New-York tribune., 1918-01-28
Bakers Willing to Make 1t,
but Warn of Possible
Advance
Have No Stocks of
Flour Substitutes
Cooperation of Stores Will
Check Use of Wheat bv
Housewives

Here is the day BY day schedule
for the aceel;, If one follo1Vs all the
mandates of Hoover and Garfield:
SUNDAY-One meal wheatless. one
mcatless.
MONDAY-Heatlcss, in general work
less. wheatless. one meal meavlcss.
CESDAY--W orkless for amuscmcnts,
meatlcss, one meal wheatless.
WEDNESDAY-Wh Whcatless, one meal
meatless
THCRSDAY-One meal meatless, one
wheatless.
FRIDAY-One meal mcatless, one
wheatless.
SATURDAY-Po Porkless, one meal
wheatless. one mcatless.
Unless the government undertakes
at once to control the price of wheat
-four substitutes ordered by tho Fed
eral fuel administration, New York
bakers said last night that "victory
bread" probably would cost more than
the ordinary bread they now sell. There
is no prospect, they added, of it cost
ing less, even with extended price con-
troll.
None Of the bakers had any advance
notice Of the Hoover order issued Sat-
urday night. Few, if any, have stocks
OF barley, corn and rice meal or flour,
OF any Of the other substitutes, and
they will not be able for that reason
to begin making the new war bread
foI N,.+
proclamation.
Provision dealers, however, will give
immediate obedience to the Hoover
requirement of combination sales of
wheat -four and substitutes, and most
housewives who make purchases to-
day will find that they cannot buy Il
pound Of flour without buying with it
a pound OF some substitute.
In the meantime, however, the women
are expected to respond at once to the
Presidents appeal for wheat conserva-
ton, and hereafter bake no bread en-
tirely of white flour. They arc expect
ed to make their families better ac-
quainted with the virtues of whole
wheat and graham bread, both excepted
occasionally to corn bread or "sweet
potato pone," which is regarded in the
South as more delightful than spiccd
pumpkin pie.
Substitutes That May Be Used
Cnadulterated whole wheat and gra
ham flour may be used for "victory
bread" because in the making they use
up 25 per cent more Of the wheat grain
than the snowwhite product Of the pat
cnt -four mills. For the potato pone
there is sweet potato -four or the pota-
toes may be mashed in the kitchen. If
there is desire to sample what mill
on for years, the white flour allow
ance may be mixed with from . to 20
per cent Of ordinary Irish potato -four.
An official Of the Ward Baking Com
pany said last night his concern would
use corn, rice or barley as q substi-
tute.
Owe are planning to use these sub
stitutes, although they are scarcer than
wheat" he added.
Frederick II. Frazier, secretary Of
the General Baking Company, sounded
the warning of higher price for "vic-
tory bread" unless the government
takes immediate control of the substi-
tutes.
eve will not be able to at once obey
the order to use per cent Of substi
tutes," said Mr. Frazier. "We have no
supplies on hand, but bakers, large and
small. will respond. and by February
"a will be using 20 per cent OF flour
substitutes.
/ Bakers To Do Their Part
; "All the substitutes mentioned by Mr..
Hoover arc as high in price as wheat,
or higher, and barley, CORN and rice arc
not as economical as wheat flour be-
cause they contain no gluten. 1t will
require moro material to make pound
of victory bread than pound Of
white -four bread. However, the bakers
will do as the government orders, as
far as possible"
The local food administration ar
: ranged yesterday to back up the ap-
peals of the President and Mr. Hoover
by the distribution, beginning TO- day,
Of 5000. 900 kitchen cards in New York
City. The district organizations which
carried through the recent food con-
servation pledge will be used. Similar
organizations outside the city will dis
tribute 500, 900 kitchen cards upstate:
in household kitchens as reminders
that Monday and Wednesday are wheat
less days, that Tuesday is meatlcss
, day and Saturday porkless day.
In addition on each day Of the week
each family is expected to do without
meat or wheat at one meal. not neces-
sarily the same.
Every day also is to be fat and sugar
saving day.
for New York, is expected to specify
, to-day at what meals patriotic New
York families arc to cschcw meats and
wheat each day.
Wilson Is Ins1,lted