Evening star., 1918-01-29
WILSON ISSUES D. c.
TABOO FOOD LIST
Local Food Administrator
Fixes Regulations Based on
Presidents Proclamation.
EXPLAINS DAYS IN DETAIL

IOr OF Ine IL. u, To-Day issued 1OOd reg
ulations, in accordance with the proc
lamation of the President last Satur-
day, governing the observance of wheat
less, meatless and porkless days in
Washington. The regulations also gov
ern the sale and purchase of wheat flour
and other foodstuffs.
The regulations follow:
To the people of the District OF Co
lumbia:
BY the proclamation of the President.
Mondays and Wednesdays are to be OBJ
served in the District of Columbia as
"wheatless days"
One meal each day shall be observed as
a ''wheatless meal
On wheatless days and in wheatless
meals no crackers, pastry, macaroni'
breakfast food or other cereal containing
wheat and no wheat flour in any form,
except the small amount that may be
needed for thickening soups or graves. or
for binder in corn bread and other
cereal breads. should be used. AS to bread.
if it is baked at home, other cereals than
wheat should be used and If it Is bought
only war bread" should be bought.
I hereby announce and establish break
fast as the meal to be observed as the
"wheatless meal in each day.
By the proclamation of the President,
Tuesday is declared to be the "meatless
day and Saturday is declared to be the
'porkless day"
"Meatless" means without any cattle,
hog and sheep products.
'Porkless" means without pork, ba-
con, ham. lard or pork products, fresh
or preserved
Poultry may be used on "meatless
days"
The meal in each day that is to be the
meat1ess meal is not at this time de-
clared. but is left to the conscience of
the individual.
Wholesalers and retailers are notified
that efforts to purchase wheat or other
commodities in disobedience or evasion
of the rules and regulations announced
above are made only by s1ackers or
those desiring to impede our cause to
the limit of their ability. The federal
food administrator for the District of
Columbia requests that wholesalers and
retailers give the names and addresses
OF such persons to him.
The attention of the public is espe-
clal1y invited to the rules and regula-
tlons governing retailers.
Wheat Conservation Rules.
Special rules % to 80. inclusive, are
suring an adequate supply and equita-
BILE distribution of wheat flour for pur-
poses essential to the national secur-
ity and defense and to the successful
ing conditions the present unrestrict-
ed distribution of flour is deemed to be
clearly an unjust. unreasonable and
wasteful practice.
Rule 2s. No licensee shall sell. use or
deliver to any person any -four other
than the grade generally known as
second clear or "low grade" for any
purpose other than the manufacture of
human food.
(a) Millers.
wheat -four shall distribute his OUTPUT
not sold to the government of the
United States. to the food administra-
tion or for export through his Gus
tribution in such manner that each Of
his customers receives his fair share
thereof, and that during the three
months, periods from February /, 1918,
to April 80. 1913. and from May 1, 1918.
to July 81. 1918. no town. city, state or
district receives from the licensees
mill more than 20 per cent of the
amount it received in the correspond
ing quarter OF the year 1917. He shall
not seek new ma markets or channels Of
distribution. and sales of large ouan
titles to new customers will be regard
ed. prima facie. as violation of this
rule.
Rule 25.-The licensee manufacturing
M
ruary "a, 1918. sell or deliver to any per-
son engaged in the business of baking
bread or rolls any wheat flour except
wnoie wheat flour, unless the buyer pur-
chaseS at the same or the Iicensee
satisfies himself that the buyer has mr.
chased one pound of wheat flour substi
tutes for every four pounds of wheat -four
purchased. 01'
Wheat flour substitutes for the nprnosa
OF this rule and of rule 80 shall include
bran, shorts and middlings corn flour
corn meal, edible corn starch, hominy
corn grits. barley flour. rolled oats. oat,
meal. rice. rice nour. potato flour, sweet
potato flour, buckwheat flour, cotton
seed flour, milo, kaffir and feterita
Hours and meals, soya bean flour nea-
nut hour. casava -four. taro flour, ba
mana flour and other products of a sim
liar nature
In making any combination sales IN
der inns rule or rules 26, 90 80 and Al
the llcensee shall name a price for each
OF the articles SO sold, which shall NOT
represent more than a normal prewar
pront on any one of such articles.
Rule 26. No licensee manufa ctur;no
wheat -four shall. without the nern,is9
sion of the United States food admjn-
lstrator, sell or deliver such wheat
lour 70 any retailer or consumer there
od, uniess . the buyer purchases at the
same time or the licensee satisfies hsme
self that the buyer has purchased ono
pound of wheat flour substitutes for
every pound of wheat flour purcbased
Wheat Substitutes.
Wheat -four substitutes for the mr.
poses of this rule and of rules 90 and
81, shall include hominy, corn erits
cornmeal, corn flour. edible corn starch
barley flour, rolled oats oatmeal r;,o
rice -four buckwheat -four, potato fnnr'
sweet potato flour, soya bean -four and
feterita flour and meals, or. in case ai,t ~
whole wheat or graham flour con3a;n
ing at least 95 per cent of tba a.,;n.
wheat, slx-tenths of pound Of ,yhaat
flour substitutes for every no,nd a.
such whole wheat or graham fiour n,,r
chased. ooi pur-
tb) WHOLESALERS AND JORREps
Rule p. The ,icensee dealinr ~
wheat flour at wholesale SHAH No..
without the written permission or -.
United States food administrafor -
chase for delivery to him duriner pul -
three months periods from Fehr,,e e uhs
to April 30, and May / to .Jniv o.
1918, more than 20 per cent of bic ~, ~
NAL requirements of flour for s,,at
period. The amount of purchases n,a a.
in the corresponding three months
periods IN 1917 will be reearded a,
prima facie evidence of such normai "a a.
Quirements. iiai re-
Rule 2s. The Icensee aoo,.
| wheat flour at wholesale shnr,ias IN
tribute the 70 per cent OF his nsa,.9n uls
ments. purchased in accordance qu,fe. ,f..
rule q, through his customary mo arrnta
and channels of distributor ~ .,as
hat af III, 80 SUN