Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-31
NATION WILL SAVE
WHEAT UNTIL AFTER
WORLD WAR ENDS
Food Administrators Hoover Says
This Action is
Necessary.
STATES ALL AGREED

That there is little likelihood Of q
return to wheat bread without the use
of substitutes. until after the war, Is
indicated in telegram received by
Food Administrators Edmund Mitchell
TODAY from Herbert Hoover, Federal
Food administrator for the United States.
Mr.. Hoover's statement voices the
concensus of opinion of food administra-
tors from every State In the Union and
rcfutcs the German propaganda that
there is no further need for wheat C on
servstion. The statement follows
Recent press dispatches widely circu-
lated through the country have gwen
the wholly false impression that there rs
no longer need for rigorous conservation
Of wheat and flour The food admnlStra-
tion declares that every aspect OF the
wheat situation both present and pros
pective intensifcS the need Tor the greatest
possible limitation IN the American
co. sumption of wheat and wheat prod
ucts II present restrictions should bc IN
the slightest degree relaxed 1T would
result in serious want for the people at
Furope before the new crop can rcach
the market.
Tho food administrations estimate ot
tho positlon on the first Of June indicates
a total available supply until the new
harvest including the gram which will
he available from the farms IN country
and terminal elevators and mill elevators
at about fiftv-Six million bushels. Oh tins
80 600 900 bushels must be exported be
fore rev wheat is available for export II we
are To maintain the absolutely NECESSARY
shipment to our army and the allies
that leaves about twenty-s,X million
bushels for domestic consumption Tor
the next two months
"Normsl American consumption Is
something over forty million bushels 3
month so that the most liberal consunp--
ton At home would bc only one-thIrd OF
normal
IN addition to the wheat on tho farms
and in elevators. there IS always an inde-
terminate further amount IN transit
and in dealers hands and this can never
he reckoned IN with the -four available tor
use for export and use NJ home. ~ matter
of fact this stock Is not actually available
since these supplies must remain constant
" IN flow, SO they remain permanent
stock the removal Of which would later
cause a period OF acute shortage IN DIS
trihution before new wheat would be
available
There Is further an inclination to IN
Guide new crop iHRSItttN Win iA'~'iAt
conditions which have led 70 confusion.
The harvest will not TIC generally available
in -four until middle August or eariy
September, although in extreme South II
will he somewhat earlier
AT q meeting Of the Federal Food
Administrators in Washington yesterday
representing all fortv-cight States II was
the unanimous view that cvrn II the
harvest docs provo abundant II will be
the first duty of the American people to
place every grain they can save into stor-
age As against possible bad wears ahead: .
in consequence there should he no anti
cipation OF unlimited wheat bread until
the war is over
Some of the most announcement re-
strictionS can no doubt he modified with
the arrival Of large harvest but II We are
honest with ourselves We Will MAINTAIN
restrictions requiring the Use OF some
substitutes both domestic and commercial.
we will continue the requirement OF high
milling extraction and the elimination OF
the non-eSsentIal use of and waste IN
Hour and bread
1T Is worth remembering that the
famine in Egypt. 5000 years ago,wa saw
ed bv a little government foresight and
II docs not REQUIRE anv illuminating dream
to anticipate that so long as the war lasts
with its increasing drafts for soldiers and
Inunition workers the world Will steadily
produce less food If we are Wise a
great harvest viii mean the willing build
ing I'D of great national reserves.
Signed Herbert Hoover,