The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-17
TO CUT WHEAT
USE 0NE-HALF
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only W.
Pounds Wheat Products
Weekly.
CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES
AiiIss Must Have Wheat Enough to
Maintain Their War Bread
TIN Next Harvest.

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II we are to furnish the allies with
tAe necessary proportion Of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this is
military necessity, we must reduce our
monthly consumption to 21,000000
bushels month as against our nor
NAL consumption of about 100000
bushels, or 90 per cent. of our normal
consumption. This is the situation as
set forth by the U. S. Food Admins
tration at Washington. Reserying a
margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen.
eral consumption approximately III
pounds of wheat products weekly per
person, the Food Administration
statement continues: Many OF our
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 a full allow
can make greater sacrifices In the con-
sumption of wheat products than can
the poor In addition, our population
In the agricultural districts, where the
other cereals are abundant, are more
skilled in the preparation of breads
from these other cereals than the
crowded city and industrial popula-
lions.
With improved transportation condi-
lions we now have available surplus
spring months q surplus of milk, and
we have ample corn and oats for hui
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley as substitutes has already
greatly exhausted the supply of these
grains.
To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly Sependent upon tie
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the followi5.g
rules shall be observed
1. Householders to use not to exceed
total Of III pounds per week of
wheat products per person. This
nessas not mere than II pounds of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and oiia-hsif
pound of cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined
Q. 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 at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs macaroni.
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing a 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 householders
8. Retailers to sell not more than
e-eighfh of barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-quarter of barrel
to any country customer at any one
time. and in no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight of other cereals.
4 We ask the bakers and grocers 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 flour purchases beyond 10 per
cent. of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March L.
5. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely,
g. There is no limit upon the use of
other cereals, fours, and meals corn.
! barley, buckwheat. potato flour, ct
cetera.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever, except a very small
mount for cooking purposes, and are
LONG so in perfect health and satisfac-
ion. There is no reason why all Of
he American people who are able to
cook In their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the use of
less wheat products than one and one.
half pounds week, and we specially
tsk the well-to-do households in the
.ountry to follow this additional pro-
sramme In order that we may provide
he necessary marginal supplies for
hose parts Of the community less able
adapt themselves to 80 large pro-
portion Of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able to
make the wheat exports that are abb
soautely demanded Of us to maintain
he civil population and soldiers of the
lilies and our own army, we propose
0 supplement the voluntary co-opera-
lon of the public by further limita-
lon of distribution, and we shall place
st once restrictions on distribution
2hieh win be adjusted from time to
me to secure as nearly equitable dis
ribntion as possible With the arrival
harvest we should be able to relax
lch restrictions Until then we ask
n the necessary patience, sacrifice