The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-11
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER

wheatless. The habit is spreading
all over the state and will make
Louisiana beatless.
Tuesday was completely meatless
through the voluntary cooperation
of the city, who decided to keep
their stalls and shops closed, and did
so. The packers and the public help
ed. There were exactly four VIOLA
tors in the immense community and
these were summoned and forgiven
by John NJ. Parker the Food Admin
istrator, as they had good excuse
guaranteed that they would not sin
again.
About all the bakers in the city
are manufacturing varieties Of war
and victory breads, using corn, oat-
meal and other substitute flours for
the wheat that must and shall be
saved. The wheat situation has be-
come so serious and international
that the Food Administration has
commanded two wheatless days,
Monday and Wednesday. 1t is gra-
dually heading toward the fifty
fifty flour plan, such as to the Allies.
The practice will also prevent hoard
ing or purchasing named. Potatoes
are the only authorized exception,
four poun's of potatoes to one of
wheat being permitted until the
Louisiana stores of substitutes is
ample.
The United States Food Admins
tration has called upon the hotels,
restaurants and dining cars to take
the lead in the new food program,
putting it into effect Immediately.
Monday and Wednesday are wheat
less days. Tuesday and Friday meat
less, and Saturday porkless. Por-
TORS Of wheat bread or rolls served
should consist of not more than two
oun "es, and not more than this guam
tity should be served to any one
person at meal. Rolls should
vei~h not more than one ounce each. !
except that when corn, oatmeal or
bran bread or rolls are served the |
portion may 60 to four ounces. The
caterers are also subject to the new
baking regulations, and must take license |
if they do their own baking. Mr..
Hoover says that the hotels and res
to urants have helped nightly but |
that they can and must do more.
New dispatches from Germany are
{ 'nvincing evidence that food is going
= win the war;, he pleads. "Shaw
the country that you are more than will
jig to do your part in this accomplish
The hotels and restaurants are
~'sronding patriotially and fast to
''e circulars of William Allen, head
of the Food Administrators spe- |
{ I'll dicision. The state convention
g rgested by some of them has ex-
' 1nded into almost a national event.
= will take place about April 1st,
seen after the American Hotel As
Sc "iation meeting at Daytona, Flo
"a. John Nc E. Bowman, chief
. the United States Food Admins
: ions hotel division, ]. X. Batch
+ ID, secretary of the national body,
: | other notables, will attend.
J, uisiana has already become re-
= nized as a leader in the work,
i many of the conservation meth
IDS and recipes invented here have
) oon adopted as models recommended to
T." country.
Mr.. Parker has given strong en-
: -sement to the movement started
: the Louisiana Farmers Associa-
80, at Shreveport. S. B. Hicks,
= I'd Administrator for that district,
C'erence Ellerbe, Administrator for
Caddo Parish, and large number
Re farmers, bankers, and merchants
i hat section, have signed pledges
y themselves and tenants to plant}
cre acre Of corn to every two aclas1
- cotton. This does not decrease Il
til. cotton acreage, and the corn
: ~cage is independent Of that de-
'-.'d TO any other feed or food
i'~ffa. The motive is to raise enough ,
: 49,, "a feed the tneonle and stock N ,
: !. tho cotton sections win not take +,
- food away from any other sec {
49,. I'VE have the lsnd,. the labor,
- the money, and Ne must not be
; t,,rden upon the nations back,
~ raissss own tood aid feed" $
! the aceepted doctrine which is to Z
: reeom1s hded e q. and other /
,4,te. iA>.s q ~
1. serr ~ - 81
IN s(esad pledge card campaign t
M md t16gsh h ~ ire q
..cndous piece Of 'WoH and involves
= ain1nlsnss amount Of drudgery it
'ns assn undsrtaksn with greater
- sidsnee than The first drive. The =