Show TO I 1 GUT CUT WHEAT USE ONE HALF military necessity demands that each american eat only pounds wheat products weekly 1 I 0 I 1 CORN AND OATS substitutes allies must haya wheat enough to maintain their war bread I 1 i till next harvest j it if wo we are to furnish tho the allies with the necessary proportion of wheat 0 0 o maintain their war bread isom from now until the tha next harvest and tills this Is a military necessity wo we must reduce our m monthly 0 anthly consumption to b bushels u s hels a mouth month as against our normal consumption of about bushels or DO per cent of our normal nomal consumption this ta is the situ situation atlon as ai set forth by the U S rood food administration at washington Ite servIng a for or and for special cases leaves f en eral cral consumption amer pounds of 0 wheat products product a weevil person the food administrations statement continues many of our consumers are dependent upon bakers bread such broad must be durable mid and therefore requires a logger arlot tion of wheat products than cereal breads baked in tho howe boid our army and navy nary require a full allowance the well to do in our population can mako make greater sacrifices in tho con of wheat products product a than man van can the poor in addition our population in the agricultural districts orbr cereals cereal ow MM abundant are more skilled in the preparation of breads i from these other cereals thant lw crowded city and industrial pop tila tlona y with Improve il transportation candi tlona we now have rt of potatoes e ajeo hamn ha mn gift I 1 g il I 1 Z we bave amato corn and nii tt OA ofal for mf nr man consumption the drain enryo on rye and barley ns as substitutes has alren ity greatly exhausted tho the supply of these grains to effect thoi thol needed saving of w IL we are wholly dependent upon tha th voluntary assistance of tho the american arnerich a a people and we ask that tho the following rules shall be observed 1 householders Household ero to to td exceed it a total of 1 pounds per week of wheat products per person this means not more than byj 1 pounds 0 of victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and one halt half pound of cooking flour macaroni crackers pastry piles nes cakes wheat wheat breakfast cereals ral nai combined 2 public eating places and clips to observe two days per week monday and wednesday as nt at present in addition thereto not to servo serve to any one ona guest it at any ono one acal on an aggregate of breadstuffs breads bread tufTs stuffs nia macaroni caroni crackers crac kerB pastry pies cokes cacs wheat breakfast cereals containing a total ot of more than han two ounces of wheat nour flour no wheat products to be served unless specially ordered public cat i leg ing establishments not to buy biry bu y more mare than six alx pounds ot of wheat products product a for each it meals served thus conforming with the limitations limitation s requested of the bouse householders bolders 8 3 retailers to sell not moro more than one eighth of a barrel of 0 lour flour to ODY any town customer nt at any ono one time and not more than orio quarter of oc a barrel to any country customer at any ono time ond and in no caso case to sal beai wheat products without the sale of nn an equal weight of other cew choals ce als 4 we ask the bakers and d grocers to reduce the volume of victory bread rc sold bold ty tt delivery of tho tinco pound loaf where ono one pound was cold alj before and corresponding proportions la in other weights wo we alato alao balara not to increase tho the amount of wheat flour pur purchase chwe beyond 70 per cent of the average monthly amount purchased to in the four mouths prior to march mm ch L 1 5 manufacturers using wheat products for non noni food purposes purpose fi should cease such uso use ent entirely imly 8 there Is ro oo limit upon the uso of other cereals flours aid meals corn barley buckwheat dmato flour ct at cetera many thousand families throughout hoar the Is land nd a are 1 re wheat products product whatever except a very small amount tor for cocking purposes poses anti and oro are doing so BO in health anil and satisfaction there Is no mo remon reason why nu all of the Anav american rIcan people who fire ablo to cook in their own cannot 1 subsist perfectly well with the uso use of 0 less I 1 wheat products than one and ono one half pounds a week nod wo we specially ask the th well to do bouse hAds in tile iho auntry pu to follow this pro erato roe in order that provide ju 1 do parti arti or tnie ino lurn biln ino pt to so largo a pro hon on ot at substitutes substitute agn 4 anler lint wo airall bo be able to no 0 the bo wheat exports that aro ab i petely bitely demanded of us to maintain t civil population tind rold lers of the I 1 yes 09 and our own 0 army we propose i t llon lio voluntary co opera il of tile tho public by a further furt lier lanitta of distribution and wo we place pine at it once restrictions on distribution flitch will tic be adjusted from alino to lenic wille to secure no na nearly equitable div t ns as blet with tho arrival q arrest we should bo able to relax uj n until then wo we ask i tho he necessary patience or oc the distributing |