The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-28
Orders Use of Wheat Cut 30
Per Cent-Victory Bread
Beginning To-day
NECESSARY TO MEET
NEEDS OF ALLIES
Food Administration Issues
Drastic Regulations to
Enforce the Order

scrlbed by President wilson ana the 100
administration.
Victory bread" the food administra
ton calls it.
The reduced rations are asked for tn
purpose of creating larger export sur
plus of food for the European allies
Curtailment of consumption will be &C
complished largely by voluntary effort
but force will be employed wherever per
mitted under the food control act.
The rationing system IS presented by
the president in a proclamation and By
Food Administration Hoover in list oi
regulations forms the food admnistra
tion's 1918 food conservation program, OF
which the chief features are;
A bakers bread of mixed fours, begin
ming Monday with s per cent substitu-
ton of other cereals for wheat until 20
per cent substitution is reached Feb. "a
Sale by retailers to householders of an
equal amount of substitute fours for
every pound of wheat flour purchased at
the time the wheat -four j. bought
Sale by milers TO wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers of only 20 per
cent of the amount of wheat flour sold
last year,
Two wheatless days week-Monday
and Wednesday and one wheatless meal
a day.
One meat1ess day week Tuesday
and one meatless meal day.
Two porkless days week-Tuesd
and Saturday
Flour will be sold through the regular
channels and in such manner that each
community will receive its equivalent
share.
The food administration will purchase
for the army and for the allies, as an
nounced recently, 30 per cent of the -four
output, and out of this store will fill
emergency requirements if stocks run
low in any part of the country.
Wheat millers are required to produce
one barrel of -four of l96 pounds from
264 pounds of wheat, which represents
"A per cent -four. No patent or special
fours may be manufactured, although
whole wheat flour may be made as usual.
Hotels and restaurants will he classed
as bakeries and will be required to serve
the new Victory bread
State food administrators will be per
mitted to designate the wheatless meal
JIM each state. Where this is not done
the food administration requests that the
evening meal be observed as wheatless.
The presidents proclamation, besides
calling on the public for further reduc
ton in consumption. makes renewed |
appeal to the housewife to stop the waste |
of food It asks general observance of |
the food administration regulations and !
calls on the people in addition to hold |
down their consumption of sugar,
The Food Administration Rules.
The food administration statement
follows:
THE following is a summary of the
rules that have been formulated by the
United States food administration, with
the approval of the president, in order to
effect the further conservation III food-4
stuifs necessary to support the allies and
our own armed forces over the next four
months
"These rules are effective from the
morning of Monday Jan 2s.
THE effectiveness of these rules is de-
pendent solely upon the good win of and
the willingness to sacrifice by the Amer
lean people.
I'm the last analysis, the success or
failure of any plan such as that here
outlined rests with the people.
I'VE are dependent upon the co-opers
ton of the trades. We have but one
police force-the American woman-snd
ave depend on her to organize in coop
Grafton with our state and local food adj
illustrators to see that these rules are
obeyed by that small minority who may
fail.
Part of the rules win be enforced un
der the Lever food act other parts are
voluntary, and will depend for their sue
cess upon public sentiment.
Our experience hitherto has shown a
Willingness Of the vast ma jority of con q
sumers, and a full cooperation of the {
trades, to undergo the self sacrifice nee !
pssary to render such measures effective. a
The small minority who refuse to CO. '
operate should not be allowed to defeat {
the nations necessities.
Il. As their part in reducing the con !
of wheat -four, the consumers 7
of the country are called upon. in pur /
chasing such flour, to buy at the same d
time an equal weight of the other &C. I
reals fcorn meal, corn starch. corn -four. !
hominy. corn grits. barley flour, rice, O
rice flour. oatmeal rolled oats. buck
wheat -four. potato flour. sweet potato e
-four. SOW bean -four and fetereita fours e
and meals. il
The housewife may use these prod o
ucts separately in making bread, cakes
and pastry, or mix them as she thinks :
best
The retailers are to sell wheat four n
only with an equal weight Of these other .
cereals. :
y Consumers will be able TO obtain &
mixed cereal bread from their bakers. n
will be required under the license
10 mix FIVE per cent Is per p
,enti OF other cereals with their wheat b
hour both in bread and rolls and win he q
required gradually 20 increase this sub u
.titution until, beginning Feb. p. a mini =,
mum Of twenty per cent go per cent a.
4 such cereals j. 10 BE- used r,
The food administration strongly
,rges on consumers the buying of this Il
,read. which viii be known a. Victory Al
,read. and viii contain not less than o1
venty per cent 30 per cent Il cereals =
I her than wheat. ltl
Graham or whole wheat bread wiW
Ilso be given that name, because, con b,