The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-03-19
RESTAURANTS IN
CONNECTICUT ARE
WATCHED CLOSE

Hartford, March 19-As a result of
several reports acknowledged by
positive evidence of violation of the
Theatless and meatless day rules by
some Connecticut lunch rooms and
public eating houses, the Hotels and
Restaurants Division of the Federal
Food Administration for Connecticut
is considering recourse to the remedy
successfully applied in New York
city. According to Chairman Wal
ter S. Garde of Hotels and Restaur-
ants Division of the Federal Food Ad-
ministration for Connecticut, public
opinion indicates that the drastic
m easures adopted in New York city
are justified in enforcing rules estab-
lished for conserving the essential ar
ticles for winning the war. Fifty
seven restaurants and lunch rooms in
New York city were compelled to
close their doors for "a hours, one day
last week, and to display on their
closed doors the fact that they had
violated the smeatless and wheatless
regulations.
Here in Connecticut many of the
lunch rooms that are suspected Of
not properly observing the regulations
are under direct control of the Food
Administration because they use al
least three barrels of flour a month
and are therefore licensed bakers
These places may be penalized by {
suspension or revocation of theil
bakers licenses and other lunch
rooms which are not licensed are a!
effectually controlled by the power d
the Food Administration to order Ii
! censed wholesalers and distributors o
food commodities to cut off the sup
plies of any refractory lunch room
Eteper.
The whole wheat conservation situa
| ton is well summarized, in the opin
ion of the Food Administration. b,
| the New York Journal of Commerc
which in an editorial last week, said
This is also to apply to retail deal
ers who disregard the 'fifty-fifty
rule, requiring an equal amount 0
| substitutes to be sold in place o
wheat. The conservation of flour an
wheat for export is of the utmos
consequence. There is no reaso
| why retatil dealers should object t
this, though their profit may be some
what curtailed. They ought to hav
sufficient public spirit and sense c
honor, as well as patriotism, to com
ply willingly. Probably their chic
temptation comes from customer
who can afford to pay high prices an
offer them without regaH for an
rights but what they consider the
own. They ought to be ashamed {
themselves, and dealers ought to /
ashamed of them as customers.
The public authority and the rule
to give it effect in these matters al
not easy to enforce effectively withol
a strong support from public opinion
The force of that is made up of tt
mass of private opinion. 1t is ma
ter of conscience, which in these da!
should make heroes of US and NJ
: towards. It is simply a 'reques
that Administrator Hoover makes
the consuming public as he can ell
force no order to that effect,
| make purchases of substitutes whe
| buying flour. This ought to
; cheerfully complied with. 1T b
: hooves all of US at this time NJ
, Hoover says, to keep in mind TIL
the slogan Food will win the wal
was never more true and never mo-
needed as practical aid in winnir
the war than at this time"