The Tomahawk., 1918-02-07
PRESIDENT PUTS
U.S.0N war DIET
Issues Proclamation Calling On
People To Cut Wheat Con-
sumption Further.
BURDEN ON AMERICA
Reduced European Productivity and
Destruction Of Shipping Increases
Load Which U. S. Must
Garry, Says Executive.


Garry, Says Executive.
Washington, Jan. 29.-Calling upon
the people to make their greatest ef-
fort toward observation of food for
the Allies, President Wilson has is
sued proclamation in which he says
the reduced productivity of Europe,
tho partial failure of crops and the de-
struction of shipping have placed
practically the entire burden upon tho
shoulders of this country.
The message follows:
A Proclamation.
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for a more in
tensive effort on the part of our peo.
pie 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 privation
and stress. The reduced productive
diversion of man-power to the war,
the partial failure of harvests and the
elimination of the more distant mar.
isets for foodstuffs through the de-
struction of shipping places the bur.
den of their subsistence very largely
on our shoulders.
The food administration has form.
uiated suggestions, which if followed
will enable US to meet this great re.
sponsibility. without any real incon.
venience on our part.
80 Per Cent Reduction Asked.
in order that we may reduce o,u
consumption of wheat and wheat
products by 80 per cent-a reduction
im,peratively necessary to provide the
supply for Overseas-WholeSal job.
hers and retailers should purch""e
and resell to their customers only 20
per cent of the amounts used in 1917.
All manufacturers of alimentary
pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry and
breakfast, cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption of wheat
aud wheat -four to 70 per cent of their
1917 requirements, and all bakers OF
bread and rolls to 80 per cent of their
current requirements.
Consumers should reduce their pur-
c.lases of wheat products for home
preparation to, at most, 20 per cent
of those of last year, or when buying
bread should purchase mixed cereal
breads from the bakers.
TO provide sufficient cereal food,
homes, public eating places, dealers
potatoes, vegetables. corn, barley,
oats and rice products and the mixed
cereal bread and other products of the
bakers which contains an admixture
of other cerals.
In order that consumption may be
restricted to this extent, Mondays
and Wednesdays should be observed
as wheatless days each week and one
neal cacl day should be observed as
a wheatless meal.
In both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef, pork and sheep
products, Tuesday should be observed
as a meatless day in each week, one
meatless meal should be served in
each day, while in addition Saturday
in each week shodld further be OBJ
should be no consumption of pork
products.
It is imperative that all waste and
unnecessary consumption of all sorts
OF fOodstuffs should be rigidly elm.
mated.
Maintenance Of Health Necessary.
The maintenance of health and
.trrnoth 0f oyr own neOnIe is vitality
necessary at this time and there
should be no dangerous restriction
of the food supply, but the elimina-
ton of every sort o. waste and the
substitution of other commodities Of
which we have more abundant sup
plies for those which we need to save,
viii in no way impair the strength of
our people and will enable us to meet
ono of the most pressing obligations
of the war.
|, therefore, in the national inter
est, take the liberty of calling upon
e. cry loyal American to take fully to
heart the suggestions which are be-
Ing circulated by the rood administra.
tion and of begging that they be fol
loved. l am confident that the great
body of our women who lave labored
80 loyalty in cooperation with the
lood administration for the success Of
food conservation will strengthen
their efforts and will take it as a
part of their burden in the national
service to see that the above sugge3.
tons are observed throughout the
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