Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-09
FINDS LESS BREAD
CONSUMED IN u. S.
Commerce Department Sees
Situation as Major Factor
in Wheat Price.

e. the Associated Press.
Restoration of American dietary hab-
its of 20 years ago would quickly solve
the sver4present agricultural problem of
q wheat surplus.
Department of Commerce. records in
dicate the present per capita consump-
ton of this country is slightly less than
Az bushels, while the five-year average
of l909-19l4 was Sc bushels.
MANY and varied reasons for this de-
cline are given by Commerce officials.
Elimination of men power By the sub
stitution of machinery Is given as q
major contributor the theory beHg that
bread finds greatest favor amongst the
hardest working GLASSES. This IL was
pointed out. is particularly true in agrl-
cultural districts.
decline in wheat consumption mas peen
counterbalanced by rise in sugar con-
sumption. evidencing a preference LOT
sweets which the periods prosperity mas
made possible.
Trend of food consumption, the de-
partment says, indicates fruits ana
Vegetables are rapidly gaining IN this
country as popular foodstuhs' ana tIlls
fact also weighs heavily against wheat
+ consumption. ,,.o
wheat consumption in Canada Is APP
proximately seven bushels per capita
which would seem to bear out the COM
nnerce Departments theories, naSlluth
as Canada is mainly agricultural, lach-
ing to a great extent America houelH
farm machinery and possessing no
abundance of fresh fruits ana vegetables
as found in this country.
Regardless of what future low leVeis
wheat NAV attain. Commerce oInclas
see little hope of any notlceaple M
creases in domestic use.
Work has begun on the new connj.-
U-ide five-year construction ana mann
tenance program Of the Bureau OF
Fisheries. ., ,oao
finder the act approved May 81, ls5O'
additional appropriations for new sta-
fions laboratories and .distrlnutlon cais
srere made to the extent of Sl,SS5,O OU,
with annual increases in Appropriation
for the division of fish culture Oh SlOo,
200 ind an increase for the divisions Oh
INQUIRY and fishery Industries at 6i ne
resnertive rate of 100000 and S3o,OOo
nor annum for the five-year period. Of
fhe increase for fish culture, not more
than 40 per cent is authorized Tor sal.
aries and for the other divisions ~
per cent :. .ro .c+ &c
that provision is made for co-operatioh
with States, counties, municipalities M
6ividuals and private agencies: oIganl-
cations and institutions, and oonatlo,ls
of land funds and other AID may De
accented in the development OF this
program
Innnber orders during the week ended
June % remained at 81 per cent OF pro-
duction, with the output one-IouFtH
less than the corresponding period OF
last wear. This report covers returns
of COS leading hardwood and so1tWooo
mills to the National Lumber Manu-
facturers Association. -
Shinments showed a somewhat I'M
uroved position, averaging ga per c ells
Of production which totaled 1891, Ooo
feet for the week. The previous week
orders were 81 per cent and shipments
SS per cent of total proouctloh VI
s44,678,0 900 feet.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Klein recently delivered radio adoress |
on explosives as a civilizing force. i
Zach year 500O00.0o0 pounds OF
commercial explosives are useo lor
peace-tine work in the United States,
he said. "A little more than one-thlro
of the total was used in the coal mining
industry; fifth in metal mining actlV-
ity: one-sixth for quarrying and the
production of non-metallic minerals;
seventh for construction work and the
balance for other purposes"
On June l American shipyards were
building, or under contract to build, for
private ship owners, 251 steel vessels OF
477.O53 gross tons, compared with 237
steel vessels of 357.158 gross tons the
beginning of the previous month.
There we're 81 wood vessels OF lO'889
gross tons building or under contract
for private ownership during the period:
compared with the same number. OF
s.s44 gross tons, the previous month.
Silver stocks in Shanghai on June 20
totaled 223. 400, 900 taels, of which H.
000, 900 taels we're held in native banks.
The corresponding figures for June 19
were 227,100,000 taels and 1l3,00O.OO0
taels. respectively.
Sycee and silver bars were valued at
liz. 900 900 taels on June 26, as COM
pared with 100000 on June l9.
Total number of silver dollars in Shang-
hal on June IS was 1920, 900, as COM
pared with ISL 200 900 on June 10.
Exchange opened on June % at 30ls
cents per Shanghai tael for Geographic
transfers on New York and closed on
June % at $751; cents. The market.
during the week was steady. but dull.