Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-16
Late Conservation Orders.

Mr.. Hoover believes that the
American housewife has reached a
point of education on food questions
that will enable the Food Administra-
ton to tell her to use her own judg-
ment and get along with as little as
she has to. He believes she will
show more pride and more national
service in it. if she is given general
job than If everything were laid out
to her step by step.
The Food Administration is not let
ting down on the food program. 1t is
asking more than it has asked before.
1t is easy enough for people to keep
a meatless day or wheatless day;
it is not easy for them to reduce
their consumption Of wheat and meat.
The difficult service and not the easy
one is asked. 1t is pointed out that
we cannot ship II millions tons of
food out of the country and not con-
tinue to conserve food. We cannot
feed big army in Europe and the
Allies unless we increase our exports
Of food.
The Food Administration has an
nouuced a new program for all pub
lie eating places. effective Oct. 81.
The new rules apply to all places
where cooked food is sold to be eaten
on the premises and effect thousands
of people in the State Of Maine. The
new regulations carry into effect the
recent announcement that in fulfill
ing the American promise to the
Allies to send them II and a half
million tons o. food this year the
public eating places would be called
upon ito undertake in many particu-
lars a more strict program than last
year" According to the plan with
regard to the conduct Of public eat
Ing places there are twelve General
Orders" These furnish the specific
measures to carry out, so far as pub
lie eating places are concerned, the
announced plan that for next year
the American food program will be a
direct reduction in the consumption
OF all food, particularly the staples,
rather than a series of emergency
regulations such as meatless and
wheatless days and meals, and the
substitution Of one food for another.
Concerning these twelve general or
ders the Food Administration says:
1T has not been deemed advisable
or necessary at the present time ac-
tually to license the operation of pub
lie eating places, but in cases where
the patriotic cooperation of such
public eating places cannot be Sc
cured by other means the U. s. Food
Administration will not hesitate to
secure compliance with its orders
through its control of the distribution
of sugar, flour and other food sup
plies"
These general orders prohibit the
serving Of bread that does not con-
tain at least 20 per cent Of wheat
flour substitutes, and of this Victory
bread no more than two ounces may
be served to patron at one meal: if
no Victory bread is served four
ounces Of other breads. such as corn
bread, mullins, Boston brown bread,
ETC., may be served. Bread at board
ing camps is excepted as in bread
containing at least one half rye nour.
No bread Is to be served until after
the first course is on the table and no
bread or toast may be served as a
garniture. Bacon is also barred as a
garniture and only one meat may be
served to a patron at a meal. In
cluded in the definition Of meat are
beef. mutton. pork and poultry. Not