The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1918-04-13
TO CUT WHEAT
USE 0NE-HALF
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only W.
Pounds Wheat Products
Weekly.
CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES.
Allies Must Have Wheat Enough to
Maintain Their War Bread
TIN Next Harvest.

II we are TO furnish the allies with
the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this Is a
military necessity, We must reduce our
monthly consumption To 2l,WotDD
bushels n month as against our nor
mai consumption of about 42,Wbuoo
bushels, or 50 per cent. of our normal
consumption This Is the situation AZ
set forth by the IT, :. Food Admins
tratlon at Washington. Reser'ing
margin for distribution 10 the army
and for special cases. leaves for gen
eral consumption approximately "
pounds Of wheat products weekly per
person. the Food Administration
statement continues: Many of oU
consumers are dependent upon bakers
bread Such bread must be durable
and therefore requires larger proper
ton of wheat products than cereal
breads baked In the household. Our
army and navy require full allow
anre. The well-to do in our population
sumption OF wheat products than can
the poor. In addition, our population
In the agricultural districts where the
other cereals are abundant, are mor~
skilled in the preparation Of breads
from these other cereals than the
crowded city and Industrial pOpula-
tons.
With improved transportation condf
lions we now have available a surplus
OF potatoes. We also bavo In the
spring months a surplus Of milk. and
we have ample corn ana oats for HUI
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley rs substitutes has already
greatly exhausted the supply OF these
grains.
To effect the needed saving Of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
1. Householders To use not TO exceed
total Of IA pounds per week OF
wheat products per person. This
means not more than Ia pounds OF
Victory bread containing tine required
percentage Of substitutes aud One-half
pound OF cooking -four. macaroni.
crackers, pastry. pies, cykes. wheat
break fast cereals. all combined
2. Public eating places and clubs to
| observe two wheatless days per week.
Monday and Wednesday, as at present
| In addition thereto. not TO serve TO
any one guest ut ariy one meal an
aggregate OF breadSuffs. macaroni,
crackers. pastry, pies, cakes. wheat
| break cereals. containing n total
| OF more than two ounces Of wheat
| -four. No wheat products to be served
| unless specially ordered. Public eat
| Ing establishments not to buy more
| than six pounds of wheat products for
| each ninety meals served. thus con-
| forming with the limitations requested
| Of the bouseholders.
3. Retailers to sell not more than
one eighth Of a barrel of flour to any
| town customer at any one time ana
| not more than one-quarter of a barrel
| to any country customer at any one
| time and In no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
I weight Of other cereals,
4. We ask the bakers and groeers to
| reduce the volume Of Victory bread
sold, by delivery Of the three quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
before, and corresponding proportions
| In other weights. We also ask bakers
| not to increase the amount OF their
| wheat -four purchases beyond 20 per
| cent. Of the average monthly amount
purchased In the four months prior to
March |.
| S. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
| cease such use entirely.
| 8. There Is no limit upon the use Of
other cereals, flours, and ftnes Is. corn,
barley. buckwheat, potaso Hour, ct
| cetera.
Many thousand families throughou,
| the land are now using ne@ wheat prod
ucts whatever. except a very small
amount for cooking purposes, and are
doing 50 In perfect health and satisfae-
tiOn There Is no reaso,u why all OF
the American people WHO are able to
cook In their own households canno,
subsist perfectly well with the use .ot
less wheat products than one and one
half poueds Il week. and we specially
ask the we}l-to-do households in The
country to- follow this additional pro-
gramne In order that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies fol
those parts OF the community less, able
to adapt themselves to so large . pro
portion hf substitutes
| In order that we shall be able to
make the wheat exports that are alb
solutelS demanded of us to maintain
the civil population and soldiers of the
allies and our own army, we propose
TO supplement the voluntary co opera
ton, of the puitic by further Iimita
ton Of distribution, and we shall place
at once restrictions on distribution
which will be adjusted from time to
time to secures as nearly equitable dis
tribution as possible. Witch the arrival
of harvest we should be gable to relax
such restrictions. UntilI then we ash