The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-28
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
URGES MORE WHEATLESS
MEALS FOR ALL AMERICANS
By the President of the United States
PROCLAMATION.

Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for more Intensive
effort on the part of our people to save
food in order that we may supply our as
sociates in the war with the sustenanee
of privation and stress. The reduced
productivity of Europe because of large
diversion of man power to the war. the
tion of the more distant markets for
foodstuffs thru the destruction of shipping,
places the burden of their subsistence more
largely on our shoulders.
The food administration has formulated
suggestions which, if followed will enable
us to meet this great responsibility. with
out any real Inconvenience on our part
In order that we may reduce our con-
by 80 per cent-a reduction imperatively
necessary to provide the supply for over
eas-wholesalers, jobbers and retailers
should purchase and resell to their custom
ers only 20 per cent of the amoAnts used
in 1917: All manufacturers of elementary
pastes, biscuits, crackers. pastry and break
fast cereals should reduce their purchases
and consumption of wheat and wheat flour
to 20 per cent of their 1917 requirements.
and all bakers of bread and rolls to so
per cent of their current requirements.
Consumers should reduce tleir purchases
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.
public eating nlaces dea1ers IND md marn,
facturers should substitute potatoes. vege-
tables, corn. barley. oats and rice products,
products of the bakers which contains an
admixture of other cereals
In order that consumption may be re-
stricted to this extent Mondays and We'd
nesdays should be observed Us wheatless
days each week, and one meal each day
should be observed as wholesale meal
In both homes and public eating places,
IN order to reduce consumption of beef.
pork and sheep products. Tuesday should
be observed as meat;ess day in each week,
one meatless meal should be observed in
each day: while. in addition, Saturday in
a day upon which there should be no
consumption of pork products.
A continued economy in the use of sugar
viii be necessary until later in the year.
1t is imperative that all waste and un-
necessary consumption of all sorts of
The maintenance of the health and
strength of our people is vitality necessary
at this time and there should be no dam
gerous restriction Of the food supply; but
the elimination of every sort of waste and
the substitution of other commodities OF
those. which We need to save will in no
way impair the strength of our people and
VIII enable us to meet one of the most
pressing obligations of the war
!, therefore, in the national interest
take the liberty of Calling upon every
/ loyal American. to- take fully to heart the
! suggestions which are being circulated by
the food administration and of begging
that they be followed. / am confident that
the great body of our women who have
labored SO loyalty in cooperation with the
food administration for the success of food
and viii take it as a part of their burden
in this period of national service to see
the aboye suggestions are observed turnout
| the land WOODROW WILSON. :