The Washington times., 1918-01-27
Text of the Presidents S
Food Proclamation


President Wilson's new food proclamation follows
Many have contributed to create the necessity
for intensive effort the part of people to
food in order that supply associates in the
with the susenance vtay necessary to them in these
days of prvaton and stress The reduced productivity
of Europe because of the large diversion of to
the war, the partial failure of harvests and the emna
on of the distant markets for foodstufs through
the destruction of shipping places the burden of their
subsistence very largely on our shoulders =:
"The Food Administration has formulated sugges-
ons which, if followed, will enable to meet this great
responsibility without any real inconvenience part
In order that we may reduce consumption of
wheat and wheat products by 30 per cent-a reduction
mperatvey necessary provide the supply for
wholesalers obbers, and retailers should purchase and
resell to their customers only 20 per cent of the amounts
used in 1917
Cut in Purchases Urged
''Al manufacturers of almentary pastes. biscuits,
crackers pastry and breakfast cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption of wheat and wheat flour to
70 per cent of their 1917 requirements and all bakers of
bread and rolls to so per cent of their current require
ments. Consumers should reduce their purchases of
wheat products for home preparation to at most 70 per
cent of those of last year, when buying Bread should
purchase mixed cereal bread from the bakers.
ITO provide sufficient cereal food, homes public
eating places Dealers and manufacturers should subs
tute potatoes, vegetables corn, barley, oats, and rice
products and the mixed cereal bread and other products
o the bakers that contain admxture 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 meal each day
should be observed wheatless meal
Meatless Day Suggestion
In both homes and public eating places, in order
to reduce the consumption of beef pork, and sheep
products, Tuesday should be observed meatess day
in each week. meatless meal should be observed in
each day, while, in addition, Saturday in each week
should further be observed day upon which there
should be consumption of pork products.
Continued economy in the of sugar will be
sary until later in the year 1t is imperative that all
and unnecessary consumption of all sorts of fOodstus
should be rgidly eliminated.
''The maintenance of the health and strength of our
people is vitay necessary at this time and there
should be dangerous restriction of the food supply but
the elimination of every sort of waste and the substu
tion of other commodities of which have more abund-
ant supplies for those which need to will in
way impair the strength of people, and will enable
to meet of the most pressing obligations of the
81, therefore, in the national interest, take the lib
ery of calling upon every loyal American to take fully
heart the suggestions which being circulated by the
Food Administration, and of begging that they be fol-
lowed am confident that the great body of our women
who have abored Loyalty in cooperation with the Food
Administration for the of food conservation will
strengthen their efforts and will take it part of their
burden in this period of national service to that the
above suggestions observed throughout the land
"WOODROW WILSON,