The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-17
$3.50 Plan is Great Success

4 enthusiastically the 600 basis for the
purchase Of wheat -four and are doing
their utmost 10 explain the new regu-
4 lation 10 the housewife. This ruling BY
\ the y s Food administration requires
each purchaser OF wheat -four to Dny
/ one pound Of cereal substitute. one
4 Kind or assorted, for every pound OF
wheaI -four II was necessary 10 re-
strict he use uf wheat -four III order
i that tie allies and our hghtlug forces
abrosd might be assured Of al ude.
/ qnate supply 81 wheat % meet their
/ Vital needs This supply must come
from our savings because SIC have ali
ready sent our norma surplus
Wheat saving pledge cards were for.
/ warded by me Food Administration to
4 an retail food merchants, aud these
j IRE being signed ana posted N stores
i throughout Tie country. This card
| states 1--WE pledge ourselves Loyalty 10
/ carry out tile Food Administration pro-
/ gram N accordance With this order
/ we wlIl not sell any wheat Hour except
where lhe purchaser buys an equal
/ weight Of one or more Of the following,
ii greater use Of which 10 lie home
win save wheat!
"Cornnea corn -four, edible corn
/ starch, lioniny corn grlts, barley -four.
| potato -four, sweet potato flour soy
bean -four. feterita -FOUR and meals,
rice. rice hour oatmeal rolled oats and
buckwheat hour"
Some confusion has resulted on the
part OF tie consumer In constituting
this "50.50" ruling Go mean that an
equal amount Ia value Of substitutes
| must be purchased with wheat -four.
This is Il mistaken Ndea The ruling
states that the consumer IN purchasing
-four shall "buy al the same time an
equal weight Of other cereals"
One exception to This ruling is con-
corning graham -four and whole wheat
-four. which may be sold at the ratio
Of three pounds TO five pounds OF
wheat flour This provision is made
because approximately ~ per cent.
more of the wheat berry Is used In the
manufacture Of these Hours than stand
ard wheat -four.
Another exception Is that concern
ing mixed f0urs containing less than
so per cent Of wheat -four, which may
be sold without substitutes. Retailers,
however, are forbidden to sell mixed
fours containing more than so per
cent. OF wheat flour to any person un-
less the amount Of wheat -four substi
tutes sold Is sufficient to make the to-
tai amount Of substitutes, including
those mixed In ilours, equal to the to-
tai amount In wheat flour In the mixed
flour For instance, II any mixed flour
is purchased containing 60 per cent.
wheat -four and 40 per cent substl.
tutes n Is necessary that an additional
20 per cent. Of substitutes be pur-
chased This brings It to the basis of
one pound of substitutes for each
pound of wheat flour
special exemption may be granted
upon application ia the case of special
~ prepared Infants and invalids' food
containing flour where the necessity is
shown.
Some misunderstanding seems TO ex-
list on tire part Of consumers in ASSUME
ing that with the purchase of wheat
flour one must confine the additional
so per cent, purchase to one of the
substitutes, This Is not the case. One
may select from the entire range OF
substitutes sufficient amount of each
IA bring the total weight of all substi-
tutes equal to the weight Of the wheat
flour purchased For instance, IL a
! purchase Of - pounds of wheat -four
| Is made range OF substitutes may be
selected as follows:
Cornmenl pounds: corn grits, A
pounds; rice, pounds buckwheat
4 pounds; corn starch pound homlny,
I Q pounds; rolled oats pounds
sThese substitutes may be used in
the following manner;
I Colnmeal, s Pounds. bread, no
4 flour corn mullins or spoon bread,
nne-fourth -four on one-thlrd rice or
I 0nethIrd homlny 20 per cent substl.
/ tutes Ia whole bread
Corn Starch. Pound Thiekenlng
/ gravy making custard, one-third sub.
stitute III cake,
Corn Grits, Pounds, Fried like
/ mush used with meal IN making corn
bread
Rolled Oats, 8 Pounds. One-fourth
70 one-third substitutes IN bread one
half substitute IN mullins; breakfast
porrIdge, use freely, oatmeal cookies,
oatmeal soup.
Buckwheat Flour, 2 Pounds, One
fourth substitute in bread, buckwheat
cakes.
H0mlny, Pounds. Boiled for din
uer, baked for dinner, With cheese
sauce.
Rice, Z Pounds Qne,fourth substi.
tnie IN wheat bread one.third subsu-
cute In corn bread. boiled for dinner Ga
bread cuO as 4 breakfast food, to
thtcken soups, rice pudding instead of
cake or pie, rice batter cakes,
Several grocers have stated that
their customers who strictly observe
the Il wheatless meals each week find
II necessary to buy substitutes In adj
dillon 70 those ordered under the so
% plan,
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