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Show TO ENFORCE WHEAT SUBSTITUTE RULES Saving of Grain Necessary to Winning War, W. W.fi Armstrong Reiterates Reiter-ates in Statement. The enforcement of the fifty-fifty rule covering wheat flour substitutes has given the Utah food administrator more heart-burning and worry, he says, than any other regulation from Washington. Wash-ington. Mr. Armstrong's contention, from Ihc first intimation of the ruliug, has been t hat conditions in I ta.li are such that the prices of wheat flour substitutes have to be extremely high, owing to tho fact that most of the substitutes have to be imported into the" state. The resulting hardship upon all citizens, citi-zens, especially of the poorer classes in tho cities, and those far removed from railroad centers in remote parts of the state, has occasioned much correspondence correspon-dence between Mr. Armstrong and Washington. This has resulted in Mr' Armstrong'? request for a personal visit from some official, so Mr. Hoover sent Phillip S. Stewart to canvass the situation. situa-tion. Mr. Stewart made a careful survey of renditions, and while admitting that the prices of substitutes were high, held out strong hopes for speedy reduction in them. He impressed the Vtah food administrator ad-ministrator with the national urgent need of acquiring and conserving at least 60 per cent of the normal consumption con-sumption of flour, and after much argument argu-ment finally convinced Mr. Armsl rong that there is, at present, no more efficient method of obtaining the great object to save wheat and help win the war. With this in mind the I'tah food administrator ad-ministrator calls upon all citizens to adhere more strictly than ever to the tif ty -fifty ruling, and advises all merchants, mer-chants, dealers and consumers that the rules and regulations laid down by the food administration in Washington will hereafter be most vigorously enforced, and asks every person in the state to make it a personal matter this national necessity .to win the war. |