Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-05-02
CROCERS HELP
IN $3.50 PLAN
SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY ollr
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM.
POST CARDS IN STORES
Explain New Wheat RuIinu n
Thousands of CustOmers-ID.
sures Greater Food SAVING.

purchase or wheat flour and arc ,,o,.
their utmost to explain tho no.
iation TO the housewife. This rnlirn
the U s Food Administration root.
each purchaser OF wheai aon, =,
one pound OF cereal substitu,a
kind or assorted, for every nonra =.
wheat flour II was necessarv -
strict the use of wheat nour in o,a..
that the allies and our lighting fo,as'
abroad might be assured of nm
quale supply of wheat to NEE, ,ba,.
vital needs This supply mus, oo,a,
from our savings because we haya ~
ready sent our normal surplus
Wheat saving pledge card, w.ra fo,
warded by the Food Administrators !,
all retail food merchants and tSoss
are being signed and posted in s,o,o,
throughout the country This co,s
states we pledge ourselves Loyalty ia
carry ont the Food Administration nm
gram In accordance with this ords,
we Will not sell any wheat flour exceu
where the purchaser buys an eousl
weight Of one or more of the FOLLOWING
a greater use Of which In the boms
will save wheat:
"Cornmeal, corn -four, edible com
starch. hominy. corn grits, barley Aopr
potato flour. sweet potato -four. 50,
bean flour, feterita -four and meal,
rice, rice -four. oatmeal, rolled oats and
buckwheat -four"
Some confusion has resulted IN m.
part of the consumer in constituting
this 5000" ruling to mean that an
equal amount In value of substitutes
must be purchased with wheat -four
This is mistaken idea. The rulIns
states that the consumer In purchasing
flour shall buy at the same time an
equal weight Of other cereals"
One exception to this ruling Is con.
corning graham -four and whole wheat
flour, which may be sold at the ratio
OF three pounds to five pounds Of
wheat -four. This provision is made
because approximately % per cent
more OF the wheat berry Is used In the
manufacture of these f1ours than stand.
ard wheat flour.
Another exception is that concern
Ing mixed fiours containing less than
90 per cent. of wheat flour, which may Z
be sold without substitutes Retailers
however. are forbidden to sell mixed
hours containing more than so per
cent. of wheat flour to any person Un-
less the amount of wheat -four substl-
tutes sold Is sufficient to make the To-
tai amount of substitutes. including
those mixed In fiours equal to the TO-
tai amount in wheat -four in the mixed
Jour. For Instance. II any mixed -four
s purchased containing go per cent
wheat flour and 40 per cent. subst.
utes 1t is necessary that an additional
70 per cent of substitutes be pur
hased. This brings 1t to the basis Of
ne pound of substitutes for each
ound of wheat -four.
special exemption may be granted
pom application In the case of special
: prepared infants and invalds food
-four where the necessity
lown
Some misunderstanding seems to ef
{ on the part of consumers In assum
g that with the purchase of wheat
our one must confne the additional
per cent. purchase to one OF lne
Institutes. This is not the case. Ope
ay select from the entire range u
bstitutes sufficient amount OF eacn
bring the total weight of all subsu'
ties equal to the weight OF the wheSi
ur purchased For instance.
rchase of "a pounds Of wheat nouf
made range of substitutes may w
ected as follows
Cornmeal, pounds; corn grlts
lnds. rice. pounds buckwheat
inds; corn starch. pound homiD'
ounds; rolled oats. pounds.
'hese substitutes may he USED u
following manner:
ornmeal. Pounds. Corn Dreao' ~
r.; corn mullins or spoon Dreao
fourth flour or one-third rice u
third hominy: 20 per cent. suO'S
IS in whole bread
orn Starch; | Pound. -ThlcKepns
~, making custard, one-thiro SUI
lite In cake.
Drn Grits, Pounds. Fried INV
h. used with meal In making eV'' I
d.
)lled Oats. Pounds. =
ne-thlrd substitutes in bread oD. e
substitute In mullins; break'a. Is
idge, use freely; oatmeal cooS''' a
zeal soup b
ckwheat Flour. 2 Pounds.-os,
h substitute In bread, buckwne''
miny, 2 Pounds. Boiled for oD "a
baked for dinner with cne''' M W
'e, Pounds. -One-fourth supss 50
In wheat bread. one-thIrd suo'n @ Il,
n corn bread. boiled for dlnne' ar
cut), as a breakfast fooo, :, Sc
an soups, rice pudding insteh' # In
or pie, rice batter cakes -, III na
eral grocers have stated ' a
customers who strictly ops.'d W
wheatless meals each wees W.
essary to buy substitutes ~ "a
TO those ordered under INC