The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-07
Rules For Voluntary War
RatiOning.

Washington, Jan. 26-The food ad
mlnlstratlon tonight issued this state.
ment, containing rules for voluntary
war rationing:
1.-The following is a summary of the
les that have been formulated by the
United States food administration, with
the approval Of the president, in order
to effect the further conservation in
foodstuffs necessary to support the al
lies and our own armed forces over the
next four months. These rules are eff
fective from the morning of Monday,
Jan. %.
1.-THE effectiveness of these rules is
dependent solely upon the good will of
and the willingness to sacrifice by the
American people. In the last ANALYSIS
the success or failure Of any plan such
as that here outlined rests with the
people. 1t is dependent upon the CO.
operation Of the trades. We have but
one police force-the American women
and we depend upon her to organize in
cooperation with our state and local food
administrators to see that these rules
are obeyed by the small majority who
may fail. Part of the rules will be en-
forced under the Lever food act, other
parts are voluntary and will depend for
success upon public sentiment.
"Our experience hitherto has shown
a willingness of the vast majority of
consumers, and full cooperation of
the trades, to undergo the self-sacrifice
necessary to render such measures eff
fective. The small minority who refuse
to cooperate should not be allowed to
defeat the nations necessities.
'First-As their part in reducing the
consumption Of wheat flour, the con-
sumers of the county are called upon,
in purchasing such flour, to buy the at
the same time an equal weight of the
other cereals (corn meal, corn starch,
corn flour, hominy, corn grits, barley.
flour, rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled
oats, buckwheat flour, potato flour,
sweet potato flour, soy bean flour and
feteritat flours and meals). The house
wife may use these products separate
lp in making bread, cakes and pastry,
or mix them as she thinks best. The
retailers are to sell wheat flour. only
with an equal weight of these other
cereals.
Buy Only Victory Bread.
Second Consumers will be able to
obtain mixed cereal bread from their
bakers, who will be required under the
license regulations to mix five per cent
OF other cereals with their wheat flour,
both in bread and rolls and will be reg
quired to gradually increase this SUBJ
stitution until b gining Feb. "a, min
imum IF 20 et cent ] such cereals is
to be used. ne rood administration |
strongly urgeo upon the consum ers the |
buying of this bread, and will contain |
not not less than 20 per cent of cereals |
other than wheat. Graham or whole |
wheat bread will also be given that |
name, because containing as they do 25 |
per cent more OF the wheat grain than
ordinary white bread they too. will
serve the purpose Of saving wheat flour
If you bake bread at home, use wheat
substitutes; if you buy it, buy only
Victory bread.
Observation-Disclosures of macaroni,
spaghette, noodles, crackers, breakfast |
foods, pie, cake and pastry are not to
flour they used during the correspond
ing month of 1917. These manufact-
urers will be performing a patriotic
service by using cereals other than
wheat in their production.
'Fourth-Wholesale will be requir-
ed, under license regulations, not to buy
more than 70 per cent of their pur-
chases of flour from millers as based
on their purchases for the correspond
ing months of the proceeding year, and
their sales to the retail trade must be
in the proportion of one pound of wheat
flour to one pound of other cereals, this
being the same proportion in which the
x taller sell the consumers, unless the
wholesaler satisfies himself that the |