The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Two Wheatless Days and
Two Porkless Days In
cluded In Order.
"BUY VICTORY BREAD"
Is NEW WAR SLOGAN
Women of Country Called
Upon to Conserve ALI
Cereals.

President Wilson yesterday is
sued a proclamation calling upor
the people to make their creates
effort toward conservation of fooc
for the allied forces.
He says the reduced productivity
of Europe, the partial failure o
crops and the destruction of ship
ping have placed practically tn
entire burden of subsistence upol
the shoulders of this country.
Text Of Proclamation.
His proclamation reads:
~hany cnuses have contrib
uted 10 erente the necessity for
more intensive effort On the
Psrt Of our people to save foeS
In order thst We may supply our
associates In the war with the
sustenhnee NitaIIy BecexEary 10
them I'm these days Of priyation
and stress. The reduced produe-
tiNtty OF Europe because Of the
large diversion of maR-pOwer to
the war, the partial failure Of
haryests and the elimination Of
the more distant markets fer
fOOdstufs through the destrue-
ton Of shipping, places the bur
den of their subsistence very
largely on our shoulder.
The Food AdmlnistratIOn
has formulated suggestions
which, n followed. will enable
us 20 meet this great responsi-
bility, without any renI faeon-
Nenience on our part.
-In order that we may reduee
our consumption Of wheat and
wheat products by thirty per
eent-R reduction imperatiyeIy
necessary 10 provide the supply
for ONerseRs-whOIesaIe Job
hers and Retailers should pur-
chase and resell 10 their Gus
Iomets only seventy per cent Of
the amounts used In 1917. All
manufacturers Of aIImentnry
Pastes, biscuits, crackers, pas
try and breakfast cereals should
reduce their purchases and con
sumption of wheat and wheat
-four 20 seventy per cent of their
1als requirements and all bak-
ers Of bread and rolls to eighty
per cent Of their current re-
quirements- Consumers should
reduce their purchases Of wheat
products fer home preparation
q" at most seventy per cent Of
those OF last year. OF, when
buying bread, should purchase
mixed cereal breads from the
bakers.
Substitutes for wheat.
TO provide sufficient cereal
food, homes, public eatInE
places. dealers and manufaetur-
crS should substitute potatoes,
vegetables. corn, barley, oats
and rice products, mud the mIH-
ed cereal bread and other pro-
ducts OF the bakers which con-
tain an admiNture Of other c.
reals.
"In order that conservation
may he restricted 20 this eu-
tent, Mondays and Wedn~sSa,v
should be observed as wheatIezs
days each week, and one meal
each day should he observed ms
n wheatIess meal
@In both homes and puhHe
eating places, I'm order 10 re-
duce the consumption of be-f,
pork and sheep products, Tues
day should be observed ns meat
less day In each week. enc
meatless meal should be ebsery-
ed I'm each days while. In addI-
tiOR, Saturday In each week
should further be observed as n
day upon which there should be
no consumption of pork prod
ucts.
"a continued economy m IN.
use Of sugar will be necessary
until later In the year.
at is imperative that all
waste and unnecessary con-
sumption Of all sorts of food
stunrs should be rtgIdIy -efisaI-
mated.
"The malntenanee Of the
health and strength Of our peo-
pie In vitality necessary al this
time, and there should be 10
dangerous restriction OF the food
supply, hut the elimination Of
every sort of waste and the sub
stitutiOn of other commedities
of which we have more sbun-
dant supplies for those which
we need 20 save, VIII not I'm
Z pair the strength ef our people
and will enable as 90 rseet one
Of the most pressing obitesficr
of the wnr.
II. therefore. In the natl AL
interest, take the liberty Of all
ing upon every IoysI Asnr dean
TO take fully 20 heart ~ sua-
Eestions which Are bein circs-
lated by the Food Adn nlsfrs-
tton and OF begging q al they
be followed am conn NJ fknt
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