Arizona republican., 1918-01-27
Food Administration Asks
 Compliance with Strict Requirements to Save, That Victory May Come
rRepublicsn A.P. Leased wire1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2e.-The Amer ican people will go on a war bread diet Monday as a part of d war rationing system prescribed tonight by President Wilson and the food administration. Victory Bread" the food administra- ton calls it.
 The reduced rations are asked for the purpose of creating a larger ex- port surplus of food for the allies. Cur tailment of consumption will be ac- complished largely by voluntary ef- fort. but force will be employed wher- ever permitted under the food control act.
 The rationing system, as presented by the president in proclamation and by Food Administrator Hoover in a list of regulations, forms the food admin istration's 1918 food conservation pro- gram, of which the chief features are:
 "A bakers bread of mixed Hours be- ginning Monday with a five per cent substitution of other cereals for wheat until a twenty per cent substitution is reached February 24.
 Sale by retailers to householders of an equal amount of substitute Hours for every pound of wheat flour pur- chased at the time the wheat flour is bought.
 Sales by millers 10 wholesalers and wholesalers to retailers of only 70 per cent of the amount of wheat flour sold last year.
 ESS-MEATLESS DAYS MUST INCREASE IN NUMBERS
 Two wheatless days week-Monday and Wednesday-and one wheatless meal day.
 One meatless day a week-Tuesday- and one meatless meal a day.
 Two porkless days a week-Tuesday and Saturday.
 Manufacturers of macaroni, spha- ghetti, noodles, crackers and breakfast foods, pie, cake and pastry will be per- mitted to buy only seventy per cent of their last years purchases, and are asked to perform a patriotic service by using substitute Hours.
 Flour will be sold through the regu- lar channels and in such a manner that each community will receive its equiv- alent share.
 The food administration will pur- chase for the army and for the allies, as announced recently, thirty per cent | of the flour output and out of this store will fill emergency requirements if | stocks run low in any part of the coun- | try.
 Wheat millers are required to pro- | duce one barrel of flour of 196 pounds from 264 pounds of wheat which repre- sents a "A per cent flour No patent or | special Hours may be manufactured, although whole wheat flour may be made as usual.
 Hotels and restaurants will be classed | as bakeries and will be required to | serve the new victory bread.
 State food administrators will be permitted to designate the wheatless meal in each state Where this is not done the food administration requests | that the evening meal be observed as wheatless.
 The presidents proclamation, besides calling on the public for a further re- auction in consumption, makes a re- newed appeal to the housewife to stop the waste of food. It asks general ob- servance of the food administration s regulations and calls on the people in addition to hold down their consump- ton of sugar.
 There is no forcible limitation of purchases by householders. and in this connection the food administration says:
 Depends Upon the People
 The effectiveness of these rules is dependent solely upon the good will of, and the willingness of the American people to sacrifice. In the last analysis the success or failure of any such plan as outlined rests with the people. We have but one police force-the Aneri- can woman-and we depend upon her tc see that these rules are observed. .' | (COntinued on Page Twol