The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-09
TO CUT WHEAT
USE ONE-HALF
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only Il
Pounds Wheat Products
Weekly.
CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES,

Allies Must Have Wheat Enough to
Maintain Their War Bread
Till Next Harvest.
II we are to furnish the allies with
the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this Is q
military necessity, we must reduce our
monthly consumption to 21,O00,O0O
bushels month as against our nor
NAL consumption Of about 42O0O,O 900
bushels, or 30 per cent. of our normal
consumption. This Is the situation as
set forth by the u. s. Food Admins
tration at Washington. Reserving
margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen
eral consumption approximately IL
pounds of wheat products weekly per
person, the Food Administrators
statement continues: Many Of our
consumers are dependent upon bakers
bread. Such bread must be durable
and therefore requires larger proper
ton of wheat products than cereal
breads baked in the household Our
army and navy require full allow
ance. The well-to-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the con-
sumption of wheat products than can
the poor. In addition, our population
in the agricultural districts, where the
other cereals are abundant, are more
skilled In the preparation of breads
from these other cereals than the
crowded city and Industrial popula-
lions.
With improved transportation condi-
lions we now have available surplus
Of potatoes. We also have in the
spring months a surplus of milk, and
we have ample corn and oats for hu-
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley as substitutes has already
greatly exhausted the supply of these
grains.
To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
1. Householders to use not to exceed
a total of " pounds per week OF
wheat products per person. This
means not more than IL pounds Of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage Of substitutes and one-haH
pound Of cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined.
2. Public eating places and clubs to
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as at present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs. lnacaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes. wheat
breakfast cereals, containing total
Of more than two ounces of wheat
-four. No wheat products to be served
Unless specially ordered Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
Than six pounds OF wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus COM
forming with the limitations requested
of the householders
3. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth OF q barrel Of -four to any
town customer at amy one time and
not more than one-Quarter OF q barrel
TO any country customer at any one
time, and In no case to sell wheat
products without the sale OF an equal
weight OF other cereals
A. We ask the bakers and grocers to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold, By delivery OF the three-quarter
hound loaf where one pound was sold
before. and corresponding proportions
III other weights. We also ask bakers
rot 10 Increase the amount OF their
wheat flour purchases beyond 20 per
cent. OF the average monthly amount
purchased 81 the four months prior to
Marcel, I.
S. Manufacturers using wheat prod
acts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
s. There Is no limit upon the use of
other cereals TOURS. md meals, corn.
barley, buckwheat, potato d0ur. 81
cetera
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever, except a. very small
amount for cooking purposes, and are
doing SO III perfect heal II and satisfac-
tion. There Il no reason why all 81
the American people who arc able ~
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the nse 81
less wheat products than one ana one
hnlf pounds q week and Ne specially
IasL the well-to-dO households a the
country 70 follow this dditional pro-
gramma In order that we lnay provide
The necessary marginal supplies Tor
those parts of the community less able