The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-04-16
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Food Administration Outlines
Policy TO Meet Desperate
. Food Situation.

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The National Food Adninistratioa 4
anxious to impress the message q
conservation to the utmost. The Dso.
pie OF. tho country ct large do not ~.
prscdats tho demand for wheat. The
Food Administrator at Washington
has stressed the situation In this IA
ton wide proclamation:
."If We are to flrlish ths allies With
the necessary proportion Of wheat to
maintain their war broad from now
until the next harvest and this Il Z
military necessity, We must reduce
our monthly consumption to twenty
one million bushels . month - against
our normal consumption Of about TOR
ty-two million bushels. or fifty per eeat
Of our. normal consumption, rssefytAs
a margin for distribution TO the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen.
eral consumption approximately ene
and one-helf pounds Of wheat Srodacti
weekly per person. Many Of our Gus
TONERS are dependent upea bakss1'
bread, such bread must b durable,
AID therefore requires . larger Pr
portion OF wheat products than cereals
baked In the household. Oar arny
and navy requires . full allowance.
Tbs well to DO In eur population eaa
make greater sacrihcss In the cen.
sumption Of wheat products thAn eaa
The poor To effect the needed SAY.
iass Of wheat, We ars wholly AsA1nd'
emit upon the voluntary assistance q
the American people. and ~ d AK
that ths following rules b ehssrve4:
First, hsussholdsrs 70 ass Het y
exceed . total Of one and ,eas-hslf
pounds Per week ot Wheat Dsp4sets
Der person. 1hh means net noes than
ono and thrse-tourtAs Ieands Of Vie.
terry bread Containing the required
percentage OF sssstitstss aaA sAess
sne-hate pound Of cooking 1es1, nAsa-
poni, crackers, pastry, Dtss, cakes.
wheat breakfast cereals all EN-.
hlel.
Second, public eating hsasss ~
clubs to observe two whsatlsss dAys
20 week, Monday and Wednesday, -
st prssoat. In addition thereto Set 70
serve IN the aggregate total OF uses
b~readstaRs, .Inscsreai, srsehsrs. Dss'
Try, piss, cakes, wheat breakfast -
reals, esutaialHs . fetal q mare tAan
TIVE sxRees o. wAsst tssr - AZ -
guest ae 'aay 80 ,Asa. Ne Wheat
prsxuots to DO served ua1ess 49,
cfApy uedsrsA. PuSiis eating sstsb'
hshmsass >st b bay .Dsrs thsa stx
.psunAa Of wheat yrp4uess pr n>ath
Der fusst thus eoafsfntHg With lin.
ftauom .rslussssl Of the hssss.
hoI6efs. ,T-:.'~% 49,. 49, -. " -"
%1Aha,. rstaAars 70 eel .jsst:- More
than .epo-s.ghth 81 . bssrsl ct fssr y
any town cuDtoner at any one dAs
and rot 'nor0' than oas4Qsastsr Ga
bsrrst 10 any country customer u any
osA tinNo, and tn 70 esss = sell wheat
proAuets without .ssas u N equal
wsfsft' DE- otAsr cSrsaas.
:: i"foarek,' wsaask thu bGhsrs ssA'Hrs-
Sers 20 reduce .4As 1slxAsasf Vtseeey
bread Goid, by delivery sf Tie three
quarter pound Nsf wAsrs sas ponn4
;wss sold h~srstofors, and essrsspssA'
~ proportions II ether wStSAss. We
also ast bakers not to heSass tie
amount of thur wheat 1sur :purehss-
Cd beyond seventy psr ssst ct tho
AVERAGE. monthly amount Isrehassa IN
de four months psiss - March fsst.
"T4fst, msAufsctursss iusing wheat
,roaxctg Tor noa-Sood yurVssss sesuld
cease such use SatiTSly.
"Sixth, there II - link upon TIE
aso Of other cereals, hsxrs. snd meals.
corn, barley, buekwhsat. 1state 1sar.
etc. NIny thousand fsAaiss THROUGH
cut the land are Asw ussag n wheat
products whatever, s9eset . vsry
snail amount for ssoktAS 1xRpssss
and an doing % IN perfect heath aad
sausasGt4en. There IL No reason WY
raH q NE American pss1as VIE ars
able. 70 cook IN their ova AsssseeAs
cannst suSsist perfectly we'd WITH me
$50 Of less wheat products thaa sas
and sasAalf pounds Z wssk.