The Butler weekly times., 1918-01-31

bought.
| Sale by millers to wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers OF only 70 per
cent OF the amount of wheat flour sold
last year.
The Hoover statement in full fol-
lows:
4 THE following is a summary of the
rules that have been formulated by
the United States Food Administra-
ton, with the approval of the Presi-
dent, in order to effect the further
conservation in foodstuffs necessary
to support the Allies and our own
armed forces over the next four
months. These rules are effective
from the morning of Monday, Januar y
28.
The effectiveness OF these rules is
dependent solely upon the good will
Of and the willingness to sacrifice by
the American people. In the last
analysis the success or failure of any
plan such as here outlined rests with
the people. We are dependent upon
the cooperation OF the trades.
| I'VE have only one police force
the American women, and we depend
upon her to organize in cooperation
with our state and local food admin
istrators to see that these rules arc
obeyed by that small minority who
may fail. -- -
Part OF the rules will be enforced
under the Lever Food Act; otler
parts are voluntary, and will depend
for their success upon public senti-
ment. Our experience hitherto has
shown willingness of the vast ma
porfty of consumers and a full CO.
operation of the trades, to undereo o
the self-sacrifice necessary to render
such measures effective. The small
minority who refuse to cooperate
should not be allowed to defeat the
Nations necessities.
Il. AS their part in reducing the
consumption OF wheat flour, the con
sumers OF the country are called up
on, in purchasing such flour, to buy
at the same time an equal weight OF
the other cereals (cornmeal, corn
starch, corn flour, holniny, corn grits,
barley flour, rice, rice Hour, oatmeal,
rolled -eats, buck heat Hour potato
flour, sweet potato flour, soya bean
flour and teterlta Hours and meals.
Fl he housewives may use these pro-
ducts separately in making bread,
cakes, pastry or mix them as she
thinks best. The retailers are to sell
wheat flour only with an equal weight
ol these other cereals.
-. Consumers will be able to OBJ
tain mixed cereal bread from their
bakers, who will be required under the
license regulations to mix 5 per cent
vi other cereals with their wheat
flour, both in bread and rolls and w,li
be required gradually to increase this
substitution until, beginning Febru
airy "a, minimum OF 20 per cent OF
such cereals is to be used.
The rood Administration strong
ly urges on consumers the buying OF
this bread, which will be known as
Victory Bread and will contain not
less than 20 per cent CT cereals other
than wheat. Graham or whole wheat
bread will also be given that name, be-
cause, containing as they do, IS per
cent more OF the wheat grain than
ordinary white bread, they, too, will
serve the purpose OF saving wheat
flour. Ii you bake bread at home use
wheat substitutes; ii you buy it, buy
only Victory Bread.
8. Manufacturers OF macaroni,
spaghetti, noodles, crackers, breakfast
foods, pie, cake and pastry are not to
purchase to exceed 10 per cent OF the
wheat flour they used during the cor
responding months of 1917. These
will be performing a
patriotic service by using cereals 9th
er than wheat in their productions.
"A. Wholesalers will be required,
under license regulations, not to buy
more than 20 per cent of their pur-
chases OF flour from mllcrs as based |
OH their purchases for Afe-corrcspond-I |
ing months OF the preceding year, and |
their sales to the retail trade must be
in the proportion OF one pound OF
wheat flour to one pound OF other
cereals, this being the same proper
ton in which the retailer sells to the
unless the wholesaler salts
fies himself that the substitutes have
been already purchased from another
source.
"A ruling has been made that in
making any combination sales under
this program dealers shall name a
price for each of the articles so sold
which shall not represent more than
q normal prc-war profit on any OF the
articles sold.
IS. Millers of flour are to distrib-
ute their output through their CUSTOM
ary channels and markets in such
manner that each city, town and dis
trict may receive its usual proportion
The wheat millers have been required
10 produce one barrel OF flour (I0o
from 264 pounds of wheat
This is white flour and rcoresents