The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-02
MISREPRESENTATION
| MEASURES lulu
Food Administrator Deems Sends Out
Hoover's Latest Requests
to tho People of
Iowa.
LIMIT WHEAT PRODUCT
Everywhere is the cry to Save Wheat
and its Products That Allies
and sammies May
Have It
LIMIT WHEAT PRODUCT

J. F. Deems, food administrator for
Iowa. has sent copy Of the new
conservation measures announced by
Administrator Hoover, to ]. F, Elder.
administrator from Lee county. The
new measures urged are set out in
| this statement:
IF we are to furnish the allies
with the necessary proportion OF
wheat to maintain their war bread
from now until the next harvest, and
this is military necessity. we must
reduce our monthly consumption to
month, as against our normal con-
sumption Of about forty-two million
bushels, or fifty percent of our nor
NAL consumption.
Reserving a margin for distribution
to the army and for special cases,
this leaves for general consumption
approximately one and one-half
pounds of wheat products weekly per
person.
Many of our consumers are Deepen
dent upon bakers bread. Such bread
must be durable and therefore re-
Quires a larger proportion of wheat
products than. cereal breads baked In
the household. Our army and navy
require full allowance. The we'll
TODD in our population can make
greater sacrifices in the consumption
of wheat products than can the poor.
In addition, our population in the
agricultural districts, where the
other cereals are abundant, are more
skilled in the preparation of the
breads, from these other cereals, than
the crowded city and industrial popu-
lations.
With improved transportation con-
ditions, we now have available sur
plus of potatoes. We also have in
the spring months a surplus of milk,
and we have ample corn and oats for
human consumption. The drain on
rye and barley, as substitutes. has
already greatly exhausted the supply
Of these grains. To effect the needed
saving Of wheat, we are wholly de-
pendent upon the voluntary assist
ance of the American people, and we
ask that the following rules shall be
observed.
First Householders to use not to
exceed total of one and one-half
pounds per week Of wheat products
per person. This means not more
than one and three-fourths pounds of
victory bread containing the required
of substitutes. and about
one-half pound of cooking -four. mac
aroni, crackers. pastry, pies. cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals. all COM
bined
Second All public eating places
and clubs are to observe two wheat
less days per week, Monday and
as at present. In addi-
ton thereto, they are not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate Of bread stuffs, macaroni. |
crackers, pastry, pies. cakes and
wheat breakfast cereals containing a |
,otal of more than two ounces of |
wheat flour. No wheat products to |
De served unless specially ordered.
Public eating places are not to buy
more than six pounds Of wheat pro-
lucts for each ninety meals served.
n other words, they are not to buy
more than six pounds of wheat pro-
lucts per month per guest, thus con-
crming with limitation requested of
he householder.
Third. Retailers to sell not more
han one-eighth of a barrel of -four
O any town customer at any one
ime and not more than one-quarter
# a barrel to any country customer
It any one time and in no case to
ell wheat products without the sale
If an equal weight of other cereals.
Fourth. We ask the bakers and
ROGERS to reduce the volume of vie
DRY bread Sold by the delivery of
he three-quarter pound loaf, where
me pound was sold before, and cor
esponding proportions in other
Weights. We also ask bakers not to
Increase the amount of their wheat
our purchases beyond 70 percent of
he average monthly amount pur-
hased in the four months prior to
farch first.
Fifth Manufacturers using wheat
roducts for non-food purposes
hould cease such use entirely. K
Sixth. There is no limit upon the
SO of other cereal fiours and meals