The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-26
SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY OUT
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM.
POST CARDS IN STORES.
Explain New Wheat Ruling to
Thousands of Customers-!n-
sures Greater Food Saving.

t0elS UTMOST 10 explain Tue new TeSu' |
lation to the housewife. This ruling BY |
the q. s. Food Administration requires
each purchaser of wheat -four to buy
one pound Of cereal substitute. one
kind or assorted, for every pound Of
wheat dour. It was necessary to re.
strict the use Of wheat hour In order,
that the allies and our lighting forces
abroad might be assured Of an ade-i
quate supply Of wheat to meet their
vitsl MEDIA This supply must como
from our savings because we have Al
ready sent our normal surplus. 4
Wheat saving pledge cards were for.
warded BY the Food Administration to
all retail food merchants, and these
are being signed and posted In stores
throughout the country. This card
states. I'VE pledge ourselves Loyalty to
carry out the Food Administration pro-
gram. In accordance with this order
we will not sell any wheat -four except
where the purchaser buys an equal
weight of one or more of the following,
a greater use Of which In the home
will save wheat:
"Cornmeal. corn -four. edible corn
starch. hominy, corn grits, barley -four.
potato flour. sweet potato -four, soy
bean flour, feterita flour and meals.
rice, rice -four, oatmeal. rolled oats and
buckwheat -four"
Some confusion has resulted on the
part of the consumer In constituting
this "5O-5O" ruling to mean that an
equal amount in value Of substitutes
must be purchased with wheat flour.
This is a mistaken idea. The ruling
states that the consumer In purchasing
-four shall "buy at the same time an
equal weight Of other cereals"
One exception to this ruling is con-
corning graham -four and whole wheat
-four, which may be sold at the ratio
of three pounds to i've pounds OF
wheat flour. This provision Is made
because approximately Is per cent.
more of the wheat berry is used in the
manufacture of these fours than stand
ard wheat -four.
Another exception II that concern
ing mixed flours containing less than
so per cent. of wheat -four, which may
be sold without substitutes. Retailers,
however, are forbidden to sell mixed
| dours containing more than 80 per
! cent. of wheat flour to any person I'M
less the amount of wheat -four substi-
| tutes sold is sufficient to make the to-
tai amount of substitutes. including
those mixed in fours, equal to the to-
| tai amount In wheat -four In the mixed
| flour. For instance. II any mixed flour
IL purchased containing 60 per cent.
! wheat -four and 40 per cent substi-
tutes it is necessary that an additional
! 20 per cent Of substitutes be pur-
chased. This brings it to the basis OF
one pound of substitutes for each
pound Of wheat -four.
A special exemption may be granted
upon application in the case OF special
" prepared infants and invalids' food
containing -four where the necessity II
shown.
Some misunderstanding seems to *
lit on the part Of consumers In assum'
ing that with the purchase OF wheat
fiour one must conflne the additional
80 per cent. purchase to one Of the
substitutes. This is not the case. One
NAV select from the entire range Of
substitutes a sufficient amount Of each
to bring the total weight OF all substi'
tutes equal to the weight Of the wheat
-four purchased. For instance. II
purchase Of "a pounds of wheat hou1
il made a range Of substitutes may be
selected as follows:
Cornmeal, 8 pounds; corn grts,
pounds: rice. 4 pounds: buckwheat,
pounds corn starch. 1 pound; hominy
2 pounds rolled oats, 8 pounds.
These substitutes may be used IN
the following manner:
! Cornmeal, 8 Pounds.-Corn bread, nc
-four; corn mullins or spoon bread
one-fourth flour or one-third rice OF
one-third hominy; 20 per cent. substi
, tutes in whole bread.
Corn Starch, l Pound.-Thickenine
gravy. making custard, one-third sub
stitute in cake.
Corn Grits, 4 Pounda.-Fried like
mush used with meal 10 making corn
bread.
Rolled Oats, 8 Pounds.-One-fourth
to one-third substitutes In bread. ono
half substitute in mullins: breakfast
porridge, use freely; oatmeal cookies
oatmeal soup.
Buckwheat Flour. 2 Pounda-Ons
fourth substitute In bread, buckwheat
cakes.
Hominy, 2 PoundA-Boiled for din
ner, baked for dinner. with cheese
sauce.
Rice, 4 Pounds.-One1 fourth substt
tute In wheat bread, ooethird substs
tute In corn bread, boiled for dinner q
bread cut), a. . broakfast food. h
thicken soups, rice padding instead d
eaks or pie. rice batter eahe2
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