Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-02-01
FOOD RAT|ONS ARE
MADE MORE STRICT
PRESIDENT CALLS ON PEOPLE
TO EAT LESS WHEAT
AND MEAT.

The United States went ON more
strict food ration basis this week, by
proclamation of President Wilson,
effective last Monday, limiting
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers to
70 per cent of their 1917 wheat -four
requirements and bakers to 80 per
cent. and calling for observance of
two wheatless days, Monday and
Wednesday, one wheatless and one
meatless meal daily, meatless Tues
day and porkless Saturday.
simultaneously the food admins
tration announced its new Victory
bread" to contain 20 per cent Of GER
eals other than wheat, after February
"a. It also announced Tuesday
would be q porkless day in addition
to Saturday.
President Tells Reasons.
The presidents proclamation
reads:
MANY causes have contributed to
create the necessity for q more In
tensive effort on the part Of our pee
pie to save food in order that we may
supply our associates in the war
with the sustenance vitality neceseaFy
to them in these days Of privati0n
and stress. The reduced productive
ity Of Europe because Of the lasgo
ditelsion OF man power to the war,
the partial failure Of harvests ana
the elimination Of the more dl11on1
markets for foodstuffs through the
destruction OF shipping. places the
burden Of their subsistence very
largely on our shoulders.
"The food administration has for
nulated suggestions which, II fob
lowed win enable ~ to meet this
great responsibility without any real
Inconvenience on our part.i
'In order that we may reduce our
consumption Of wheat and wheat
products by 80 per cent? reduction
imperitatively necessary to provide
the supply for overseas wholesal-
ers, jobbers and retailers should
purchase and resell to their consum-
ers only 70 per cent Of the amounts
used in 1917.
"All manufacturers Of alimentary
pastes, biscuits, pastry and break
L fast cereals should reduce their pur-
chases and consumption OF wheat
and flour to 10 per cent Of their 1917
requirements and all bakers Of bread
and rolls to 80 per cent Of their curt
rent requirements.
Consumers should reduce their
purchases Of wheat products for
home preparation to almost 20 per
cent Of those Of last year, or, when
buying bread, should purchase mixed
cereals from the bakers.
Various Substitutes Ordered.
ITO provide sufficient. cereal foods.
homes. public eating places. dealers
and manufacturers should substi-
tute potatoes, vegetables, corn. bar
ley, oats and rice products and the
mixed cereal bread and other prod
uct OF the bakers which contain an
admixture Of other cereals.
"In order that consumption may
be restricted to this extent, Mondays
and Wednesdays should be observed
as wheatless days each week and one
meal each day should be observed as
a wheatless meal. =
I'm both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef. pork and sheep
products, Tuesday should be OBJ
served as meatless day in each week,
one meatless meal should be- OBJ
served in each day; while, in addi-
tion, Saturday OF each week should
be further observed as day upon
which there should be no consump--
ton Of pork products.
Economy in Sugar.
"A continued economy in the use
of sugar will be necessary until later
In the year.
"It is imperative that all waste
and unnecessary consumption of all
sorts of foodstuffs should be rigidly
eliminated.
"The maintenance of the health
and strength of our own people is
vitality necessary at this time and
there should be no dangerous re-
striction of the food supply, but the
elimination of every sort of waste
| and the substitution of other COM
modities of which we have more
abundant supplies for those which