The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-15
W HEAT CRISIS WILL NUT PASS
 WITH HARVEST

The following telegraphic statement from Herbert Hover, United States food administrator, has been received by the press for publication.
 Recent press dispatches widely cir culated through the country have giv- en the wholly false impression that there is no longer need for rigor- ous conservation of wheat and flour. The food administration declares that every aspect of the wheat situation, both present and prospective, intensi- fies the need for the geratest pos sible limitation in the American con- sumption of wheat and wheat prod ucts. If present restrictions should be in the slightest degree relaxed it would result in serious want for the people of Europe before the new har- vest can reach the market.
 "The food administrations estimate of the position on the first of June indicates a total supply available until the new harvest, including the grain which will be available for the farms in country and terminal elevators of about fifty-six million bushels; of this thirty million bushels must be ex- ported before new wheat is available for export if we are to maintain the absolutely necessary shipments to our army and the allies That leaves about twenty six million bushels for domes- tic consumption for the next two months. Normal American consump- tion is something over forty million bushels month, so that the most lib- eral consumption at home would be only one-third of normal.
 | In addition to the wheat on the farms and in the elevators there is always an indeterminate further amount in transit and in dealerss hands, and this can never be reckoned in with the flour available for use for export and use at home. As a matter of fact this stock is not actually avail able since these supplies must remain constantly in flow; they remain per manent stock, the removal of which would later cause a period of acute shortage in distribution before new |
 There is further inclination to in- c1ude new crop prospects with pres. ent conditions, which has led to con- fusion. The harvest will not be gener- ally available in flour until middle of August or early in September, all though in the extreme south it will be somewhat earlier
 "At a meeting of the federal food administration in Washington yester. day, representing all forty-eight states, it was the unanimous view that even if the harvest does prove abundant, it will be the first duty of the American people to place every grain they can save into storage as against possible bad years ahead in consequence there should be no anticipation of unlimited wheat bread until the war is over
 Some of the most inconvenient re- strictions can no doubt be modified with the arrival of large harvest, but if we are honest with ourselves we will maintain restrictions requiring the use of some substitutes, both do- mestic and commercial; we will con- tinue the requirement of high milling extraction and the elimination of the non-essential use of and waste in flour and bread.
 Tt is worth remembering the fam inc in Egypt eight thousand years ago was saved by the late government fore sight and it does not require any il- luminating dream to anticipate that so long as the war lasts with it's increas- ing drafts for soldiers and munition workers, the world will steadily pro- duce less food If we are wise, great harvest will mean the willing building up of great national reserves" | V