The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-02-01
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION CALLING ON
CITIZENS FOR MATLEsS, PORKLESs N
WHEATLESS DAYS
4 PROCLAMATION

Many causes have contributed to create the necessity for a
more intensive effort on the part of our people to save food IN
order that we may supply our associates in the war with the
sustenance vitality necessary to them in these days OF prlvatlon
and stress. The reduced productivity of Europe because of
the large diversion of man power to the war, the partial failure
of harvests, and the elimination OF the more distant markets
for foodstuffs through the destruction of shipping places the
burden Of their subsistence very largely on our shoulders.
The Food Administration has formulated suggestions
which, if followed, vii. enable US to meet this great RESPONSE
bnity without any real inconvenience on our part.
In order that we may reduce our consumption of wheat
and wheat products by 80 per cent.-a reduction mperatlyey
necessary to provide the supply for Observation-Disclosures job
bers, and retailers should purchase and resell to their customers
only 70 per cent. of the amounts used III 1917. All manutact-
urers Of alimentary pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry, and
breakfast cereals should reduce their purchases and consump-
ton Of wheat and wheat -four to 70 per cent. Of their 1917 re-
quirements, and all bakers Of bread and rolls to 80 per cent. Of
their current requirements, Consumers should reduce their
purchases Of wheat products for home preparation to at most
20 per cent. OF those fast year, or when buying bread should
purchase mixed cereal breads from the bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal food, homes, public eating
places, dealers, and manufacturers should substitute potatoes,
vegetables, corn, barley oats, and rice %productes, and mixed
cereal bread and other products Of the bakers which contain an
admixture Of other cereals.
In order that consumption may be restricted to this ex-
tent, Mondays and Wednesdays should be observed as wheat
less days each week, and one meal each day should be observed
as a wheatless meal.
In both homes and public eating places, in order to re-
duce the consumption Of beef, pork, and sheep products, Tues
day should be observed as meatless day in each week, one meat
less meal should be Observed in each day, while, in addition,
upon which there should be no consumption of pork products.
a continued economy in the use Of sugar will be necessary
Until later in the year.
It is Imperative that all waste and unnecessary consump-
ton of all sorts of foodstuffs should be rigidly eliminated.
The maintenan nee of the health and strength of our own
people is vitality necessary at this time, and there should be
no dangerous restriction of the food supply but the elimina-
ton OF every sort of waste and the substitution of other COM
modities of which we have more abundant supplies of those
which we need to save will in no way impair the strength of
our people and will enable rs to meet one OF the most pressing
obligations of the war
|, therefore, IN the national interest, take the liberty of
calling upon every loyal American to take fully to heart the
suggestions which are being circulated by the Food Admins
tration and of begging that they be followed. | am confident
that the great DOIy OF our women, VINO nave laDOTed so low
cess of food conservation, will strengthen their efforts and will
take it as a part of their burden in this period of national SER
vice to see that the above suggestions are observed through
out the land.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, Jan. 18, 1918.