Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-04
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The regulation restricting the sale Of
wheat -four went into effect TODAY, at all
places Of business that handle -four Of anv
kind. No dealer is permitted according 10
the Food Administration, 10 sell any
wheat -four to a consumer, unless an
equal amount of rye, barley, rice, oatmeal
or some other substitute -four is sold.
For the protection Of the dealer, Food
Administrator Mitchell wishes it under
stood that il is not the dealer fault If he
refuses 10 sell wheat flour unless the Gus
toner buys some other kind of -four or
cereal. The dealer is simply following out
the directions of the Food Administration
The dealer has agreed through the
license issued HIM To do business by the
Food Administration, 10 do as he is direct
cd and II he violates tho regulations, he
Is liable for the consequences TO the gov
ernment.
Wheat conservation Is necessary at
this time, because af the deInsnd from
abroad and because the government has
taken over one-third of the wheat supply
of this country. There is not wheat enough
for every ono to use as freely as they did
IN 1917, and unless there rs conservation
now. there will be suffering after a while.
The regulation regarding wheat sales
/ effects the State Of Delaware as well as
, the citizens OF the entire country. Dealers
| n foods in Lower Delaware are notified
. through this medium. not to sell wheat
| -four except as described above The re
striction will hold until further notice
| Administrator Mitchell today received
many telephone calls from various parts
/ the city and State regarding the sale OF
wheat -four snd his answers 10 all were
| as stated above.
ExH BIT oF sTRST TTUTES.
Food substitutes and model kitchen
! where expcrients in conserving food may
! be carried or. will be opened this week
| in room IN the Library Building Eighth
| and Market streets, which is the head
/ quarters of Miss Amelia Doddridgc
| Federal domestic economist. Miss Dodd-
| ridge proposes to have on display at the
| room all kinds of wheat -four substitutes,
! vegetable oils to take the place of fats,
| syrups 10 replace granulated sugar and
| cereal and other substitutes for meat.
! Miss Doddridge is desirous that house
/ wives should visit the room and see for
themselves these substitutes and also
! learn of the dishes that are being made
in place OF the foods that the govern
ment wishes conserved.
| MASTER BAKERS ARE LOYAL.
Master bakers OF the city met at the
! Hotel du Pont on Saturday afternoon,
| where with DR. Jacobs, o. the Food Ad-
Ininistration at Washington. they dis
! cusssd the new restrictions in the Use
/ Of wheat -four
One of the things that was impressed
| upon the bakers minds was that bread
| and rolls may contain no more than so
per cent wheat -four, while pies, cakes
! and pastries must not contain more than
/ 20 per cent of wheat Animal oils are
, restricted 10 about Is per cent but vege-
table oils may be used.
An important announcement made
/ st the meeting was that after March
| 5, rye -four would rot be considered a sub
| stitute for wheat BY that time a regu-
lation about rye -four viii be determined
i upon, and viii be announced TO the trade
| Up until that time, however, rye will be
| considered a substitute The reason
| DR.. Jacobs explained, Is that so many
people now use rye -four. After March
| 3. only so much rye -four will be per-
nitted In bread.
Because of the quickness with which
substitutes hasten the fermentation d
bread. and because bakers viii have tC
readitIst their schedule in baking tC
| accommodate the new mixture OF wheat
with substitutes, is the reason they wer,
given until February "a 70 prepare for the
change to 20 per cent substitute.
pEw WEIGHTS FOR BREAD.
DR.. Jacobs also announced q chang'
in the weight 81 the standards fNec
for loaves BY the Food Administration
Pound loaves may now contain anywhere
from Is to II ounces. but when rs loave.
are placed on the scales the % mus
weigh % pounds
Two-pound loaves may weight any
where from 80 to 35 ounces, but p
loaves put on the scales must weigh 81
pounds. This elasticity is done to aic
the bakers, so that in case United States
inspector makes q visit Of inspection the,
may not be liable for short loaves, anC
at the same time may not have been com.
pelled to give more than 10 ounces for ;
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