The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-10-24
CONSERVATION PROGRAM
FOR PUBLIC EATING PLACES

conservation program for public cat
inr places effective October a. 1918
is announced by Frank " Brooks.
Federal Food Administrator for Yer
mont Pamphlets descriptive Of this
program will be sent to prorrietors
OF hotels and restaurants by tho Uni
ed States Food Administration but
il is Important that the general pub
lie should be familiar with this new
program which must be carried out
II America is to provide sufficient
food for 'he rapidly increasing Ameri-
can army in Europe and for the
Allied Armies and the Allied civil
population during this year.
In emphasizing the necessity for
conscientious conservation during
this year Mr. Brooks said, During
the year ending July |. 1919. the
United States must ship for the
American Army, the Allied civilians
and armies. and certain ncutrals
who are dependent upon America IL
$50 GEO tons OF food stunts, which In
$3.50 900 tons more than was shipped
during the year ending July |, 1918
Directed by President Wilson % as
sure the Allies that in this common
cause we eat at common table, Mr.
Hoover promised the Allied Food Con
ference that whatever their allied
war food program called for from
America We should fulfill He told
them that We by the economy OF our
people, have the reserves in food q
supply all necessities.
ITO redeem this promise OF the
American people made through Mr..
Hoover the proprietors OF public eat
ing places must undertake in many
last year II is estimated that nearly
5000. 900 people ca: at public eating
places And the food consumption In
these places is larger than in the
average homes. Hence in the new
Home Card to be issued for American
households on October 2S and in the
new program for public eating places
now being sent out together com
prising Victory Conservation Pro-
gram, the Food Administration EN-
phasizes the absolute necessity OF a
further reduction of the consumption
and waste of food products.
Food Administrator Hoover has Is
sued the following General Orders for
Public Eating Places which are de-
fined as including all hotels. restau-
rants, boarding houses, clubs, dining
cars and steamships:
General order l. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served any bread or other bakery
product which does not contain at
least 2Oqo OF wheat -four substitutes.
nor shall il serve or permit to be
served more than ounces OF this
bread, known az Victory Bread, or II
no Victory Bread Is served. more than
4 ounces of other breads (such
"a corn bread, mullins. Boston brown
bread, etc. Sandwiches or bread
served at boarding camps, and rye
bread containing 50G9 or more of pure
rye flour. are excepted
General Order 2. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served bread or toast as a garniture
or under meat.
General orders 3. No public cat
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brought TO the table until after the
first course Is served
General Order 4 No public eat
ing place shall serve or permit to be
served to one patron at any one meal
more than one kind of meat For
the purpose of this rule meat shall be
as including beef, muttop,
pork, poultry and any by-products
thereof
General Order g. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served any bacon as a garniture.
General Order 6 No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served to any one person AT any one
meal more than one half ounce OF
butter
General Order Z. No public eating
place shall serve or permit to be
served 10 any one person at any one
meal more than one-half ounce OF
Cheddar, commonly called American
cheese
General Order s No public eating
place shall use or permit the use or
the sugar bowl on the table or lunch
counter. Nor shall any public eat
ing place serve sugar or permit 1t 10
be served unless the guest so re-
quests and in no event snail inc
amount served TO any one person al
any one meal exceed one teaspoonfui
or It's equivalent
General order g. No public eating
place shall use or permit the use OF an
amount OF sugar in excess OF Two
pounds for every ninety meals served,
including all uses Of sugar on the Ia
Bile and in cooking. excepting such
sugar as may be allotted by the Fed
eral Food Administrators to hotels
holding a bakery license No sugar
allotted for this special baking pur-
pose shall be used for any other pnr-
pose.