Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-05-24
CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES.
ALLIES Must Have Wheat Enough to
aialntaiH Their War Bread
TIL Next Harvest

tne necessary prOpOTtlOn Oh wheat 10
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this Is
military necessity, we must reduce our
monthly consumption to 21,000,0O0
bushels a month as against our nor
NAL consumption of about 100000
! bushels, or 80 per cent of our normal
consumption. This is the situation as
set forth by the U. S. Food Admins
tration at Washington. Reserving a
| margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen.
eral consumption approximately IN
pounds of wheat products weekly per
person, the Food Administration
statement continues: Many of our
consumers are dependent upon bakers
| bread. Such bread must be durable
and therefore requires larger proper.
ton Of wheat products than cereal
breads baked In the household. Our
army and navy require a full allow.
ance. The well-to-do In our population
| can make greater sacrifices In the con.
sumption 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 popula-
tiOnS
With improved transportation condi-
tons we now have available a surplus
OF potatoes We also have in the
spring months a surplus of milk and
we have ample corn and oats for hu.
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley as substitutes has already
greatly exhausted the supply Of these
| grains.
To effect the needed saving Of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
1. Householders to use not to exceed
a total of IN pounds per week OF
wheat products per person. This
means not more than IL pounds Of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one-haIf
pound Of cooking -four, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies. cakes, wheat
2. Public eating places aud ciuts to
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday. as at present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs. macaroni,
crackers, pastry. pies. cakes, wheat
brea kfast cereals, containing a total
Of more than two ounces of wheat
-four No wheat products to be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
than six pounds Of wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus con-
forming with the limitations requested
of the householders.
3. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-quarter of a barrel
to any country customer at any one
time, and In no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight of other cereals.
4. We ask the bakers and grocprs to
reduce the volume of Victory tread
sold, ny 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 increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 20 per
cent. Of the average monthly amount
purchased In the four months prior to
March l.
8. Manufacturers using wheat prod,
ucts for non-fOod purposes should
cease such use entirely.
8. 1here Is no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, hours, and meals, corn
barley, buckwheat, potato -four. ct
cetera
Many thousand families throughOui
the land are now using no wheat prod.
ucts whatever. except a very small
amount for cooking purposes, and are
doing 20 in perfect health and satisfac.
ton. There is no reason why all OF
the American people who are able to
ccok In their own households cannot
j6hsist perfectly well with the use OF
lees wheat products than one and one
half pounds a week, and we specially
ash the well-to-do households In the
country TO follow this additional pro
gSAumO in order that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies toI
thoss parts of the community less able
TO adapt themselves to 90 large a pro
portion Of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able e
make the wheat exports that are alb
s0lWteiy demanded Of Us to maintaiT
the civil population and soldiers OF thu