Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-07-31
EAT INC PLACES
RELEASE D FROM
WHEAT PLEDGES
Hotels, Restaurants, Clubs and
Dining Cars Allowed by
Hoover to Resume The Use
Of Wheat FIourS,

4 cablegra mro, eived from Herbert
Hoover and relayed from Washington,
releases all those who have been here
tofore pledged to entirely abstain from
the use Of wheat flour from further
Obligations. It is as follows
In releasing the hotels. r"saurants,
clubs and dining ears from their vol
untary pledge not to use wheat I'm any
form until tho now harVDst | wish TO
congratulate them upOn the patrionc
example they set and thank them Tor
the large saving made. The echo OF
their service has been heard in Eu-
rope and has pointed the way OF
democracy the most service Of those
who have the most TO give II has
been a personal inspiration to me to
have the continued help so freely Civ
en- of all The men and women who put
through the mo wheat campaign
which helped us TO prOV,dr for the ne
cossities of the allies in spite of our
allies short crop. | have confidence
that the same spirit will enable us to
building up the great reserve Of wheat
and other food needed TO provide
against future crop failure and to as
sist the allied nations i'm putting
through the great offensive that must
win the war.
(SgnedD "HER BERT HOOVER"
To the foregoing tn" local admin
istrat0r replied as follows.
"Your cable releasing wheat alb
9tinence pledges received. Cungratu-
lations. New MeXico's scattered PEG
pie both races renew pedge to heed
Your onGnSels ana save and serve in
delpeTHey's cause
"All over the country there have
been thousands of people who, since
the first of March, have done entirely
without wheat in any form. Their
self-denial has made it possible,
| among other things, for MS to allow
a larger ration for use in our sheep
camps and other remote places where
living conditions are hard and where
other foods are nos easily obtain
able" the administrator said.
1T is an inspiring thing in this great
country of ours to know that We can
cali for sacrifices from those who car
most easily make them and find a
! very generous if not an universal re-
sponse.
with tho new crop assured it is
fair that those who have been prac-
ticing the fun measure Of self-denial
should first of all be restored to their
wheat ration, and at the same time
that the farmers who have been pro-
ducing the wheat should have their
wheat increased ii has been from
! six pounds to eight pounds per per-
son per month.
"All of the rest of US are expected
to continue on the six pounds ration
per month as heretofore We have
learned a good deal about the use of
substitutes and ! feel that the hard
ship and annoyance is much less than
it was in February when we first be-
gan.
| I'VE should remember that the need
1 for wheat is a constant and a press
ing one and that the final Victory will
be won through the stamina of the
/ fighting men and the morale of the
| people who sustain and support them.
Il hope that in every household in
! New Mexico and in every public eat
! ing place we viii maintain the same
| level of self-denial which we have
| Eeen practicing during the past few
months with such excellent results.
The people of New Mexico can
certainly be proud of the record
which they made. Every housewife
who has learned or who is learning,
| to do without the use of wheat is rem
! derng service to her country none
the less real because it is apparently
! unobserVed,"