments have totalled 1,416,914 tons.
Inasmuch as the allied peoples
abroad are being rationed strictly
kofficials here do not contemplate any
curtailment Of exports nor do they
admit of a possibility of failure in
supplying the food necessary to car.
ry on the war. From the response
, received in the past they believe the
American public will give cheerfully
whatever is required to achieve vic.
tory with food and those who at
tempt to obstruct by boarding OF
: selfish buying beyond their needs
hn hnf 10 lA
, for discipline.
, Plans of the bakers for economy
, in their business were outlined tc
, state food administrators here last
week by Henry w. Stude, president
of the National association of Mas
ter Bakers, and Win NJ Campbell
chairman of the associations ma.
tional technical service committee
!; With the approval of the administra,
= tors. technical service committee
. will be appointed in each state
= which will in turn appoint district
captains and county leaders, all Of
: them expert bakers, who have learn.
ed to use wheat -four substitutes il
Daklng victory Dread. Meetings anC
: demonstrations will be held in every
town and village.
No baker will have any excuse fol
failure to produce victory bread o.
the most palatable character afte,
the trade secrets of the leading mem.
bers OF the business have been i'm
parted to him, in the opinion of the
food administration.
Hearty appreciation of the bak
ers' offer to undertake educationa
work, was expressed by the food ad
ministration in announcing the new
plans for eliminating waste and re
dusing costly experiments with tht
new bread.