Evening journal., 1918-02-04
BUY WHEAT flour
(. ON '5g-5O' PLAN NOW
Purch sers Beginning To-
day Must Get Substitute
in Equal Amount
IS NEW FOOD
REGULATION

Beginning today tho purchaser Of
wheat flour will have to buy an
equal amount Of substitute flour, un-
der the food administrators order Of
Saturday, instead Of substitute equal
ing one-sxth Of the white flour pur-
chase, as was originally ordered by Ed
mund Mitchell, state food adminlstra-
tor under the Presidents recent proc
lamation inausuratins Victory bread
The food administration Of Delaware
pointed out yesterday that a rule OF
equal strlngency which came Out
among the large number Of regulations
which had created a certain amount Of
confusion IN the minds Of the public,
was the order licensing all bakers who
consumed as much as three barrels Of
flour a month Under this requirement
the baker and all other eating-place
proprietors and hotel MANAGERS viii
have TO make regular reports to the
government.
Although Victory bread, which must
contain 20 per cent substitute lours by
February 2i, thus has been put into
effect for the conservation Of wheat
there has. nevertheless, been a with
drawal Of the previous restriction on
the larger bakers. on the use Of sugar
and milk The baker may now use as
much milk as he chooses, but he can
not advertise his product as milk bread.
Pies. cakes and other pastry also
may be called Victory II they are made
Of at least one-third substitutes, ac-
cording to a ruling Of the food admin
istration. Whole wheat and graham
bread need not embody the substitutes,
as their mixing already effects a large
saving In flour. Victory bread may be
sold in public eating places on wheat
less days.
A recommendation for the baking Of
Victory bread issued by tbe food ad-
mlnislratlon. provides, on a basis Of i96
pounds of cereal, for forty pounds of
cornmeal, i56 pounds Of wheat -four,
three pounds of salt. 1913 pounds of
water, two pounds Of yeast. one and
pounds Of shortening and
milk as desired
For the protection Of the dealer. Food
Mitchell wishes 10 under
stood that IL is not the dealers fault
Il he refuses TO sell wheat flour unless
he customer buys some other kind of
lour or cereal The dealer is simply
following out the directions Of the Food
administration
The dealer has agreed through the
license issued him to do business by the
Food Administration TO do as he is di-
rected, and II he violates the regulation
he Is liable for the consequences to the
government.
Wheat conservation is necessary at
this time because Of the demand from
abroad and because the government
has taken over onc-third of the wheat
supply Of this country There Is not
wheat enough for every one TO use as
freely as they did in 1911 and unless
there is conservation now, there viii
be suffering after a while.
The regulation regarding wheat sales
effects the entire state Of Delaware, as .
well as the citizens of the entire
country. Dealers in foods in lower
Delaware are notified through this me-
dunn. not TO sell wheat lour, except
MS described above The restriction
will mold until further notice.
Administrator Mitchell today received
many telephone calls from various
narts Of the city and State, reeardlng
the sale Of wheat -four and his answers
to all were as stated above.