Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-27
American People to
Go on Var Bread Diet
Monday Says Hoover
Proclamation

Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for a more in
tensive effort on the part of our peo-
pie TO save food in order that we may
supply our associates in the war with
the sustenance vitality necessary to
them 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 elimina-
ton of the more distant markets for
foodstuffs through the destruction or
shipping, places the burden Of their
subsistence very largely on our shout
ders.
The food administration has formu-
lated suggestion which. if followed.
will enable US to meet this great re-
sponsibility. without any real incon-
venience on uor part
Production Imperative
In order that we may reduce our
consumption Of wheat and meat prod
ucts by 80 per cent a reduction i'm
peratively necessary to provide the
supply for overseas-wholesale job
bers and retailers should purchase
and resell to their customers only 20
per cent of the amounts based in 1917.
All manufacturers of alimentary
pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry and
breakfast cereals, should reduce their
purchases and consumption of wheat
and wheat flour to 20 per cent Of their
1917 requirements, and all bakers OF
bread and rolls to so per cent of their
i
should reduce their purchases Of wheat
products for home preparation to al
J most 20 per cent Of those of last year.
or, when buying bread, should pur-
chase mixed cereal breads from the
bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal food.
} homes. public eating places, dealers
and manufacturers should substitute
potatoes vegetables, corn. barley, oats
and nee products. and the mixed
cereal bread and other products Of
the bakers which contains an admix-
ture 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 whestless day
Saving Of Meat
In both homes and public eating
/ places, in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef. pork and sheep prod
ducts. 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 further be observed
as a day upon which there should be
no consumption of pork products.
A continued economy in the use of
sugar will be necessary until later in
the year.
II is imperative that all waste and
unnecessary consumption OF all sorts
of fOodstuffs should be rigidly elimi-
mated
strength of our own people is vitality
necessary at this TING and there
should be no dangerous restrictions OF
the food supply; but the elimination
of every sort of waste and the substi-
tuition Of other commodities of which
we have more abundant supplies for
those which we need to save, will in
no way impair the strength of our peo-
pie and will enable us to meet one OF
the most pressing obligations OF the
war.
I. therefore, in the national inter
est, take the liberty of calling upon
every loyal American to take fully to
heart the suggestions which are being
circulated by the food administration
and of begging that they be followed.
am confident that the great body
of our women who have labored so
loyalty in cooperation with the food
administration for the success of food
conservation will strengthen their ef'
forts and viii take it as a part of their
burden in this period of national serv
ice to see that the above suggestions
are observed throughout the land
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, 18th, January. 1918