New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
II : -1sot.el Men Here
Celebrate Theia.
No-W5laeat Pledge
New National Programme
Is TO Go Into Effect
on April Ia

It was braadless dinner that John
Nee. Bowman, chief Of the hotel .di-
vision of the 9ood administration, gave
last ght at TIE Fillmore, to 590 hotel
men TO celebrate thcr decision, reached
earlier in the Gay. to banish wheat
products from their menus.
Iooes IL which wnea5 Hour is used,
Whether brtrld. cake. noodles, dumpllngs
or PIE crust, Will disappear entirely from
the tables Of all the prominent hotels
@ilG Ct many restaurants IN the city or
and after April - The embargo vii
continue untd the next wheat harvest.
Ihe cate vas announced by Nh Bow
man yesterday, following the decision Of
national hotel mems meeting at Wash
ngton on Friday to curtail consump-
tion OF wheat.
rom sashington the hotel men came
il. q special train and held a conference
d -ae B.ltaore.
Resolution Adopted
They adopted this resolution:
g" " aereas, There is serious short
9ge ii wheat -four in this country;
and
Whereas, It is important to ship all
s4'-.-4s-ble wheat to cur allies and help
VIA the war; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the hotel and res
t1utan1 meu. IN session to-day. stop the
serving OF all wheat products. begin
nllg IS soon as uoss ble, but not later
cham April H.
Some or the hotel and restaurant men
te-egraphed - rheir establishments to
s10p serving wheat products at oI~ce
others declared the next two weeks
would just give taem time in which to
consume -four or hand.
Frederick j. SeaNes. of Buffalo. wf 10
SAID he rapresen ted 900 restauraeeurs
-TG9 are members Of the Hotel and
Restaurant Food Association Of West
ean Aew York. urged that Food Admin
iseratot Hoover issue an order prohlb-
ting Jhc.as 81 wheat -four in all homes
aGd eating places
Afler the action OF the hotel men
rad been communicated to the Food
Board, at 420 West Fiftv-sevent h
Street, this statement was issued;
The loyalty Of the hotel men in
l-ylng 10 the standard of the food
adm.nlstration has been ore OF the
most encouraging features of food
conservation work
Saving IS Tremendous
Figures show thar in January the
hotel men saved 24,4fs,00 pounds Of
meat and 12,I90,000 pounds OF fonr h.,
5neIr cooperation with the govern
ment."
Cheers greeted Mr.. Bowman last
nlgh- when he Rad the following tee
gram from Mr.. Hoover:
have never had so great pleasure
as ~ sanding the following cablegvam
TO the french. British and Italian food
coHiFo .1ers: AT a special meeting to-
day hge hundred leading hotel men
from all parts o. the country resolved
a5so uteiy to abolish the use OF wheat
produces n their hotels until next har-
vest, III order that through their saw
i-gs and their example shipments Of
wheat 10 the Allies may proceed with
out Interruption
In this critical time it viii carry
lar II keeping up the courage Of the
-Ailies. he voluntary support the food
administration has had from the hoteis
eince It made It's call upon them. and
the voluntary support Of the whole
people, is the one thing that makes
THIS JOB humanity possible"
Mr Bo~man's guests presented him
8th fIonze statue THE Minute
Nan" eXecuted by Daniel Chester
French.
Though not a single grain of wheat
was used in The preparation Of last
nights banquet, which marked the end
Of the conference, the diners did rof
pDear fowncast. and as early as 1r
o'clock foeme- Mayor Honey" Fitz-
+. gerald o. Boston was leading a grour
q the h3tel men in lock step and
st1gng The Long. Long Trail"