Show PRESIDENT SING OF FOOD t RATIONING SYSTEM NECESSARY IN ORDER TO SUPPLY DS OF QUO OUR ALLIES issues proclamation the elimination of every sort of waste and substitution of abundant supplies washington the following procla mation on food ion smut ion haq ais esquef jannary 20 by president woodrow woodlow wilson A proclamation ann cm opuses onuses ss have cottri bitted to ere cre tile nto lie file necessity for it a wore anoro intensive effort on oil tile pint of our people to save food in ili order that we e rony may supply our 11 in tho war ar with W the lio sustenance te nalice vitally necessary to thein in ili these lays of binl and stress tho reduced productivity of oe burcope lie ile cause of the large diversion of rian power potter to tin the war mar lie partial failure of if harvests find the elimination of ti alu foodstuffs more mord distant markets for foodstuffs through tile tho destruction of shipping tile burden of their subsistence very ati largely on oil our shoulders the too food has foroni suggestions which alch it if followed will enable us to meet this great re without tiny any real incont allenee on oil our oui pint part reduction necessary in order that lint we MC may mil reduce our consumption of ellid ili enod oti lichts li by 30 per cent a reduction lin operatively ively necessary to provide tit ali supply for over overseas sens wholesalers jobbers and retailers should purchase find resell to their customers only TO 70 per tent cent of tit the alo used lit in 1917 all of pastes biscuits crackers cia cLors pastry find break fast cereals should reduce their purchases and coil consumption cioll of wheat and hour to 70 per cent of their 1917 re ie and nil bakers of bread and rolls to 80 per cent of their current curlent Co lisull rs reduce ledino their purchases of wheat products for foi lionie ionic preparation to tit nt roost most 70 per cent of those of last year or when lian buying brind bread siloam should purchase so mixed cereal breads treat from the bakers bakeis mixture of cereals to provide lelent cereal foot food linnies li onies public cating places dealers dei ilcia alli manufacturers should substitute potatoes e tables corn barley oats an anil rice products and the mixed cereal bread and other oilier products product fi of the hi bakers which contain cotita ln till an admixture of other cereals in order that consumption way may be restricted to tills this extent mondays and wednesdays should ile be abs ed as days each cadi week find and one ical each flay should be observe vv its im a meal in ill both homes hofues find public eating places lit in order to reduce tile consumption of beef pork tind find sheep products tuesday sli should oulI be observed its as meatless day in each week one meatless meal should bo be observed veil ili ineich each adayr day while in ill addition saturday lit in rack eatch week should further furt lier be observed as if 11 lay day upon which there should be lift it 0 consumption of pork products product A continued economy in ill the ho use 0 of sugar will be necessary until later lit in the year it Is Imps rathe that nil all waste anil unnecessary necessary of nil all sorts of foodstuffs be rigidly eliminated elimination of waste the maintenance of the health benit nila strength of our own people Is vitally necessary lit at tills ills time and there should lie ile no dangerous restriction of tile lie food supply but tile the of f every sort ort of waste find flip alie sub or oc baller coin modi aloi or nt which we have choro anoro iliin dant sup piles for those which 0 wo o need to we 11 will ll in ill an dav way impair alio he strength of if our people and will rill enable us to meet or of oc tile lie most pressing obligations of 0 the lie war 1 I thel 0 in ill file national interest take the liberty 0 of f calling I 1 upon 1 I 1 ev every er Y loyal american fo tithe take fill fully ly I 1 to heart jea it tile which illicit are arc being ell circulated ell ny by tile food administration aili and I 1 of begging billat illat they hey lf ile fOl follose follow lowe td i am confident deat that tit alie great body or of our wi women linell wl alave ilave labored so loy ally in ill co with tin tilt fool nd fill ikhil trillion for fir tile lie of food wilt will strengthen I 1 if el r of forts and will take it as a pirt part or of their burden in ili fill period of nil I 1 to see ee that tile above liolis nic fire observed ob onca through gli tile annd WOODI tOIV WILSON |