Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-14
THOUSANDS OF EATING
PLACES UNREGISTERED
Rood Administrator Cooke
Seeks Closer Cooperation
of Restaurants
s1rUATIoN NOW SERIOUS
'Nore Stringent Regulations on
Wheat Necessary-Meat Must
3p Be Conserved

of the $4,000 eating places in Penn
sv,vanla. including hotels, Restaurants
snd clubs, only about 5000 are registered
y members of the State food admins.
ration and are cooperating in the food
.onseryation movement. according to
csunty Administrator Jay Cooke, who
,,turned today from Washington. where
q has been in conference with Herbert
4. Hoover and other officials of the no.
tIonai administration.
This situation is such serious one,
~. Cooke stated, that special drive
= to be made between now and April
~ bring into line all places where food
!. sold or dispensed to the public. Two
asts are to be prepared, one of them an
amor roll of those who have signed up
"A are doing their bit, and the other
. slackers' list. containing the names
4 those who refuse to cooperate in the
Ssod conservation movement and these
,,sfs are to be published at intervals SO
flnt the public may know who's who In
xDpd conservation.
. : Aside from the matter of the showing
r.ade BY the restaurants and hotels, Mr..
cboke said, the record of the Pennsylva-
"a administration had been highly
ss...,nr to the national officials.
Esnecially in the matter of wheat con-
seryation, he said, Pennsylvania is
rointed to as a model for food adminis-
fystors of other States to follow.
Food Outlook Serious
fAs a result Of information obtained
vhne he was in Washington. Mr.. Cooke
s1ated that the wheat situation Is even
+ gaore serious than ever before. Less
thAn SO per cent Of the normal require
,Apnts of the country is now In sight, he
q f1dhred, and even more stringent regu-
kkIons than have heretofore been In ef-
lnct WILL have to be enforced IL the sit
ALTON is to be relieved.
what these regulations would be the
lncal official would not undertake to
~. but he predicted that an increase
! Il the quantity of substitutes to be used
v1th wheat flour would be found abso-
lutely necessary. The matter OF using
potatoes as an additional substitute and
Compelling the purchase of potatoes with
syery purchase of flour is still under
censideration by the authorities in
Washington. he said.
Mr.. Cooke also Is inclined to take a
4 lSss optimistic-yiew regarding the meat
4 sfuation than has prevailed in the mind
II the general public as result of pub
( Ication to the effect that the supply of
meat had greatly Increased. He called
Mention TO the fact that in England
today the meat ration is only one pound
( Z week and that large quantities of meat
! must be shipped there In a short time.
Thepresent surplus of meat in the mar
ktts Of this country, he predicted. would
b only temporary, and he indicated that
n is altogether probable that the meat
1ess days recently abolished will be re-
stored before great while.
Farmers Reassured
II C. J. Tyson and M. T. Phillips, repre-
ssntatiyes of the farming interests on the
nod administration, today gave out
statement in which they denied en-
phatically reports that fruits, vegetables
and other perishable products are to be
a.pcriminated against in shipping prior
Z ~ orders. 1t was pointed out that
mese products are essential to the food
eppply OF. the nation. and the farmers
Z we're urged to put forth every effort to
bring about increased production. with
me assurance that special classifica-
uon VIII be given which will insure
prompt shipments.
state Food Administrator Howard
adnz did not return with Mr.. Cooke,
~ remained In Washington for further
s'nlerences with national officials.