Douglas Island news., 1918-03-22
POTATOES ARE
 NOW SUBSTITUE
Time Honored spud Now Considered as Principal Article of
 Legalized Diet
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 TO relieve in some degree. the situation caused by the scarcity of substitutes, Che Federal Food Ad- mmistrator for Alaska. Judge Royal A. Gunnison, announced this morn ing that. effective until further mo- ticc, potatoes, as such, may be sold by dealers as a substitute for wheat flour providing they constitute not more than oue-half of the substi- tutcs required Co be purchased and at Che rate of four pounds of pota- toes Co one pound Of substitutes.
 The temporary placing of potatoes on thc list of substitutes is owing to the fact that supplies of the vari- ous substitutes arc limited. and. Che further fact that potatoes are plen- um ut Che present time A good quantity of Che fine Alaska "spud' grown iu Che Matanuska section is available. Dealers wishing a sup ply of them should get in commmi- cation iwth Mir. Andrew Christon- sen. District Feder Food Adminis- trator at Anchorage.
 The use Of potatoes will result in the saving of wheat
 For example, in the First and Third Division, where the dfty-6fty plan is now in force in re sales Of wheat flour and substitutes if a sells fifty pounds tone sacD Of wheat flour. he must. Of course ot Che same time sell nifty pounds Of substitutes. and if che purchaser elects to take potatoes for a part of those substitutes, he may buy potatoes for not more than ouc-halt of Che substitutes required, which, in relation Co dfty-pound pur- chase of wheat flour is % pounds and this % pounds, or oue-half Of Che quantity fo substitutes, must be at tho ratio of four pounds of potatoes Co every pound of suhsti- tutcs. making a total of loo pounds of potatoes Co bc purchased in a transaction of the kind above set out. The remainder of the substi- utcs. 90 pounds. may comprise os many of the authorized substitutes as the purchaser may choose
 The Federal Food Administrator For Alaska calls attention to thc fact that potatoes are plentiful; they are splendid food; they arc de- licious when well cooked; they are good body fuel They furnish starch which burns in your muscles Co let you work, much as the gaso- line burns in am automobile engine to make tho car go. One medium sized potato gives you as much starch as two slices of bread. When you have potatoes for a meal you need less bread. Potatoes can save wheat. They give you salts like other vegetables. You need the salts Go build up and renew an the parts of your body and to keep it in order
 The following telegram from the United States Food Administration i'm re ordering substitutes and the sales of wheat flour received this day from Washington:
 "Thc wholesale distribution di- vision understands wholesalers in certain states are shipping Hour ana backordcring substitutes. We do not approve this practice and ask ad- mlnistrators to announce that if substitutes are not in stock wheat flour should not be delivered until requisite substitutes available"
 ROYAL A. GUNNIsoN.
 Federal Food Administrator for | Alaska.