Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04
HOOVER CABLES TO
PREPARE FOR ADDED
VOLUNTARY SAVING
Need "Becomes Increasingly
Apparent" He Says, to Save
Starving Europe.
LIFT TWO SUGAR RULES

While the food adminlsirat at ash
iroton to-day wired Edmund Mitchell,
fond administrator Tor Delaware. an
nouncing the lifting of more restrictions
on sugar, with II came a cablegram from
Herbert Hoover, calling upon the public
10 prepare for increased voluntary CON
sprvatIon, II America Is To feed the world
An anaIvsis oi the telegram and cable
showed that the food administration
has. as usual. lifted regulations whenever
II was possible. hut NJ tins time when
100000. ono people uf Europc arc shouting
tor food. the food officials are appealing
10 the patriotism OF Americans, TO vohn-
tariiv save enough food to keep Europe $
millions from starvat ION.
Mr. Hoover. in his cable, tho i~f ot
which was wired 10 Mr.. Mitchell says
conditions a. this time do not warrant the
announcement of a definite program. n"
telegram follows
After one week in Europe Mr. Hoover
cables. situation does not vet admit formu-
Iation Of definite program. Negotiations
with allied governments regarding ship
nlng. finance and organization. sttil IN
nrncrcSs Ii Grated territories are daily
and urgently calling upon the nlted
States for food Tending thc determine
ton OF complete program, Mr. hoover
before leaving. arranged ior the purchase
and dispatch If 270.0O0 tons ot food 70
meet the most urgent calls The first
Sblps carving this food have hocn report
al as having passed Gibraltar carrying
supplies ~ Southern Europe,
THE pressing demand for food IS Or
vio,ls, hut the formation ot I definite pro
,rram mus, await further conferences
abroad, We must. therefore, direct aii
present efforts to maintaining an attl-
tlIdc Of mind. which viii prepare the pub
III, for more definite conservation when
fallcd for. Cur pom; ot vlcw has now
heen changed from a war necessity 70 8
humanitarian appeal The nccd Tor
voluntary cooperation a9 distinguished
from enforced regulation therefore be
comes increasingly apparent,
\ telegram resembling general orders
: and . of the regulat IONS covering eating
nlaccs. received by Mr. Mitchell, rcad~
rs follows
General order s. No public eating
place shall Use or permit the use o: tho
sugar bowl On the table or lunch counter
Nor shall any public eating place serve
sugar or permit It 10 oc served unless the
guests 50 request, and IN no event shall
the amount served 70 any ono person st
any one meal exceed one teaspoontui or
ITS equivalent.
General order q No pubic eating
u,sce shall use OF permit tho use OF On
amount Of sugar, IN excess Of two pounds
for every ninety meals served, including
al uses oi sugar on tho tahic and n cook
snr excepting such sugar as MAY hc allot-
ed hy the Federal food administrators {"
hotels holding a bakery hconSe ~ sugar
allo,tcd for tins special baking purpoSe
shau he used foI any other purpose
In commenting on tho Hoover message
and tho raising Il the two caung-house
restrictions, Mr Mitchell said
The resembling ol these orders, now
ever. Is no. 10 bc construed as letting up
on conservation, but ii means that the
food administration, wherever possible,
will refrain from compulsory conservation,
and depcnd upon the Ioyalt1 OF the Amerl-
can people for voluntary conservation
The removal of the four puunGs limit
also applies to the household. hut mas
much as the four pounds limit was great :
or amount than the average household
uses. there should e no increased puT-
ci:.ses as far aS They arc concerned
4 Ire counter registers recording nc sale
of sugar to each purchaser will still he
kept up.