Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-01-27
Food Administration Appeals.
to People to Observe Regu-
IationS Neeessitated by
Conditions of Allies,
WHEAT FLOUR SALES vi
RIGIDLY RESTRICTED
No ForcibIe Limitations Are
Imposed on HouseholdefS
but MiIIers and Wholesalers
Are Given Strict Orders,
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Washington, Jan. 26.-The Ameri-
can people will go on war bread
diet Monday as a part OF war ra-
tioning system prescribed tonight by
President Wilson and the food ad-
ministration. Victory bread" the
administration calls it, ....r
The reduced rations are asked for
the purpose of creating larger ex-
port surplus of food for the allies.
Curtailment of consumption will be
accomplished largely by voluntary ef-
fort, but force will be employed
wherever permitted under the food
control act.
The rationing system. as presented
by the president in a proclamation and
by Food Administrator Hoover in a
list of regulations forms the food ad-
ministration's 1918 food conservation
program, of which the chief features
are:
Program Begins Monday. l
A bakers bread of mixed flours.
beginning Monday was a per cent
substitution of other cereals for wheat
until 20 per cent substitution Is
reached February "a.
Sale by retailers of an equal
amount of substituted flours for
every pound of wheat flour purchased
at the time wheat flour Is bought.
Sale BY milers 10 wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers of only 20 per
cent of the amount Of wheat 10 IL sid
last year.
TWO wheatless days week---Mon-
day and Wednesday--and one wheat
less meal day.
One meatless day a week-Tuesday
and one meatless meal a day.
Two porkless days a week-Tuesday
and Saturday.
Manufacturers of macaroni, spa.
ghetti, noodles, crackers and break
fast foods, pie, cake and pastry, will =
be permitted to buy only 20 per cent
of their last years purchases, and are T,
asked to perform patriotic service by 7
using substitute flours.
Flour will be sold through the reg
ular channels and in such II nlrner-
that each community will Receive it's
equivalent share.
VIII Purchase Flour.
The food administration will pur.
chase for the army and for the allies.
as announced recently, 80 per cent
OF the flour output and out of this
store fill emergency requirements IL
stocks run low in any part OF tho J
country.
Wheat millers are required to pro-
duce one barrel of flour of 1875 pounds
from 264 pounds of wheat, which rep
resents "A per cent flour. No patent
or special flours may be manufacture
ed, although whole wheat flour may
be made as usual. 49,,
Hotels and restaurants will be-
classed as bakeries and will be re-F
quired to serve the new victory bread.
State food administrators will be
permitted to designate the wheatless
meal in each state. Where this Is not
done the food administration requests.
that the evening meal be observed as
wheatless.
The presidents proclamation be-
sides calling on the public for a fur
ther reduction in consumption, makes,
renewed appeal to the housewife, TO
stop the waste of food II asks gen
eral observance of the food admins
tration's regulations and calls OH tns
people in addition to hold down their
consumption OF sugar.
No FOrciblo Limitations.
There is no forcible limitation of
purchases by householders, and in
this connection the food administrator
| says:
''The effectiveness Of these rules is
dependent solely upon the good will OF
and the willingness Of the American
| people to sacrifice. In the last an
alysis the success or failure of any
such plan as outlined rests with the
people. We have but one police
force--the American woman--and We
| depend upon her to see that these
rules are observed"
OF the nearly 20.0O0.O00 house
holders in the United States, about
100000 have signed tho food ad-
ministration's pledge to follow Its food
conservation directions and food ad-
mnistration officials believe that the
regulations will be generally observed
War Bread Diet.
Mr.. Hoover estimates that obsefv-
ance of the regulations will save
about 100000 bushels of wheat a
month for shipment abroad. This will
enable the allies to subsist, although
their ration will be short. All of the
allies, and the central powers as well.
are on war bread diet now. Most
of the allies are mixing about 30 per
cent of corn meal and other substts