The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
NEW FLOUR
REGULATIONS
They are Effective Next Sunday and
Provide for Ready Mixed Vic
tory Flour to Large
Extent
MANY CHANGES MADE
The Fifty-Fifty Rule Superseded, and
Retailers and HousehoIders
are Required to Conform
to New Rules.
MANY CHANGES MADE

j. F. Elder received this morning
entirely new flour regulations, tele-
graphed from Washington, which
rfare effective next Sunday September
first.
| Herbert Hoover has just returned
from European trip which included
a survey Of the food administrators
of the Uniteded States, France, Eng
land and Italy, of the food resources
Of the 220,000,000 people fighting Ger
many.
This survey shows that to avoid
disaster there must be maintained in
all countries conservation Of wheat
for the coming year.
1t was agreed tibet the wheat bread
of the allies shall contain twenty per
cent of other grains than wheat.
The victory bread may be made
from ready mixed flours prepared at
the mills and to be bought In the gro
Gerry stores ready for use. 1t is EN-.
| phasised that the new rules do not
! displace the large use Of cornbread
which is urged upon the householders
and cooks, but even after this the mix
ture Of other grains with wheat flour
| Is vitality necessary.
Beginning Next Sunday.
/ The new regulations are effective
next Sunday, and they provide as fol
lows:
! First-For the preparation and
marketing by the manufacturing and
distributing trades Of the country OF
a mixed flour complying with the in
49, ~; ~ oI x,yl1 no yyo
able for purchase by the household.
Second-In regulations covering
the case where straight wheat flour
lis sold by retailers, that at the same
time twenty per cent of other cereal
flours must be sold coincidentally.
Third-Requiring that all bakers
bread shall contain twenty per cent OF
other cereals, and the food admins
traitor relies upon the householders OF
the country to mix at least twenty per
ycent OF the substitute cereals into the
straight wheat flour at home for all
uses. Corn meal for use in corn bread
should be purchased separately from
combination sales of wheat flour and
substitutes.
Ready Mixed Victory Flour.
It is desired to insure supply OF
ready mixed flours on market and
have millers and dealers Of all kinds
encourage the use and sale OF this
flour SO that the country may be on
a mixed flour basis without the neces-
sity Of retailers making combination
sales of flour and substitutes. All
such mixed flours made according to
the following regulations should be
labeled Victory Mixed Flour" and
are to be labeled with the ingredients
in the order of their proportion. The
flours' so mixed must be milled in ac-
cordance with the standards Of the
United States food administration. No
mixed flour Except pancake flour
shall be made or manufactured except
in the exact proportions as outlined
below.
Mixed wheat and barley flour shall
be in the proportion of four pounds
wheat flour to one pound of barley
flour
The Proportions Ready Mixed.
Mixed wheat and corn flour shall
contain the proportion OF four pour -
wheat flour to one pound barle, dhd !
one pound corn flour.
Mixed wheat. barley and corn flour |
shall contain the proportions of eight |
pounds wheat flour TO one pound bar.
ley and one pound of corn flour.
Mixed wheat and rye flour shall |
contain the proportion of three pounds |
wheat flour and not less than two |
pounds rye flour.
Whole wheat, entire wheat or gra-
ham flour or meal shall contain at |
least ninety-five per cent Of the wheat
berry
All the above VICTORY mixed flours
may be sold without substitutes, but
at no greater price from the miller,
or retail dealer than in
the case of standard wheat flour.
Retail Sale Of Wheat Flour.
The new regulations supersede the
fifty-fffty rule. The retail dealer sell
ing the present standard wheat flour
is required to carry in stock either
barley flour, corn meal or corn flour
and with every sale of wheat flour
must sell a combination Of some one
or more OF these in proportio of one
pound of substitutes to each four
pounds Of wheat flour.
No dealer may force any other sub
stftute in combination upon the con-
sumner and the substitutes must con-
form to the standards fixed by the
United States food administration.
There are some localities where 9th
ar substitutes are available and which
retailers may wish to carry. In order
TO meet this situation the following
Tours may also be sold In such COM
binations in lieu Of the above fours,
f the consumer so demands at ratio
,ne pound to each four pounds Of
wheat flour, that is; kaffir flour, milo
,lour, feterita flour and meals, rice
'lour, bean flour, potato flour, sweet
potato flour and buckwheat flour.