The Benson signal., 1918-05-11


tute for wheat-lour content OF all
bread and rolls must amount to 25 pc,
cent. The substitute content hereafter
required in various products follow:
Sweet yeast dough goods, 33 1-3 pei
cent; crackers, Is per cent; cookies
and ice cream cones. 33 1-3 per cent :;
cakes, 33 1-3 per cent; pies, 33 1-3 per
cent; fried cakes 33 1-3 per cent; pas
try. 33 l-3 per cent; batter cakes, waf.
fles, quickbreads-such as mullins and
Boston brown bread. SO 2-3 per cent.
Under the new rules no public eat.
ounces Of bread and rolls or more than
four ounces Of quickbread to any one
person at any one meal.
With customers who buy loaf bread,
bakers are urged to promote the use Of
the three-quarter pound loaf, following
the food Administrations request that
the 12-ounce loaf be used where the 49,
ounce loaf was used before.
Bakers are urged to introduce
"quick-breads" as wheat-saving
measure. These quick breads, includ-
ing mullins, baking-powder biscuits,
corn bread. Boston brown bread, grid
die cakes, and waffles, must contain
twO-thirds wheat-four substitutes.
The use of the words milk" or
cream" on wrappers and labels is no
longer prohibited, but milk bread must
still be sold at the same price as bread
made without milk.
The official review Of the first year
Of war issued by the committee on pub
lie information contained the following
description of the work Of American
engineers in France:
American engineers have gone into
French forests and done the work of
the pioneers Of our own Northwest.
They have frequently been under FIRE.
One Of their first tasks was the recon-
structon and extension Of a railroad
600 miles long to carry our products
from ports of Decentralization to gen.
eral bases Of operation.
The First Engineers troops, 100
strong, arrived in France about three
months after war was declared. Since
then the number has been greatly aug
mented. These troops have been con-
stantly engaged in general engineer
ing work, including the construction
Of railways, docks, wharves, canton
ments. and hospitals.
An American army locomotive was
built in this country in 21 days and
shipped to the Expeditionary Forces.
Many other locomotives, cars, logging
trains, tracks, disassembled buildings
and other equipment have been shipped
to augment the output and facilitate
the construction operations of Ameri-
can forces abroad.
The federal trade commission has
issued orders to 9S lumber companies
of the middle West and far West re-
quiring them to stop certain trade
practices in relation to mail-order lum-
ber concerns. Among the practices
which are barred by the orders are the
following:
Obtaining from mail-order concerns,
in bad faith or by subterfuge. esti-
mates Of the prices Of lumber and
building material and obtaining cata-
logues and special information intend
ed only for bona fide customers and
prospective customers.
Through actual or threatened with
drawal of patronage, inducing manu-
, facturers or wholesalers to refuse to
furnish supplies of lumber and build
ing material to mail-order concerns.
Following or causing statesmen Of
, mail-order concerns to be followed
from place to place with the object Of
hindering and embarrassing them In
tl,eir negotiations with prospective
customers.
The latest bread allowances in
, France, placing the ration at about
two-thirds Of that heretofore main
tanned, limit maximum consumption,
per day, as follows:
Children less than three years old,
31A ounces.
Children from three to thirteen years
old, seven ounces.
Persons from thirteen to sixty years
old 1Oh ounces (hard workers in this
age class may receive 311 ounces
more.)
Persons over sixty, seven ounces.
Parents of soldiers in camps are
warned by the war department Of a
swindle which has been successfully
operated In various camps.
! A telegram is sent informing that
the soldier has furlough, and re-
questing funds by wire to come home,
waving identification. The rest is a
mere matter Of detail.
Parents and friends should be warm
ed Of this game and of the similar one
where the telegraphic request Is to
mail money to the soldier, care gen.
eral delivery.
The total amount Of foodstuffS ship
ped during March from the United
States and Canada to the allies, ac-