McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-02-08
entire COUNTRY
ON WAR RAT|ONS
WAR BREAD MUST BE MADE OF
20 PER CENT SUBSTITUTION
DURING WAR.
z WHEATLESS DAYS A WEEK
President Issues Proclamation Asking
All Citizens To Abstain In Eat
ing Meats and Wheat Bread.
Eat Victory Bread.

Washington.-The American people
are on a war bread diet as part of q
war rationing system prescribed by
President Wilson and the food admin
istration. Victory bread" the food
administration calls it.
The reduced rations are asked for
the purpose of creating larger ex-
port surplus of food for the European
allies. Curtailment of consumption Ia
accomplished largely by voluntary Ell.
fort, but force will be employed wher-
ever necessary, under the food con-
troll act.
The rationing system, as presented
by the president in proclamation
and by Food Administrator Hoover in
list of regulations, forms the food
administration 1918 food conserva.
tion program, of which the chief feat.
ures are:
A bakers bread of mixed flours, be-
ginning Monday with five per cent
substitution of other cereals for wheat
until 20 per cent substitution is
reached February "a.
Sale by retailers to householders of
an equal amount of substitute flours
Of every POUND of wheat flour pur-
chased at the time the wheat flour Is
bought.
Sale by millers to wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers of only 20 per
cent of the amount OF wheat flour
sold last year.
Two wheatless days week-M0n-
day and Wednesday-and one wheat
less meal day.
One meatless day a week-Tuesday
and one meatlsss meal day. -
Two porkless days week--Tues-
DAY and Saturday.
Flour will be sold through the reg.
ular channels and in such manner
that each community will receive it's
equivalent share.
The food administration will pur-
chase for the army and for the allies,
as announced recently. 80 per cent of
the flour output. and out of this store
will fill emergency requirements IL
stocks run low in any part OF the
country.
Wheat millers are required to pro-
duce one barrel of flour of 1876 pounds
from 264 pounds of wheat, which rep
resents "A per cent flour. No pat
ent or special flours may be manu-
featured, although whole wheat flour
may be made as usual.
Hotels and restaurants will be class
ed as bakeries and will be required
to serve the new victory bread.
State food administrators will be
permitted to designate the wheatless
meal in each state. Where this is not
done the food administration requests
that the evening meal be observed as
wheatless.
The presidents proclamation, be-
sides calling on the public for fur
Their reduction in consumption, makes
renewed appeal to the housewife to
stop the waste of food. 1t asks a
general observance OF the food admin.
istration's regulations and calls on the
people, in addition to hold down their
consumption of sugar.
There is no forcibIe limitation Of
purchases by householders, and in this
connection the food administrator
says:
"The effectiveness of these rules is
dependent solely upon the good will
of and the willingness of the Ameri-
can people to sacrifice. In the last
analysis the success or failure OF any
such plan as outlined rests with the
people. We have but one police force
the American woman--and we de-
pend upon her to see that these rules
are obeyed by the small minority who
may fail"
OF the nearly 20.000,000 household
ers in the United States about 13,000,-
900 have signed the food administra.
TONS pledge