The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-31
CEREAL SHORTAGE
FELT IN VERMONT
There Is a Question How Long the $3.50
Sale of Flour and Substitutes
Can Be Carried On.

ministrator John 7. Gushing returned to
day from New York, where he held |
conference with Administrator jane
Hartness, who sails this week for Europe
as a member of the United States ali
craft commission.
AT Mr. Cushings' office last evening, il
was said that the Vermont amdinistra-
ton had been concentrating its efforts
To secure the shipment into Vermont OF
the wheat substitutes which are needed
TO enable the grocers to make the $3.50
sales OF certain cereals with flour as or.
dered by the national food administra-
tion. Early this month and before the
recent order had taken form in Washing
ton, Mr. Cushing represented TO the ma
tional administration that the supply of
feed and wheat substitutes, in Vermont
was limited, and he was promised ship
ments, which, however, did not material
ize, the transportation situation being
given as the reason for this failure.
Mr.. Cushing has been informed by the
head of the transportation division of
the food administration that cereals and
livestock feed will be moved into Yer
mont and the other New England states
in trainload lots, the embargo against
these commodities having been lifted
Whether Vermont will be able to con-
tinue with a $3.50 sale will be deter
mined within a short time, conferences
with dealers and administration officials
being held on this point 1t has been
represented to Mr. Gushing that as
result of the Washington order there
has been an unusual demand for flour.
On this point Mr.. Gushing said:
People who do not actually need flour
at this time are doing poor service to
the country by trying to purchase it, The
public should make their present supply
60 as far as possible, owing to the short
age in the necessary substitutes. The
next few weeks represent the critical
time in putting this conservation move
ment over, and until the present limited
stock of substitutes is augmented, only
those who are actually ont of flour
should attempt to buy it at the stores.
We must have the fullest measure of |
cooperation.
The cereals which may be sold in the
$3.50 combination are: Barley flour, |
Duckwheat -four, corn flour, corn meal |
sorn starch, corn grits, feterita fours and
meals, hominy, oat meal, potato -four,
oiled oats soy bean flour and sweet po-
alto -four. Rye -four may be sold with
'ut substitutes, but is not permissible as
| substitute to be sold with wheat flour.
1t the food administrators office it was
aid that this was the complete list of
substitutes and could not at this time
Nc increased. Combination sales OF grain
re not permitted in the order. Mr.. Cush-
lig stated that no sales, except those in
he proper $3.50 combination should be
made. Grocers are urged to make every
fort to secure the substitutes and to
equest their customers not to make
our purchases until actually compelled
o. He said the reason for this request
gas to reduce the demand for the sub
titutes until time was allowed to get
lore Of them into the state.
While it is realized that sales OF flour
ill of necessity be limited owing to the
0-50 requirement, it was said at the
flee OF the administrator that flour in :
,wns and cities should at no time be I
I'D in quantities greater than from one {
ghth to one quarter barrel quantities; :
rural and farm communities in quar- =
II TO half barrel quantities
THE battle line has been extended
ght across every dining table in Amer
a. Mr.. Gushing said. "The food situa- +
on is critical. Our allies must have b
od, and we must send it to them if we A
tend to support the president in his h
edge to devote the complete strength ii
Id the full resources of America to the ST
SIX of winning the war. Every one A
ould realize that when a meal is eaten 81
a food purchase made, an act is being Ii
rformed that will have its direct infiu- Ell
ee on the course of this war, as surely lii
the actual military man9uvres at the Ga
,nt. ] ask the people of Vermont to NJ
operate with the food administration NJ
the limit and not to respond to pan Sc
" impulses of fear or greed or com AZ
lation of these forces, and | urge them Nj
buy as little as possible of -four at te
IS time. 81
1T is possible that it will be necessary Re-
change the percentage of wheat sub FL
tutes required. and there will be no 50
'itancy in doing it if it is absolutely els
,essary 1t will be only temporary Jo
lcession however, for the situation is To
critical that the American people must FIR
n the issue as quickly as possible. |
| confident that we will receive the
lest measure of support in a difficult
nation from the people of the most dc
lerican of all the American states w