The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1918-05-17
TO CUT WHEAT
Use ONE-HALF.
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only l1a
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 2l,000,00O
bushels a month as against our nor.
NAL consumption of about 42000,0 0O
bushels, or 80 per cent. of our normal
consumption. This Is the situation as
set forth by the q. s. Food Admins.
tration at Washington. Reserying a
margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen,
eral consumption approximately III
pounds of wheat products weekly pei
person, the Food Administration
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
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army and navy require a 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 condl
lions we now have available a surplus
of potatoes. We alsa2rsys In the
spring months a surH miik. and
we have ampleseorn ana $afs fer hui,
man consumptiah y. = The drain on rye
and barley as lbstitStes has ALREADY
greatly exhaua the supply Of these
grains. - ~
To effect tne, Iedea Sbalpl St wheat
we are wholly depen n. upon the
voluntary assistance Of ne American
people and we ask that The. following
rules shall be observed:
=. Householders to use MOTTO exceed
d total Of 1h pound5sber week OF
wheat produc8 per person. This.
means nor MOI 4 thanf1& pounds OF
Victory brad z RtaIlI] the required
reycehpge OF SUBJ flt Eeaeand one-half
DIR TO. Of codkipg. b6ur, macaroni.
rraxners, paatiy fesy cakes, wheat
breakfast cereal Elkombined.
n q Public eating 5lsces and clubs to
observe two wAeatiess 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 ofsbreadstuffs. macaronl,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing a total
Of more, than two ounces of wheat
-four. No wheat products to be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
Ing establishments not to buy4more
than six pounds Of wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus cons
forming with the limitations requested
of the householders.
3. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eIghth of barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
net more than one-quarter of 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.
4. We ask the bakers and grocers to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold, by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
before, and corresponding proportions
In other weights. We also ask bakers
not to Increase the amount Of their
wheat flour purchases beyond 70 per
cent. of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March l.
8. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
g. There Is no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, flours, and meals, corn,
barley, buckwheat, potato -four, ei
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 In perfect health and satisfac.
ton. There Is no reason why all OF
the American people who are able to
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the use OF
less wheat products than one and one.
half pounds a week, and we specially
ask the well.to-do households In the
country to follow this additional pro
gramme In order that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies for
those parts of the community less able
to adapt themselves to 80 large pro-
portion OF substitutes.
In order that we shall be able to
make the wheat exports that are abb
solutely demanded OF us to maintain
the civil population and soldiers of the
allies and our own army, we propose
to supplement the voluntary coopera
ton OF the public by further limita.
ton of distribution, and we shall place
at once restrictions on distribution
which will be adjusted from time to
time to secure rs nearly equitable dis
tribution as possible. With the arrival
Of harvest we should be able to relax
such restrictions Until then we ask
for the necessary patience, sacrifice
and cooperation of the distributing