Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-01-11 | Page 11 | Ninety Million Bushels Wheat to Exported

f NINETY MILLION BUSHELS WHEAT TO BE EXPORTED Ally Food Si Situation tua Oll Serious Americans Will Till Be Asked to Cut Consumption I I- I pJ I a Washington Jan iu om iv v V o- o crop failures abroad have h brought crop rop about such a 5 serious food situation Inthe In Inthe I the thc allied countries that 1111 the United d to a o Cor or e export ex- ex St states t tes Is planning I port pott an tn additional bushel of ot wheat 1 the country's s export I had been shipped by hr m Dc De d-De- j i iThe The American people will be risked ed b by hr tile the tiie food administration to cut their consumption to mal make C up the amount to be exported Unless thc they do O the na nn tion Is threatened with n R flour shortage shortage short short- age ge In InIa May Ia before the new wheat crop cropIs Is 19 harvested In The food administration 1 I IS considering consider consider- Ins ing legislation to make malc the saving savins of ot and has approved ed a wheat compulsory drawn by I ri pr Representative Le r author of ot the tho food Cooil control bill to en enforce enforce enforce en- en force heatless da days s Proposal for tor mixed d flours and for a form of ot war bread of ot mixed grains 1 also arc are under c. consideration rallon as possible measures to reduce the use of ot wheat flour CIonI I In preparation for dealing with th thu situation the thc food tood administration has I decided to purchase from the mills 0 ZO per cent of or their output output- Out of oC the flour purchased It will supply the al 1 lies the arm army an and the tho nav nay navy and will maintain reserve stores to meet an any loral local shortages es that ma may arise t The shortage o of food abroad probably will bring an early carl determination of oC a a. respecting the balance to bo maintained m between food and troop shipments A A. decision will be left largely to the allies ames sine since the they best beet can determine which will be the more useful to themselves In prosecuting the thc war