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Show TO CUT WHEAT USEONE-HALF Military Necessity Demands That ' Each American Eat Only 1 i2 Pounds Wheat Products : Weekly. CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES. Allies Mutt Have Wheat Enough to Maintain Their War Bread . Till Next Harvest. If we are to furnish the allies with the necessary proportion of wheat to maintain their war bread from no., until the next harvest, and this is a military necessity, we must reduce our monthly consumption to 21,00u,lXM bushels a month as against our normal nor-mal consumption of about 42,000.001) bushels, or 50 per cent, of our normal consumption. This Is the situation as set forth by the U. S. Food Administration Adminis-tration at Washington. Reserving a margin for distribution 'to the army and for special cases, leaves for general gen-eral consumption approximately 1 pounds of wheat products weekly per person, the Food Administration's statement continues: Many of our consumers are dependent upon bakers' bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore requires a larger proportion propor-tion of wheat products than cereal breads baked In the household. Our army and navy require a full allowance. allow-ance. The well-to-do In our population can make greater sacrifices In the consumption con-sumption of wheat products than can the poor. In addition, our population In the agricultural districts, where the othec cereals are abundant, are more skilled In the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and Industrial populations. popula-tions. With Improved transportation conditions condi-tions we now have availnble a surplus of potatoes. We also have In the spring months a surplus of milk, and we have ample corn and oats for human hu-man consumption. The drain on rye and barley as substitutes has already grently exhausted the supply of these prams. To effect the needed saving of whent we sre wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the American people and we ask that the following rules shall be observed: 1. Householders to use not to exceed a total of 14 pounds per week of wheat products per person. This means not more than 1 pounds of Victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and one-hulf pound of cooklne flour n-ju. Makers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheut breakfast cereals, all combined. 2. Public eating places and clubs to observe two wheatless days per week, Monday and Wednesday, as at present. In addition thereto, not to serve to any one guest at any one meal nn aggregate of breadstuffs. macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cokes, wheut breakfast cereals, containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour. No wheat products to be served unless specially ordered. Public eating eat-ing establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat products for each ninety menls served, thus conforming con-forming with the limitations requested of the householders. 3. Retailers to sell not more than one-eighth of a barrel of flour to any town customer at any one time and not more than one-quarter of a burrel to any country customer at any one time, and In no case to sell wheat products without the sale of an equal weight of other cereals. 1 We ask the bakers and grocers to reduce the volume of Victory bread sold, by delivery of the three-quarter pound loaf where one pound was sold before, and corresponding proportions in other weights. We also ask bakers not to Increase the amount of their wheat flour purchases beyond 70 per cent, of the average monthly amount purchased in the four months prior to March 1. 5. Manufacturers using wheat products prod-ucts for non-food purposes should cease such use entirely. 6. There is no limit upon the use of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour, et cetera. Many thousand families throughout the land ire now using no wheat products prod-ucts whatever, except a very small amount for cooking purposes, and are ilolng so In perfect health and satisfaction. satisfac-tion. There Is no reason why all of the American people who are able to cook In their own households cannot subsist perfectly well with the use of less wheat products than one and one-half one-half pounds a week, and we specially ask the well-to-do households In the country to follow this additional programme pro-gramme In order that we may provide the necessary marginal supplies for those parts of the community less able to sdapt themselves to so large a proportion pro-portion of substitutes. In order that we shsll be able to make the wheat exports that are absolutely ab-solutely demanded of us to maintain ttif civil population and soldiers of the allies and our own army, we propose to supplement the voluntary co-operation of the public by a further limitation limita-tion of distribution, and we shall place of once restrictions on distribution which will he adjusted from time to Ime to secure a s nearly equitable dls i Ibut ion as possible. With the arrival ft harvest we should he able to relax such restrictions. Until then we ask Tor the necessary patience, sacrifice ,.:(! ro-operstlon ef the distributing trade. |
