Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-14
EATING PLACES
TOCUT PRICES TO
FIT THE ORDERS
Food Administration Issues
Regulations For Hotels
and Restaurants

Washington, Oct. 14.-Herbert C.
Hoover, United States Food Admin
| istrator. yesterday announced his
initial move in the great conserva-
ton campaign which must be under
taken, by the American people this
year if the nation is to make good
its promise to send 100000 tons
of food to the Allies.
New food regulations, designed to
carry out direct reduction in the
consumption of all foodstuffs, par
ticularly staples, will be put in force
on October 81 in all places where
cooked food is sold to be eaten on
the premises. The regulations will
affect every hotel. restaurant, cafe,
club and dining car in the country.
II is estimated approximately 9,0O0,-
900 persons take their meals In
these public eating places.
Twelve "don'ts for restaurants"
make up the regulations, and their
application will bring about the
serving of less elaborate meals TO
obtain the food saving rather than
the series of emergency regulations,
such as meatless and wheatless days
and meals which formerly served
that purpose.
Mr.. Hoover's next step will be to
institute a similar saving in the
American home. Within n short time
he expects to pare down her entire
food bill and spread more frugal
table. so the great deficit of our
Allies may be made up. Details OF
the means to be employed in accom-
plishing the home saving have not
been completed, but the fact is pa
tent the world is short of food,
and only surplus of American food
can meet the situation.
The "orders" sent to the public
eating places call for voluntary CO.
operation. The food administration
announced that actual licensing OF
the operation of restaurants was not
deemed advisable or necessary at
present. 1t was made plain, how
ever, that if compliance with the in
structions are not complied with, the
public eating places Will be ols-
ciplined summarily by the food ad-
ministration's control of the distri-
button of sugar, flour and other food
supplies.
Prices Should Be According
Another important feature of the
orders is that if patrons desire only
one chop it should be served and all
portions of meat should be large
enough only to meet the require
ments of patrons. Prices, however,
should be adjusted accordingly. 1t is
also urged that as few fried dishes
as possible be served in order to
conserve all fats. No candies should
he served after meals and icings
made from sugars should be elm
mated and honey, maple sugar, corn
sugar and syrup used as sweeteners.
Fresh vegetables and fruits should
be used wherever possible and
canned fruits and vegetables should
be used as little as possible in order
to save tin and labor.
Twelve Regulations Issued
"a failure to conform to any of
the following orders" says a circu-
lar to the proprietors OF restaurants,
will be regarded as awasteful prac-
tice forbidden by Section No. of
the food control act of August 10,
1917" The circular says:
I'VE know the majority of men
in this class of business will welcome
this enforcement on the ground 1t
nrotects the patriot from the Stacker
and gives the honest man who wants
TO save for the country protection
from the wrongful acts of his un-
patriotic competitor"
The regulations follow:
First. No public eating place shall
serve or permit to be served any
bread or other bakery product which
does not contain at least twenty per
cent of wheat -four substitutes, nor
shall it serve or permit to be served
more than two ounces Of this bread,
known as Victory bread. or If no
Victory bread is served. more than
four ounces of other breads (such
as corn bread. mullins, Boston
brown bread, etc.). Sandwiches or
bread served at boarding camps and
rye bread containing fifty per cent.
or more of pure rye -four are ex-
pected.
Second. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
bread or toast as garniture or un-
der meat,
shall allow any bread to be brought
to the table until after the first
course is served.
Fourth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
to one patror at any one meal more
than one kind of meat. For the pur-
nose of this rule meat shall be con-
sidered as including beef, mutton,
pork. poultry and any byproducts
thereof.
Fifth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served
any bacon as a garniture.
sixth. No public eating place
shall serve or permit to be served to
any one person at any one meal
more than one-haIf ounce of butter.