The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-02-07
4 PROCLAMATION
BY THE president III
SAYS BURDEN OF FEEDING Al.
LIES IS OURS AND WE
CAN CARRY IT.
ASKS TWO WHEATLEsS DAYS

! President Calls Upon. Housewives e
Observe. Orders Of Food Administra
tor-substitution Of Potatoes and
Other Vegetables.
Washington.-The following procla
nation by President Wilson on food
conservation was issued:
A Proclamation.
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity :or more inten.
sive effort on the part of our people 10
save food in order that we may supply
our associates in the war with the
sustenance vitality necessary to them
in these days of privatiun and stress.
The reduced productivity OF Europe.
because OF the large diversion of man
power to the war, the partial failure
of harvests and the elimination of the
more distant markets for toodstuffs
places the burden of their subsistence
very largely ON cur shoulders.
The Food Administration has for
mulated suggestions which, IL follow
ed will enable US to meet this great
responsibility without any real incon.
venience on our part.
In order that we may reduce our
consumption of wheat and-wheat prod
ucts by 30 per cent-a reduction i'm
peratively necessary to provide the
supply for Observation-Disclosures job
bers and retailers should purchase and
resell to their customers only 20 per
cent Of the amounts used in 1917 ALI
manufacturers of alfmentary pastes,
biscuits, crackers, pastry and break.
fast cereals should reduce their pur-
chases and consumption of wheat flour
to 20 per cent of their 1917 require.
ments and all bakers Of bread and
rolls to 80 per cent of their current re,
quirements. Consumers should reduce
their purchases of wheat products for
homepreparation to almost 20 per cent
of those of last year, OF when buying
bread, should purchase mixed cereal
breads from the bakers.
How to Control Wheat Bread.
To provide sufficient cereal food,
homes, public eating places, dealers
and manufacturers should substitute
potatoes vegetables, corn, barley, oats
and rice products, and the mixed &C.
real bread and other products OF the
baker 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 !
oh ~
a wheatless meal. I
Meats and Sugar.
In both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef, pork and sheep prod
ucts, Tuesday should be observed as
meatless day in each week, one meat
less meal should be observed in each
day, while in addition, Saturday in
each week should be further observed
as day upon which there should be
no consumption of pork products.
A continued. economy in the use II
sugar will be necessary until later in
the year.
Eliminate All Waste.
It is imperative that all waste AMI
unnecessary consumption of all sorts
Of foodstuffs should be rigid1y elimi-
mated.
The maintenance OF the health AMI
strength of our own people is vitality
necessary at this time, and there
should be no dangerous restriction of
he food supply but the elimination
II every sort of waste and the substf.
ution Of other commodities of which
We have more abundant supplies for
hose which we need to save, win I'm |
10 way impair the strength Of our peo.
lie and will enable us to meet one
II the most pressing obligations OF
he war
Appeals to People. l.
l therefore, in the national interest.
axe the liberty of calling upon every
oval American to take fully to heart
he suggestions which are being circu.
ated by the food. administration aud
Il begging that they be followed. am
that the great body OF our
women who have labored so Loyalty in
cooperation with the food admfnistra-
ion for the success of food conserve.
ion will strengthen their efforts and
viii take it as a part OF their burden
n this period OF national service to
ZEE that the above suggestions are oh.
erved throughout the land.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House.