The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1918-06-20

| V&kkEEkEMV to 21,000,000 bushels
VzssxgTW a month, as against
za& our normal consump-
| ton Of about AZ, 000.-
900 bushels or 80 per cent of our nor
NAL consumption, reserving a margin
for distribution to the army and for
! special cases, leaving for general con
sumption, approximately one and one
half pound of wheat products weekly
per person.
Many Of our consumers are depend.
ent upon bakers bread. such bread
| must be durable, and therefore. re-
| quires larger proportion of wheat
| products than cereal breads baked in
| the households.
| Our army and navy require a full
| allowance The well-to-dO in our popu-
lation can make greater sacrifices in
the consumption of wheat products
| than can the poor; in addition, our
| population in the agricultural dis
tricts, where the other cereals are
! abundant, are more skilled in the
preparation of breads from these other
| cereals, than the crowded city and in.
dustrial populations. With improved
transportation conditions we now have
available a surplus of potatoes We
also have in the spring months sur.
| plus Of milk, and we have ample corn
| and oats for human consumption.
The drain on rye and barley as sub
| stitutcs has already greatly exhausted
4 fGn Of
the needed saving Of wheat We are
wholly dependent upon the voluntary
ass .stance of the American people.
! and we ask that the following rules
shall be deserved:
t-Householders to use not to
exceed total of one and one half
| pounds per week OF wheat products
per person.
This means not more than one and
three-quarter pounds OF Victory
| Bread" containing the required per-
centage of substitutes, and about a
half pound Of cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals all combined
Second-Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless days
| per seek, Monday and Wednesday, as
at present. In addition thereto not to
serve in the aggregate a total of more
breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pas.
try, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast ce.
reals, containing a total of more than
two ounces of wheat flour to any one
guest at any one meal. No wheat
products to be served unless specially
ordered
Public eating establishments not to
buy more than six pounds of wheat
products per month. per guest, thus
conforming with limitations requested
of the householder.
Third-Retailers to sell not more
than one-eighth barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time, and
not more than one-fourth barrel to
any country customer at any one time,
and in no case sell wheat products
without the sale of an equal weight
of other cereals.
. Fourth-We ask the bakers and gro
GERS to reduce tho volume Of Victory
| A3ARttA Hpiu ny utAiNtlN Oh lUG three
fourths pound loaf when one pound
was sold before the corresponding pro-
portions in other weights We also
ask bakers not to increase the amount
of their wheat flour purchases beyond
20 per cent Of the average monthly
amount purchased in the four months
prior to March 1st
Manufacturers using wheat
products for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
Sixth-There is no limit upon the
use of other cereal flour and meals.
corn barley, buckwheat potato flour.
Many thoUsand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
acts whatever except a very small
amount for cooking purposes. and are
doing so in perfect health and salts
faction. There Is no reason why all
Of the American people who are able
to cook in their own households. can
not subsist perfectly well with the
use OF less wheat products than one
and One-half pounds a week. and we
especially ask the welltodo house,
holds in the country to follow this adj
ditional program in order that we may
i, provide the necessary margisal sup
plies for those parts of the country
less able to adapt themselves to so
? large a proportion of substitutes, in
order that we shan be able to make
the wheat exports that are asoluteiy
demanded of us to maintain the civil
{ population and soldiers of the allies
, and our own army.
We propose to supplement the vol
untary cooperation OF tha public by a
! further limitation of distribution and
1--WE shall place at once restrictions on
, distribution which will be adjusted
from time to time to secure as nearly
t equitable distribution as possible.
{ With the arrival of harvest we should
be able to relax such restrictions I'm
til then, we ask for the necessary pa
! tience. sacrifice and cooperation of
= the distributing trades.
(Signed)
FOOD ADMINISTRATION.
8 II you run your household on three
/, pounds of sugar a month per person
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