Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-04-18
FOOD ADMIN
ISTRATION
(FLoUR AND HENS

carthage, Tenn.
Dear Mr.. Curtis:
So critical is the flour situation
hat I am in receipt of an appeal
rom Mr.. Hoover asking that we
seek voluntary tenders of stocks of
flour by hotels, dealers and con-
sumers, for the use of the army and
navy and our Allies. I am there
fore writing to ask if you will not
publicly appeal to the citizens of
County to tender as much flour in
t.ls original packages preferably, so
as to save cost of repacking, to the
Good Administrator as they can
possibly spare, in order that we
may have a larger amount than is
now available for the use of our
armed forces and the relief of our
Allies. This flour will be paid for
at a fair market price to be deter
mined by me after consultation with
those who are familiar with the
prices of flour. After you have rec
ceived these tenders, making re
ord of the amounts, the names amp
addresses of the parties Offering the
flour, please send me complete re-
port and we will then indicate to
you where the flour should be de-
livered.
1t is highly desirable that the
movement of this flour should be
financed by the merchants of your
county, if you can indnce them to
10 it. Then when the flour is ship
red it will be paid for by the United
states Grain corporation against
warehouse receipts or bill of lading.
This is a supremely important
matter and am sure that you will
give it your immediate attention.
It is only through the voluntary
sacrifices of our people, their will
lingness to still further reduce, or
sven cut out altogether. wheat
products from their rations until
ohe next harvest, that we will be
tble to do our whole duty to our
heroic Allies. We have been large
consumers of corn meal in Ten
nessee from choice, surely now in
this emergency we can very largely
| increase our consumption of that
wholesome commodity.
Please let me hear from you at once.
Cordially yours,
III. A. MORGAN.
have taken this matter up with
the mills of our county and they are
all willing to do their part, and it
has been suggested that they sell
their entire output to the govern.
ment, as it would already be in un-
broken packages, also bulked. ]
think this is q good plan, and that
the merchants handle whatever ex
cess flour there is If in their com
munity, distribute it as fair anC
equitable as possible; by so doing
we can all make out until the new
harvest. If there is any merchant
or any one who handles flour wht
has a considerable amount on hand
please notify me.
I want to call the attention o.
those who have excuses as to how
sell to any family more than 48 lbs
at a time. You must not keep on
of your original allotment NOR,
than lbs. to each individual up t,
the 1st of April. IF you do it will
, mean trouble. both to you and me
: as [ will have to summons you t,
appear before me and correct tn
same as / have done several thi
week. so fix it right at first by put
ting the balance of your allotlnen
with your excess, after figuring on
only 8 lbs. to each Individual o
your family. Example: 200 lbs ex
E cess, 100 allotment makes 300 lbs
! in family; 4 times is 80 lbs; sub
: tract 80 leaves 268 lbs; then 4 time
80 is 120; substract 100 from 26
2 leaves 148 lbs. to sell. You must no
2 figure more than lbs. as viii no
accept such a report.
You can make your flour go one
third further and have as good
= not better biscuit by mixing one
third Irish potatoes with your flour
/. Put on your potatoes while cookin
supper and boil them in the m0rr
: ing they are done and cold remov
!. their jackets, mash them up al.
: mix with your flour while maxim
up your biscuit. You will find tina
4 this makes q delicious biscuit
Potatoes are plentiful aud chea
now, selling at some places as lo'
as 30 cts per bushel. The new GRO
will soon be in and we ought t
utilize the old ones before the ne,
are in. Try this.
HENS
The regulation as to selling on
hens has been changed so that ate
midnight April the 18th, yon ca
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