Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
REAL WAR BREAD
APPEARS IN CITY
FOR FIRST TIME
Victory Loaf Is Very Popular
With Consumers and
Bakers

There was every indication that by
February "a, the date set by the
federal food conservation, every
baker in Harrisburg will be ready
to turn out Victory bread with the
full quota of twenty per cent. sub
stitutes. To-day the situation, ac-
cording to interviews with three of
Harrisburg's baking establishments,
shows that all local firms are only
too willing to conform to the federal
suggestions, but that some of the
substitutes are not yet on hand. Ev-
cry proprietor expressed his desire
to help Uncle Sam, even though
cornmeal flour is just as expensive
as wheat flour. All appreciated the
point, as emphasized by Donald Nc
Cormick to-day, that wheat must be
shipped to the allies in vast guam
titles; that we have plenty of corn
in this country, and finally that the
Victory bread is quite as good, if not
better, than the exclusively wheat
brand.
Il started on a twenty per cent.
substitution to-day" said Bernard
Schmidt, of the Schmidt bakery, for
all bread sold to hotels and res
taurants. l have not been able to Sc
cure enough substitutes to supply
the whole trade. and so am using
only five per cent. and so am using
families. BY February "a however,
! expect to be in position to make
ali bread on the government form
ula."
Up to Private Families
The Standard Bakery manager
said that to-day this firm was using
q fifteen per cent. formula for the
very good reason that the substitutes
had not arrived, but that to-mor-
row would very likely see the full
twenty per cent. used. I'VE had
some corn flour on hand when this
suggestion was first made" he eX-
planned, "and did not wait for the
order, but began saving on wheat
Immediately, using five per cent. of
substitutes"
Bricker's New Bakery replied that
they were so short of substitutes
that their percentage at present is
only five, but that they expect to
gradually increase until the twenty
mark is reached, which probably will
be we'll ahead of the time limit fixed
by the food administration.
Commenting on the Harrisburg
bakers ready obedience to govern
ment request Donald Mccormick to-
day spoke earnestly of the war sit
uation. The allies are so badly off
for food" he told, that this country
absolutely must ship over 100, 0,000,-
600 bushels of wheat in the next
three months. We must cut down on
the consumption of wheat each per-
son thirty per cent; on pork, 20;
on beef, 10; on sugar. We have
plenty here for ourselves, but the
lack of food over there may lose
the war 1t is up to private fam
lilies, over which the food commits
sion has no supervision. We can
regulate hotels in a certain measure,
but private families will counteract
all efforts if they have no feeling
of loyalty and sacrifice. The sugar
situation is good now and the prob
ability that prices will drop so that
hoarders will lose on their treach-
erous transactions"
TO Confer With Hotel Men
Speaking of the profiteer Mr.. Nc
Cormick said that there had been a
great demand for flour since the
substitution scheme was adopted, al
though there is no reason for it be-
cause the United States is not go
ing to let the country starve.
Nothing will be done about hotels
in Harrisburg which defy the meat
less and wheatless suggestions until
the matter is taken up with NJ. S.
Butterworth, chairman of the hotel
committee for the State of Pennsyl-
Vania, who is handling the move
ment to secure pledges from every
hotekeeper that he will conform.
In the next few days window cards
will be sent to every hotel in the
state. and in the meantime some
definite treatment of defiant hotel
keepers will be decided on.