The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-24

than cereal breads baked Tn the house. hold. Our army and navy require a full allowance. The well-to-do in our popu- lation can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can the poor In addition, our population in the agricultural districts, where the other cereals are abundant, are more skilled in the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transportation condi- tions we now have available surplus ! of potatoes We also have in the spring months a surplus of milk and we have ample corn and oats for human con sumption. The drain on rye and barley as substitutes has already greatly ex- hausted the supply of these grains. RULES ARE OUTLINED l ITO effect the needed saving of wheat we are wholly dependent upon the yolun- l tary assistance of the American people and we ask that he following rules shall | be observed:
 l Householders to not to exceed | n total of one and n half pounds per
 week of wheat products per person. This means not more than one ana
 tEree-quarters pounds of victory bread
 containing the required percentage or | substitutes and one-half pound or
  l try. pies, cakes, wheat breakfast cc-
 reals, all combined.
 | All public eating places ana clubs l to observe two wheatIess days per
 week, Monday and Wednesday. ns nt present. In addition thereto not to serve any one guest nt any one meal m aggregate of breadstuffs. macaronl,
 crackers, pastry, pies. whent break l fast cereals containing n total of more | fxrA af wheat products to be served unless
 specially ordered. No public eating es- | tablishments not to buy more than | riA pounds of wheat products for each | 90 meals served, thus conforming with 1 the Limitations requested of the house. 1 holders.
 1 sRetailers to sell not more than l one -efghth of n barrel of flour to my town customer Rt any one time and
 not more than one-auarter of bnr-
 rel to any country customer at any
 one time, md in no case to sell wheat l products without the sale of an equal weight of other cereals.
 BAKERS AND GROCERS
 "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 in- I crease the amount of their wheat flour purchased beyond 70 per cent of the av- terage monthly amount purchased in the | four months prior to March 1.
 | Manufacturers using wheat products
 for nonfood purposes should cease such
 use entirely.
 l There is no limit upon the use of other cereals. Hours and meals, corn, bar Hey. buckwheat, potato flour, etc. CAN DO WITH LESS
 Many thousands of families through out the land are now using no wheat | products whatever, except a very small amount for cooking purposes, and are l doing so in perfect health and satisfac- I tion. There is no reason why all of the American people who are able to cook In i itheir own households cannot subsist perfectly well with the use of less wheat
 products than 11s pounds week, and we specially ask the well-to-do house. holds in the country to forward this ad- ditional programme in order that we | may provide the necessary marginal SUD- plies for those parts of the community Hess able to adapt themselves to so large
 a proportion of substitutes.
 s'In order. that we shall be able to make the wheat exports that are abso- lutely demanded of us to maintain the civif population and soldiers of the 1 allies and our own army, we propose to supplement the voluntary cooperation of
 the public by a further limitation of dis 1 jtribution and we shall place at once re- strictions on distribution which will be ladjusted from time to time to secure as nearly equitable distribution as possible. With the arrival of the harvest we should be able to relax such restrictions; until then we ask for the necessary pa
 tience, sacrifice and cooperation of the dict trjhutiu1 trades"