The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-30
WHEAT CRISIS FORCES
CHANGES IN RULES
Households. Eating Houses and
Bakers Must Decrease
Use of Wheat.

Urgent military necessities ef the
forced a more drastic restriction In
the wheat conservation program.
Coupled with an earnest appeal to all
individuals, houssholds. public eating
places and bakers Of bread and pas
tries for their cooperation and sup
port, Herbert c. Hoover has issued q
new set Of rulss designed TO further
reduce wheat consumption In this
country until the next harvest
These rules and Mr.. Hosver's per-
sonsl appeal are given cut through
Mr.. w. q. Aver, Federal Food Admin
issrator for Oregon, In the following
message:
III we are to furnish the Allies with
the necessary proportion OF wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest land this is
military necessity we must reduce
our monthly consumption to twenty
one million bushels a month as against
our normal consumption Of about
forty-two million bushels or fifty per
cent OF our normal consumption. re-
serving a margin for distribution to
the army and for special cases, leav-
ing for general consumption approx
mately one and one-hslf pounds OF
wheat products weekly per person.
Many of our consumers are dependent
upon bakers bread. Such bread must
be durable and therefore requires q
larger proportion of wheat products
than cereal breads baked In the home
The wellto-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the
consumption of wheat products than
can the poor. In addition our popu
1ation in the agricultural districts
where the substitute cereals are abun
dant, are more skilled in the prepara
ton OF breads from these other cereals
than the crowded city and industrial
populations. With improved transpor
taticn conditions we now have avail
able surplus of potatoes We also
have in the spring months surplus
OF milk and we have ample corn and
oats for human consumption. The
drain on rye and barley as substitutes
has already greatly exhausted the sup
ply OF these grains.
ITO effect the needed saving OF
wheat We are wholly dependent upon
the voluntary assistance Of the Amer
hcan people and we ask that the fol
lowing rules shall be observed:
First--Househo to use not to
exceed total of one and one-half
pounds per week of wheat products
per person. This means not more
than one and threefourths pounds of
victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and about
onehar pound of cooking flour, mac
aroni. crackers, pastry pies, cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals all combined
Seoond-Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless days
per week, Monday and Wednesday, as
at present. and in addition thereto not
10 serve in the aggregate a total of
more breadstuffs, macarOni crackers,
pastry pies, cakes, and wheat break
fast cereals containing a total of more
than two ounces of wheat flour to any
one guest at any one meal NO
WHEAT PRODUCTS TO BE SERV-
ED UNLESS SPECIALLY ORDERED.
Public eating establishments not to
buy more than six pounds Of wheat
products per month per guest, thus
conforming with limitations requested
of the householders.
Third Retailers to sell not more
than one eighth of barrel of flour
ITO any town consumer at any one time
and not more than one-quarter of a
barrel to any country customer at
any one time and 10 no case to sell
wheat products without the sale Of an
equal weight of other cereals.
Fourth-We ask the bakers and
grOcers to reduce the volume of vic
tory bread sold by delivery OF a
three quarters pound loaf where one
pound was sold before and corresp pond
ing proportions in other weights. We
also ask bakers not to increase the
amount Of their wheat flour pur
chases beyond seventy per cent of the
average monthly amount purchased in
the four months prior to March first
Fifth Manufacturers using wheat
products for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
Sixth-There is no limit upon the
uss Of other cereal flours and meals
such as corn barley, buckwheat, pc
tato flour, ct cetera. Many thousands
OF families throughout the land are
now using no wheat products what
ever except very small amount fol
cooking purposes, and are doing sc
In perfect health and satisfaction
There is no reason why all of the
American people who are able to cooR
In their own households cannot sub
sist perfectly well with the use of less
wheat products than the one and one
halt pounds week allowed We spe
cially ask the welito-do households
In the country to FOLLOW this additlona
programme so that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies fol
those parts OF the community less ablt
to adapt themselves to so large a pro
portion OF substitutes and In ordel
that We shall be able to make thu
wheat exports that are absolutely de
manded OF us to maintain the civi
population and soldiers Of the Allie,
and our own army.
with the arrival OF the new harves
we should be able to relax such re
strictions, but until then we ask 70
the necessary patience, sacrifice. ant
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