The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-01-31
Presidents Food Proclamation.

Presidents Food Proclamation.
Washington, Jan. 26.-A procla-
nation:
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for more IN
tensive effort on the part of our
people to save food in order that
we may supply our associates IN
the war with the sustenance vital
ly necessary to them in these days
of privation and stress. The re-
duced productivity of Europe be-
cause of the large diversion of man
power to the war, the partial fail
ure of harvests and the elimina-
ton of the more distance markets
for foodstuffs through the destruc-
tion of shipping places the bur-
den of their sustenance very large
ly on our shoulders.
Must Meet Responsibility.
The food administration has for
mulated suggestions which, If fol-
lowed. will enable us to meet this
great responsibility without any
real inconvenience.
In order that we may reduce our
consumption of wheat and wheat
products by 80 per cent.-a reduc-
tion imperatively necessary to pro-
vide the supply for overseas
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers
should purchase and resell to their
customers only 70 per cent. of the
amounts used in 1917. All manu-
facturers of alimentary pastes,
buscuits, crackers, pastry and
breakfast cereals should reduce
their purchases and consumption
of wheat and wheat -four to 70 per
cent. of their 1917 requirements,
and all bakers Of bread and rolls
to 80 per cent. of their current re-
ouirements. Consumers should re-
duce their purchases of wheat prod
ucts for home preparation to at
most 70 per cent of those of last
year, or, when buying breads should
purchase mixed cereal breads from
the bakers.
To provide sufficient foods
homes, public eating places, dealers
and manufa cturers should substi-
tute potatoes, vegetables, corn, bar
ley, oats, and rice products, and the
mixed cereal bread and other pro-
ducts of bakers which contain an
admixture of other cereals.
Two Wheatless Days Week.
In order that, consumption might
be restricted to this extent, Mon
days and Wednesdays should be OBJ
served as wheatless days each week,
and one meal each day should be
observed as a wheatless meal.
In 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
observed in each day; while, in ad-
dition, 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.
1t 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 vitally
necessary at this time, and there
should be no dangerous restriction of
the food supply; every sort of waste
and the substitution of other COM
modities of which we have more
abundant supplies for those which
we need to save, will in no way I'M
pair the strength of our people and
will enable us to meet one OF the
most pressing obligations of the war.
Will See Suggestions Through.
l, therefore, in the national in
terest, take the liberty Of calling
upon every loyal American to take
fully to heart the suggestions which
are being circulated by the food ad-
ministration and of begging that they
H., s11ou,od am confident tho