Connecticut western news., 1919-01-02
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
 ISSUES FINAL REPORT
(Continued from page Il

MI A0Lay n hI"aPopNA "Ao oS@a1Na
 as volunteer publicity director of
 the food pledge card campaign and,
 with the patriotic cooperation of
 men and women, local and county II directors in Connecticut's eight
 counties and one hundred and sixty
 eight towns, the state made its quo
 ta of 100000 signed pledges. This
 achievement was considered highly
 creditable in view of Connecticut's
 actual population of approximately
 one million and half.
 H One of the first live issues that
 confronted the Federal Food Ad-
 ministration for Connecticut was the
 sugar shortage of 1917-191 After
 several attempted cases of sugar Il profiteering had been met by threats Il of severe penalties, the sugar situa- Il tion of that winter was successfully
 handled through the loyal coopera-
 ton Of the great body of Connecti-
 cut retailers.
 H. Hotel Division
 Il A Hotel Division was established ] about October 1, 1917, with Almon 1; C. Judd of ', aterbury as Chairman, il and Harry Send of Hartford and
 F. A. Cantwell of Bridgeport, CO.,
 operating.
 Long before Washington recom-
 mended the appointment of a com
 mittee for hotel division, Mir. Lan-
 ders had called several meetings of
 the members of the Connecticut
 Hotel Mems Association for the pur-
 pose of devising plans to conserve food in the hotels and restaurants.
 The first meeting was called the lat
 ter part of April, 1917, and the
 above named committee was ap-
 pointed early in May, 1917. About
 January 1, 1918, the committee was
 reorganized with Walter s. Garde
 of New Haven and Hartford, and
 John Porter of Hartford, acting with
 Chairman Judd. At the same tim2
 Edward I. Ingraham was emploTe1
 to take charge of the office work cf the division.
 II 1870 Eating Places Pledged The first step taken was the ob-
 taining of signatures on pledge
 cards from all the hotel, restaurant
 and club proprietors or managers in
 the state. This was followed by II 2cst:Onnaires, daily record sheets III q ld 4ilbIatilhy SeaFiflSS AIH0Al 1dAd showing the savings in wheat, meat,
 sugar and fats. By January 1, is ]! was evident that within the three ! months cf October, November and December, 40 to 50 per cent. had l; been saved in wheat and meat as compared with th2 same months in 1 1916. In Febrrary, 1918, the ssv- ings were 72,8d3 pounds Of wheat; 105,328 pounds of meat; and 53,- ] 213 pounds of pork.
 Publicity was given continuously to the ever-changing rules of the Food Administration as issuel from Washington through newspaper articles and circular letters address ed to the 1870 public eating places } in the state.
 All Connecticut hotels, restau- rants and clubs cooperated patrioti- cally in the campaigns for food conservation and it is certain that Connecticut played no small part in assisting Food To Win The War" Bakers Organized
 On the Sunday afternoon before the so-called "50-50" wheat conser- vation rules went into effect, the leading wholesalers and retailers of ] the state were gathered together by Administrator Scoville to discuss the best means for putting the new regu- lations into operation and especially ] of securing the requisite stocks of wheat substitutes. At about the >same time, after following one or two preliminary conferences, a meet ing of bakers was held in New Ha- .n, ven, at which the following directors 7 and deputies were appointed:-W. J. Travis, Bridgeport; B. l.. Marsh, si Stamford; P. s. Thompson, New ] Haven; B. H. Wetherby, Derby; t,ni! NJ. Fox. Norwich; H. Brahm, l . Ii,'rctoa; George H. Kolb, Hart ford.
 l Fair Price Publications Early in December, 1917, MT. heehan. who subsequently was ap- 4 pointed Educational Director, se- l cured the necessary cooperation of the three daily newspapers in Hart ford for the first fair price publica-
 tions in the State. During 1918 fair l price publications were installed in New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain Waterbury, New London, Middle town, Rockville, Torrington, Anso- mia, Stamford, Danbury and Man
 chester. In general, the Connecticut l price publication system followed the standard suggested by Washington, but the listed commodities varied i'm l Localities and, as rule, the price in- terpreting committees were the gro
 cers themselves, chosen at a grocers'
 meeting to represent each class of
 retail store, with the Food Admins tration's Local Focd Director acting as ex-officio chairman.
 ll Administrative
 Shortly after MT. Landers was ap- pointed an Assistant Food Admins U trator. Mir. Scoville appointed Mir.