The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-02-20
AMERICAN PE0PIF
On WAR BREAD DIET.
REDUCED RATIoNs Aex.
PURPOSE OF cREAr,Mo FOR
SURPLUS FOR THE AIl'esses
Baker: viii Make Victory Losv., v,,..
Mixture Of Other Flour r"'n
Wheat'ess, One MeatIess w, '"0
TWO PorkIess Days a wesL

! "" me"' VII war Dread diet on Janua.s
% as a part of II war ratiouinn "f'
TEN prescribed by Presideut wy s'S
ana the food administration avn r'Soh
bread the food administration c, T"fy
The reduced rations are oStaa aus !"
the purpose of creating II larger avn ,o[
surplus of food for the allies cna. Dr'
ment of consumption will be ,o ..a'-
plished largely by voluntary effort Nt hm.
force will be employed wherevar" W, out
mitted under the food control ,c, per
The ratiOning system, as pr.son,,
by the president in proclanatioD "s,
by Food Administrator Hoovor a. a"u
list of regulations, forms the food 81
ministration's 1918 food conservas aa'
program, on which the chief fea,u...
are: Bakers bread Of mixed flour hs
ginning Monday, with a s Der con, .us
stitution of other cereals for wheat NV
til 20 per cent substitution is reached
February "a. ''"e'
Sale by retailers to householders .,
an equal amount of substitute aou,,
Pou"u VI wheat Hour Dur.
chased at the time the wheat tonr +,
bought. ="
Restrict MiIlers' Sale.
Sale by millers to Wholesalers nm,
wholesalers to retailers of only n NO.
cent of the amount OF wheat flour soM
last year.
Two wheatless days week-AIon.
day and Wednesday-and one wheat.
less meal day.
One meatless day-Tuesday-and
one meatless meal a day.
Two pOrkless days u week-Tues,lav
and Saturday.
Manufacturers of macaroni sna.
ghetti. noodles, crackers and breakfast
foods. pie. cake and pastry will be per.
mitted to buy only 20 per cent of their
last years purchases, and are asked TO
perform a patriotic service by using
substitute flOurs.
Flour will be sold through the regu
lar channels and in such manner that
each community will receive its e0uiy.
alent share.
The food administration will pur.
chase for the army and for the allies
as announced recently, 30 per cent Of
the flour output and out of this store
will fill emergency requirements il
stocks run low in any part of the coun
try.
No Patent Flours.
Wheat millers are required to pro-
duce one barrel of flour of 1856 pounds
from 264 pounds of wheat, which repre-
sents "A per cent -four. No patent
or special flOurs may be manufactured
although whole wheat flour may be
made as usual.
Hotels and restaurants will be
classed as bakeries and will be re-
quired to serve the new Victory
bread"
State food administrators will he
permitted to designate the wheatleSS
meal in each state. Where this is not
done, the food administrator requests
that the evening meal be observed us
wheatless.
The presidents proclamation besides
calling on the public for It further re-
ductiOn in consumption. makes re-
newed appeal to the housewife to stop
the waste of food. 1t asks general Oh
servance Of the food administrators
regulations and calls ON the people, III
addition, to hold down their coliSunF
ton of sugar.
No ForcibIe Limitation.
There is no forcibc limitation o.
purchases by hOuseholders, aud in ths
connection the food admillistra'"
says:
1.-THE effectiveness of these rules u
dependent solely upon the gt'"h VIII
and willingness of the American pc"
pie to sacrifice. In the lasi anai!sN
the success or failure OF ANY Su'li pa"
MS outlined rests with the people. We
have but one police forcc-tIle -'l'eir
can woman-and we depend upon m''
to see that these rules are Observer.
OF the nearly 2O,0o0,Wm h"l!Se'l"iueaS
in the United States, about l''""'V,.
have signed the food administrators
pledge to follow its food roh>erN"uV,
directions, and food administrator ~ ~
ficials believe that the regulations "'''
be generally observed.