The Tupelo journal., 1918-04-05
Vicksburg, March 20, 1918.

We have received letters and
comics of resolutions which were
adopted, stating that it is the desire
of the people in these communities,
where expressions were given voice,
that the Food Administration should
take such quantities of the supply OF
wheat and flour in the United
States, as may be required for the
urgent need of our army, and the
other armies in the field, regardless
of the fact that our W people may
be forced to go without wheat or
flour bread.
1t is a we'll known fact that there
is an abundant supply of corn meal,
oat meal. rice, grits, and other flour
substitutes in our country and we
NAV live on these articles without Sc
rious hardship or suffering.
During the civil war wheat flour
was practically u~nobtainable in all OF
the Southern states, and the people
lived almost entirely without wheat
bread.
Resolutions state that the people
affirmed that they will ch~eerfully
agree for themselves, to forego en-
tirelv the use of wheat bread, when
ever. in the opinion of the Food Ad-
ministration, it should be come nee
essary in order to supply the pressing
need of our army and u allies.
When a patriotic Southerner in
Washington was asked if the people
of his state would eat corn bread for
a week-"The people of my state"
he replied will eat corr bread and
90 without wheat flour entirely, of
the Food Administration at Wash
ington ask it of US, and they will do
it gladly to win the war" This is
the spirit that is running like a flame
through America.
One of the cheapest food products
now is Irish Potatoes, which are sell
ing at the principal distributing
points in Mississippi at &c per pount.
Retailers are requested to call atten-
ton of their customers to this low
price and urge them to use potatoes
as much as possible instead of bread.
Potatoes may be used very extern
sivelv in bread composition and you
will be surprised at the result if you
will try mixing in quantities of mash
ed boiled potatoes with your flour
when making biscuits or light bread.
If YOU are a farmer, furnish your
laborers and tenants, in part, with
weekly rations in potatoes. By do
ing this you will help to conserve the
supply of flour and at the same time
assist in reducing the high price of
food products.
The United States Food Admins
tration calls on every loyal citizen OF
Mississippi to assist in every way pos
sible in Food Conservation, and to use
any substitute they may find which
will satisfy the need for bread.
The regulations governing the use
of meat has been suspended for thlr-
ty days because the supply OF live
stock has accumulated beyond the
shipping and storage capacity. This
is not to be a holiday" for the re-
tail merchant or packer to ask more
than fair prices for meats.
The consumer must not take this
announcement as a departure from
general principles Of food conserva-
ton. The need of food On the other
side is greater than ever, and it is
the confident hope of the Food Ad-
ministration that this relaxation on
meat consumption may be he means
of greater saving Of wheat, therefore,
we ask that an extra effort be made
on the part Of the people of Missis-
sippi in eating more meat for the
next thirty days that they eat less Of
bread stuffs.
P. M. Harding,
Federal Food Administrator