Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-01-29
GLsOn's Food
Proclamation

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-T h e
presidents food proclamation, issued
tonight, is as follows:
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for a more in
tensive effort on the part of our
people to save food i'm order that we
may supply our associates In the
war with the sustenance vitality
necessary to them in these days of
privation and stress. The reduced
productivity of Europe because of the
large diversion of manpower to the
war, the partial failure of harvests
and the elimination of the more
distant markets for foodStuffs
through the destruction of ship
ping. places the burden of their sus-
tenance very largely on our shout
ders.
The food administration has form
ulated suggestions which, if follow
ed. will enable US to meet this great
responsibility without any real in
convenience on our part.
In order that we may reduce our
consumption of wheat and wheat
products by so per cent-a reduction
imperatively necessary TO provide
the supply for overseas-whole-
salers. jobbers and retailers should
purchase and resell to their Gus
toners only 20 per cent of the
amounts used in 1917. All manu-
facturers of alimentary pastes, bis
cults. crackers. pastry and break
fast cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption of wheat
and wheat -four to 20 per cent of
their 1917 requirements, and all
bakers of bread and rolls to so
per cent of their current require
ments. Consumers should reduce
their purchases of wheat produces
for home preparation TO at most 20
per cent OF those of last year, or,
when buying bread. should pur-
chase mixed cereal breads from the
bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal foods,
homes. public eating places, dealers
and manufacturers should substi-
tute potatoes, vegetables, corn, bar
ley, oats and rice products, and the
mixed cereal bread and other prod
ucts of the bakers which contain an
admixturs of other cereals.
In order that consumption may
be restricted TO this extent, Mon
days and Wednesdays should be
cbserves as wheatless days each
week, and one meal each day
should be observed as a wheatless
meal
In both homes and public eating
places, in order TO reduce the con-
sumption of beef, pork and sheep
products. Tuesday should be OBJ
served as meatless day in each
week. one meatless meal should be
observed in each day; while, in aG-
dition, Saturday in each week
should further be observed as a
day upon which there should be no
consumption of pork products.
a continued economy in the use
of sugar will be necessary until
later in the year.
1t IS imperative that all waste
and unnecessary consumption of
all sorts Of foods5uffs should be
rig div eliminated.
The maintenance of the health
and strength of our own people is
vitality. necessary at this time, and
there should be no dangerous re-
striction of the food supply; but
the elimination of every sort of
waste and the substitution of other
commodities of which we have
more. abundant supplies for those
which we need to save, will in no
way impair the strength of our
people and will enable us to meet
one of the most pressing obliga-
tions of the war.
I. therefore. in the national in
terest, take the liberty of calling
upon every loyal American to take
fully to heart the suggestions
which are being circulated by the
food administration and of begging
that they be followed. I am con-
fdent that the great body of our
women who have labored so Loyalty
in cooperation with the food ad-
ministration for the success of
food conservation will strengthen
their efforts and will take IL as a
part of their burden in this period
OF national service to see that the
above suggestions are observed
throughout the land.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House. Jan. us. 1918.