Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-04-13
EATING PLACES TO BAR
---------------ss-<s-AT BoE1NG CRISIS

John Nee. Bowman, the New York
hotel leader who is also chief of the
Hotel and Restaurant Division of the
United States Food Administration,
won the Louisiana caterers just as he
did those in the Feast and elsewhere.
The establishments he conducts feed
a million and a laIf peopIe a year. For
nearly a month now he has not served
a particle of wheat in any Of his no.
tells. He has pledged himself to contin-
ne this course until the flour crisis is
officially declared at an end.
The idea behind this to force the
rich to bear most of the burden. Five
hundred owners of hotels patronized
by the wealthy took the wheatless
pledge at Washington. The example
has spread and Louisiana was found
willing as usual to do her share and
even more should the nations need de-
mand
Following tle convention here, Will
liam Allen, manager of the Hotel and
Restaurant Division of the Louisiana
Food administration, has issued the
new commandments for this state. Mon
dav and Wednesday are now real and
complete wheatless DAYS. On these
days wheat must not be served in any
-orm whatsoever, No bread, cakes,
crackers, pies, or pastries containing
wheat, no macaroni, wheat cereals or
other wheat products are permitted.
The wheatless days must be observed
10 the letter In his circular he states
that the shortage of wheat has become
the most serious problem which has
yet confronted the Food AdmiHistra-
tion. The eating places are depended
upon to take the lead in solving the
problem The home will undoubtedly
aud heartily emulate the example.
The United States Food Administra-
ton has announced its new program
for the householders, also in accord
with the -four crisis. All houSeholders
who can entirely eliminate the use IF
wheat until the next harvest, about
September LIST, should do SO. Those
obliged to use wheat should not use
more than a total of one and oue-ha,f
pounds of wheat flour or prepared
wheat, in any form, per person per
t;eek, including the wheat flour in war
bread, and including the wheat -four
or prepared wheat in crackers. pastry,
macaroni. breakfast and other food,
In estimating flour consumption every
one an three-QuarterS pounds OF war
bread, the only kind which bakers are
now permitted to manufacture, NAV be
considered equal 70 one pound of wheat
flour. This rationing is stricter and
takes the place of the wheatless DAYS
and meals asked for by the home pledge
cards. In buying wheat -four an equal
weight of other cereals as substitutes
for wheat flour must be bought pound
fer pound. In buying graham, whole
wheat, or mixed hours, the substitutes
ir hem may be counted so that a
smaller proportion of substitutes may
he bought with these hours than with
wheat -four. The proportion then be-
comes three to FIVE. The people are
urged to coufle their purchases and
-four -houidings 30 less than thirty
dav supply. Thew are also asked 10
encourage the growth aud use Of local
supplies, which will SAKE transporta-
ton as well as flour.
A number of district and parish food
administrators attended a conference
with Johr NJ. Parker. Food Admins
trator for Louisiana, and systematized
the work TO a large extent. Hereafter
people in the parishes ar easked TO
take up their problems with the food
administrators in their community and
section instead Of with the state office
Flour-saving will be the feature effort
for the next few months. The Gov
eminent and states are perfecting a
system to encourage the surrender of
-four TO central points and agencies
which will arrange for prompt pay
ment and the most advantageous dis