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Show HOTELS AND DINERS MAY USE WHEAT WASHINGTON, July 28 Release of hotels, restaurants and dining car services ser-vices throughout the country on August Aug-ust 1 from the voluntary plcdgo to use no wheat until tho present harvest was announced today In a cablegram received re-ceived from Food Administrator Hoover, Hoo-ver, now In England. Public eating houses, tho food administrator said, will continue to comply with baking regulations and to servo "victory" bread. Mr. Hoover congratulated tho eating places upon their patriotic service and voiced confidence that the spirit shovn Will enable the American people to build up a great food reserve against the e.vigencies of the future. Though exact rigurcs have not been compiled, It was estimated today by the food administration that, through the voluntary pledge made by hotels, restaurants, clubs and dining cars, there has been effected between October Oc-tober 1, 1917, and August 1, 1918, a saving of between 175,000,000 nnd 200,-000,000 200,-000,000 pounds of wheat and it products. pro-ducts. 150,000,000 pounds of meal and 50,000,000 pounds of sugar. The action ac-tion of tho proprietors of public eating eat-ing places, it was said, also has been of great educational value in carrying to tho homes of tho nation the necessity neces-sity of food saving. |