Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — OFFICIAL FOOD NEWS [ARTICLE]

OFFICIAL FOOD NEWS

By Dr. Harry E. Barnard,

Federal Food Administrator for Indiana

Shooting matches or turkey raffles are inconsistent with the policy of the food administration. Any game of chance or Skill that may result in food getting Into the hands of persons who do not have any genuine need for same except for purposes of trade, is considered a wasteful practice. Indiana millers may well prepare for the manufacture of Victory flour. They have reasonable assurances that the revenue tax will be removed as an inducement for the production of the Victory mixture of 80 per cent, wheat and 20 per cent, substitutes. It is expected the demand from housewives for ready-mixed flour will grow. The food administration has decreed that this mixture will stand in the United States so long as it is necessary that our European allies are forced te a similar formula in order to make the available wheat supply go round. The Hughes Lumber and Grain Company of Brooklyn, Ind., Was found to have been guilty of irregular practices in the handling-of grain and as a consequence its license was revoked. It will not be permitted to engage in any business involving food for the remaining period of the war.. Canning certificates were discontinued, on official orders from Washington, October 20. The food administration considers the season closed and will conserve sugar for other purposes. Andrew Kleckner of Plymouth was found by George Winnail, federal

food administrator, to have hoarded 73»4 pounds of sugar unlawfully. The sugar was seized and Kleckner will be permitted to pay a penalty to the Red Cross. Mrs. Arch Wellington, who, with her husband, owns 120 acres of Pike county land and bought no Liberty bonds or saving stamps, were found to have purchased sugar unlawfully and they will be permitted to contribute to _ the Red Cross as a penalty. There is still enough sugar in Indiana to meet the canning requirements and housewives are to be encouraged to can all they can without sugar, but to can even if sugar is needed. The sugar distributor estimates that there is a very inconsiderable supply of “invisible sugar”— that which has been secreted irregularly by Indiana housewives. The food administration’s policy to support an increased price for sugar beets applies only to 1919 and 1920 crops. The 1918 crop price was fixed by agreement last spring. An effort is being made to induce an unusually large acreage of beets for next year’s sugar requirements. Mrs. Frances Fender, a wealthy woman residing in Centerville, was found to have hoarded seventy pounds of sugar in her home. Harry W. Gilbert, federal food administrator for Wayne county, accepted a penalty of |250 from her and confiscated the sugar, which has been turned into trade channels. The money went to the Red Cross.