WHITE OR BROWN?

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 22 July 1921, Page 1

WHITE OR BROWN?

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| '• Wilkins was addressing tho 1 Wellington Education Board yesterday i on questions of school children s health, Mr U A. Wright, as a member of the | hoard, switched the talk into an rnt.erest- ! nig direction. He asked Hr M ilkms bluntly, Ms a man who cals whcatmeal bread a crunk?" : Eh' Wilkins retorted: “Vtnat is a crank 7 It must bo remembered that it lakes a crank to make a wheel go round.’’ A crank was a man who held views that wcv« not well founded; but the nutritional value of wheatmeal bread bad been scientifiically and absolutely proved’. Therefore a man who bMicvcd in it was not a crank. He advocated tho use of whcatmeal bread. “Wc are up against the bakers and ihe milers in this, and it even comes down to tho sausage-maker.” He had been informed by the .Master Bakers Association that as tho result of tho propaganda, work done last year, twico as much brown bread was being made now compared with last year. But these were difficulties. I'or instance, if the bakers bad brown bread left cm their hands, the sausage makers would not Sake it. It. would not absorbias much water as white bread, and would nob make such heavy sausages. The bakers also liked a bread material that absorbed a large percentage of water: they liked to sell as much water as possible. Mr Moss said he had heard complaints that some brown bread was not made of proper wheatmeal, but of ordinary flour mixed with bran. This, h» was fold, was because the Government regulations forbade the milling of whole-meal, and bakers could not gat it. Dr Wilkins said that there was no regulation preventing the manufacture of whcatmeal. and it was easily obtainable. Tim whole question came down to the mat lor of demand. If the people insisted on geting wheatmeal bread, it would be supplied. At present the supply lagged behind the demand, because the bakers did not want any surplus. Tbev had to attack the matter at both ends —to educate the public and tho suppliers; but if the demand was insistent enough the suppliers would bo forced into line.