Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-02

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! If we are To get the distribution of suci
wheat supplies as we must have for some
! sections of our population, 1T can only
be if you and and our kind are prepared
| To do without
Now, In these times of social unrest
there is one antdote. That antidot'
was never applied in Russia, and the result
/ has been massacre. That antldote Is I
| willingness for us TO sacrifice more thar
| we ask "a those who have less to give
| WCss must ask sacri &c from those who
| give from plenty, not trom those who
would have To give from their necessities
Therefore, my message is small and
| concrete the service that We ask oi you
| that we ask of every well-to-do, every
independent person IN the United States
today is, that he shall abstain from the
| use of wheat in any form until the next
harvest. Every message that we receive
every hour of the day from this country
and it is a great country-shows us that
we shall have larger acreage planted IN
wheel this wear than ever before. The
arrival Of the next harvest will solve our
difficulties II the Lord Is good TO us IN the
weather, our problem will be over by the
| first Of September That IS not a long
| period OF sacrifice. :,
| Now, most Us OF can play but small
| part IN the winning of this war ana Won
| and do not wish To look INTO the eyes al
our children ten wears hence and SAY
/ that we failed in our duty. This Is 4
sacrifice that is small ia figure but ! can
| assure YOU there is no message that |
| can send the food controllers OF Europe
| today that will carry such weight and
such encouragement TO their people y
| to hc able 10 say that every hrSt-class
hotel in the United States has, for their
sake abolished the use ol wheat
DIR. TAYLOR : ADDRESS.
Or TAYLOR spoke aS follows
Il wish very briefly to lay stress upon
three points that every man in this room
ought to realize and accept rs war
policies
We have got To reach the place, each
one Of rs, where we define every decision
in our lives rs An act Of war policy. Every
thing that WE do, plan, eat, wear, must Toe
analyzed and measured from ono single
point Of view Will II contribute 90 the
CARRYING on Of the war or will it contribute
tolt> pvolongation? There is no other thing
III the world for us but 10 define everything
IN |oiIr lives n acts Of military necessity
or IpolIcy
Tho first necessity for us is to get a
clear conception Of the relation Of wheat
IN dhe human diet and Ia dlveSt ourselves
OF all preconccptions that life Of genera
tious of ease. Incidence and luxury has
bred in us
" We are accustomed to regard wheat
aS q more or less Indispensable article OF
diet II isn't. 1t Is an article Of luxury.
and absolutely nothing else Wheat pos
Ses4es over oats, corn and rice absolutely
no nutrltional quality for man or beast.
It. has no more proteins and no better
prof elm Ii has no more fat and no dif-
ferdnt fat II has no mineral salt better
or in larger amounts 1t has no more
fuel or better fuel 1t IS Just one of the
certals. and there isn't the slightest evl-
de1cc that il is the best one, because ~
far as comparative tests are concerned
I'M animals. it isn't the best one, il i
vqry far from the best one
Our prediction for wheat Is solely
a question Of taste. comfort and convcn-
fence, II is absolutely nothing else " heat
makes the incest bread the IighteSt bread
the bread that Is transported best, the
bread that keeps moist and sweet long
est Il lends itself 10 the habits of case
and convenience OF a people, and be
cause it lends itself to the convenience
"a - tFCN't'it-s ~ want Il SNAAt ~ LII Oft
and not Kept here. and We ask and expect
the American man and woman IN Judging
OF every situation ~ cuntra>ted with that
Of our Allies, men and women to ask
who has the larger burden 70 bear. who
has borne II the longest. who has wasted
IN resources the most who has lost the
most BY sacrifice who has suffered the
most III death and destruction. We or our
Allies And when We have choIce
10 decide as 10 whet her We or they should
increase or decrease our burden. il ought
u be not the duty, but the JOYFUL prlvI-
lege of every American To lessen the bur
den of every man, woman and child III the
Allied countries Of Europe by accepting
the heavier burden on tins side. And be-
cause wheat Is easier 10 prepare than
oats and rice and barley that l. the
very best reason ia the world why we
ought 10 accept the oats and the rice and
barley and 10 give them the wheat that is
necessary TO MAINTAIN a normal ration.
gu gentlemen serve Il great many
food faddISts and crankS and you viii
hear great many expressions that yolr
patrons cannot eat tins or that. merely
because they are accustomed 10 ms or
that other thing or because they have
had idlosvncrasies bred ia them or dcvcl-
oped by luxury.
Nov gentlemen. whenever any one
of your patrons tells YOU that he or shf
can cal oats. or rice. or corn but must
have wheat that individual j. either =
crank or a Stacker and deserves from volr
hand only he consideration proper I'd tho
one or the other
~ have All to decide whether VIC Will
serve tho Allies who need help the most
or whether VIC will serve ourselves who
need i less We had better begin serving
the Allies now
The second point that wish 10 en-
phasize, and this Is based upon Europeau
experience IN the art Of ratIoning. Il the
enormous positive example the worth
Of the example. Of the highest grade
hotels and restaurants Gentlemen. there
Is no such thing a. enforcing a food con
program IN public eating houses !
unless the very best hotels and restaurants
lend the positive example IN every way
and III the most punctlllous fashion. The /
greatest diet difficulties in Germany TODAY =
are due 70 the fact that the poor man !
realizes that the big hotels don play The |
game A TIch man today IN Germany
can BUY anything be has the price IL paz
FOR hams at $50 70 so apiece bIlttcr
at s. 4 pound An. delicar, f.ttt.i,i.
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