The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1918-02-06
President Calls Upon All Loyal
Americans to Unite
in Campaign
Suggestions of Food Administration
Will Enable the United States to
Meet Great Responsibility If Promp:
Action Is Taken, Declares President.

Meet Great responsibility 1T Proinp'
Action Is Taken, Declares President
Washington, Jan. 26.-FOllowing is
text of President Wilson's food-saving
proclamation:
Many causes have contributed t.
create the necessity for a more inten
sive effort on the part of our people
to save food in order that we may sup
ply our associates in the war with the
sustenance vitality necessary to then
in these days of privation 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
most distant markets for foodstuff:
through the destruction of shipping
places the burden OF their subsistence
very largely on our shoulders.
The food administration has formu
lated suggestions which, if followed
will enable us to meet this great re
sponsibility.
In order that we may reduce our con
sumption of wheat and wheat product!
by thirty per cent-a reduction imper
atively necessary to provide the sup
ply for Overseas-whOlesalers, jobber
and retailers should purchase and re
sell to their customers only sevent.
per cent of the amounts used in 1917
All manufacturers of alimentary pastes
biscuits, crackers, pastry and break
fast cereals should reduce their pun
chases and consumption of wheat ant
wheat flour to seventy per cent o
their 1917 requirements, and all baker
of bread and rolls 10 eighty per cen
Of their current requirements. Con
sumers should reduce their purchase
of wheat products for home prepare
ton to at least seventy per cent o
those of last year, or, when buyin
bread, should purchase mixed cerea
breads from the bakers.
Substitute Potatoes.
To provide sufficient cereal food
homes, public eating places, dealer
and manufacturers should substitut
potatoes, vegetables, corn, barley, Oat
and rice products, and the mixed &C
real bread and other products of tn
bakers which contains an admiXtuT
of other cereals.
In order that consumption may b
restricted to this extent, Mondays an
Wednesdays should be observed a
wheatless days each week, and on
meal each days should be observed a
a wheatless meal.
In both homes and public eatin
places, in order to reduce the consumI
ton of beef, pork and sweet products
Tuesday should be observed as mea
less day in each week, one meatles
meal should be observed in each day
while, in addition, Saturday in eac
week should further be observed as
day upon which to eliminate pork.
A continued economy in the use {
sugar will be necessary until later i
the year.
1t is imperative that all waste an
unnecessary consumption of all sort
of foodstuts should be rigidly elm
mated
The maintenance Of the health an
strength of our own people is vital
necessary at this time, and theI
should be no dangerous restriction {
the food supply; but the eliminate
of every sort of waste and the subst
tuition of other commodities of whic
we have more abundant supplies fl
those which we need to save, will
no way impair the strength of OF
people.
Urges Cooperation.
l, therefore, in the national int
est, take the liberty of calling upC
every loyal American to take fully
heart the suggestions which are bein
circulated by the food administratio
and of begging that they be followe
l am confident that the great body {
our women, who have labored so To-
ally in cooperation with the food a
ministration will strengthen their e
forts and will take it as part of the
burden in this period Of national ser
i've to see that the above suggestion
are observed throughout the land.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House,
Is January, 1918.
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