Douglas Island news., 1918-04-05
CONSERVE AND
 THEN COSERYE
Government Issues Strong Appeal Co Americans to Save Wheat for
 Fellow Fighters

TO Che newspapers. houscholdcra Federal Food Administrators. dcal- ,rs m foodsu0s. bakers. hotels. cat ! ling places and an other persons iu |ouy way handling aud dealing iu wheat and wheat nour
 Tho United States Food Admiuis- tratiou at Washington bas tclc- graphcd che Federal Food AdmIuis- trator for Alaska. Judge Royal A. Gmuison. Che following new and additional regulations which it has promulgated and which it asks bc observed from date until further mo- icc. not only n Alaska but through out thc United States
 The Federal Food Administration for Alaska respectfully asks Che head of every household, dealer. baker. hotel and every public oat- mg place in Che territory Co con form to che new and additional rules Co tho end that tho required amount of wheat may bc conserved and exported for Che maintenance of che civil population and soldiers of thc Allies and our own army The situation is serious one and every possible cUort must now bo made .o conserve wheat
 "If we are Co furnish Che Allies with che necessary nropattiou of wheat Co maintain their war hroad from now until their next harvest and this is military necessity, vc must reduce our monthly cousump- tiou to 2I.0O0.OoO bushels a month. as against our normal consumption of about 42.UO0.OOO bushels or 51 per cent of our normal cousump- uou. rcscrynr a margin for dis.rib- ution Co tbc army and for special eases. leaves for general cousump- tiou approximately one and ouc-half pounds of wheat products weekly per person. Many of our consumers arc dependent upon bakers bread. Such bread mus. bo durable and. therefore. requires a larger uropor- uon of wheat products chat cereal breads baked m households Our army and navy require a fuI 1l- I1vmc,. The voIl-to.do m ow population can make greater sac. ufces iu Che consumption oof wheat products than can thc poor
 "Wc have now available sur plus of potatoes. We also have m thc spring months a surplus of milk and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption The drain on ryc and barley as substitutes. has aI greatly exhausted thc supply of these grains TO cGoct Che needed saving of wheat we are wholly de- pendent upon thc voluntary assist- aurc of Che American people and wc ask that uhc following rules bo ob- served.
 l.. HOUsEHOLDERs Go usc not to exceed total of lG pounds per week of wheat or wheat products rcr person This means mot more than 1H pounds ot victory bread containing che required percentage os substitutes and about ouo-hall pound Of cooking flour, mocarouL crackers. pastry, pies. cakes wheat brcakIast cereals an combined.
 PUBLIC EATING PLACES AND CLUBS Co observe two whcat- les. days per week Nouday and Wednesday, as at present. u ad- Iuou thereto mol to serve U Che aggregate a total of more hro1d- sluUs. ma.aroui crackers pastry. pies. cakes. wheat breakfast cereals containing a total of not moro than two ounces of wheat flour Go any one guest at any one meal No wheat products to bc served unless specially ordered. Public eating places not to buy more chan six pounds of wheat products per month per guest. thus conforming Co Che limitations required Of che house. holder.
 s RETAILERS to sch no more
 than ouo-oiEhth of a barrel of flour to any town customer at any one time and not moro than ouc-Quar- ter Of a barrel to any country cus- toner ot any one time. and in no ease Go sell wheat products without sale of an equal weight of other cereals.