The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-28
TEXT OF PRESIDENTS
FOOD PROCLAMATION
A PROCLAMATION

PROCLAMATION
Many have contributed to create the necessity
intensive effort the part of people to food
order that supply associates in the with the
usenance vitality necessary them in these days of prvaon
and stress
The reduced productivity of Europe because of the large
diversion of to the war; the partial failure of har
and the elimination of the distant markets for food
fs through the destruction of shipping places the burden
of their subsistence very largely shoulders.
The Food Administration has formulated suggestions which
if followed will enable meet this great responsibility
without any real inconvenience part
Must Save 80 Per Cent
In order that may reduce consumption of wheat
and wheat products by 30 per cena reduction mperavey
necessary provide the supply wholesalers job
ber and retailers should purchase and resell to their custom
only 70 percent of the amounts used in 1917.
All manufacturers of amenary pastes, biscuits crackers
pastry and breakfast cereals should reduce their purchases and
consumption of wheat and wheat flour 70 per cent of their
1917 requirements and all bakers of bread and rolls 80
cent of their current requirements.
Consumers should reduce their purchases of wheat
ducts for home preparation to at least 70 per cent of those
last year. when buying bread should purchase mixed
real breads from the bakers.
Special Days Named
To provide sufficient food homes public eating
Places dealers and manufacturers should substitute potatoes
vegetables corn barley oats and products and the
cereal bread and other products Of the bakers which contain
admixure of other cereals.
Mondays and Wednesdays should be observed wheaess
each week. and meal each day should be observed
lwheatess meal.
In both homes and public eating Places in order to
the consumption of beef pork and sheep products Tuesday
should be observed meaes day in each week. meaes
meal should be observed in each day. WHILE in addition Satu
day Of each week should further be observed day upon
which there should be consumption of pork products
continued economy in the of sugar will be necessary
until later in the year.
1t is imperative that all waste and unnecessary consump-
ton Of all sorts of foodstuffs should be rgdy eliminated
Appeals to Women
The maintenance of the health and strength of
people vitality necessary at this time and there should be
dangerous restriction of the food supply but the elimination
of every sort of waste and the substitution of other comod
ties of which have abundant supplies for those
need to will in way impair the strength of
people and will enable to meet the pressing obi
cations of the
therefore, in the National interest take liberty call
ing every loyal American take fully to heart the
tons which being circulated by the Food Administration
and of begging that they be followed.
am confident that the great body of who have
abored loyalty in cooperation with the Food Administration
for the of food conservation will strengthen their eff
forts 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.