Omaha daily bee., 1918-01-27
President Wilson in Fresh Appeal to
Loyal America Begs Greater Regard
For Food Rules Which Will Win Battles

ary "a, a minimum of 20 per cent OF
such cereals is to be used The food
administration strongly urges on con-
sumers the buying OF this bread,
which will be known as Victory bread
and will contain not less than 20 per
cent of cereals other than wheat
Graham or whole wheat bread will
also be given that name, because con-
tanning, as they do, rs per cent more
of the wheat grain than ordinary
white bread, they. too, will serve the
purpose of saving wheat -four.
IF you bake bread at home use
wheat substitutes; if you buy it buy
only Victory bread.
Less Wheat in Spaghetti.
"3. Manufacturers OF macaroni,
spaghetti, noodles, crackers, breakfast
foods, pies, cakes and pastry and not
to purchase to exceed 20 per cent of
the wheat flour they used during the
corresponding months Of l9l7. These
manufacturers will be performing a
patriotic service by using cereals
other than wheat in their productions.
a. Wholesalers will be required
under license regulations not to buy
more than 20 per cent of their pur-
chases Of -four from miller3 as based
on their purchases for the correspond
ing months OF the preceding year,
and their sales to the retail trade must
be in the proportion Of one pound of
wheat flour to one poun! of other
cereals, this being the same proper
tion in which the retailer sells to the
consumer, unless the wholesaler sat-
isfes himself that the substitutes have
been already purchased from another
source.
"A ruling has been made that in
making any combination sales under
this progrm dealers shall name price
for each of the articles so sold, which
shall not represent more than a nor
NAL pre-war profit on any one of the
articles sold.
IS. Millers of -four are to distribute
their output through their customary
channels and markets in such man
ner that each city, town and district
may receive its usual proportions. The
wheat millers have been required to
produce one barrel of flour Q96
pounds) from 264 pounds of wheat.
This is white -four and represents
from 2 to a per cent higher extrac-
ton than from last years harvest.
New Wheatless Day.
"6 To assist further in conserva-
tion, Monday and Wednesday of each
week are to be observed as wheatless
days and one meal of each day as a
wheatless meal. This applies both in
the home and in the public eating
place, and on such days and meals
no crackers, pastries, macarcni.
breakfast food, or other cereals con-
tanning wheat should be used. The
only exception to this is such small
amounts of flour as may be needed
for thickening soups or gravies, or as
a binder in corn bread or other cereal
breads.
7. On wheatless days and at wheat
less meals, the food administration
urges that bread baked in the home
be other than wheat bread. Where
bread is purchased in public eating
places or in the home Victory bread
should be used, if no wheat substi-
tutes can be found.
"The federal food administrator in
each state will announce the meal to
be observed as a wheatless meal in
his state. If no meal is designated
the United States fool administrator
prefers that the evening meal be
wheatless.
"B. 1t is further desired, in order
that meat and pork products be con-
served, that one meatless day Tues
day. in every week, and one meatless
meal in every day, be observed, and
in addition, two porkless days tues
day and Saturday. in every week, be
strictly kept. By 'meatless' is meant
without hog, cattle or sheep products.
On otEer days use mutton and lamb
in preference to beef or pork. By
porkless, is meant without pork, ba-
con, ham, lard or pork products.
fresh or preserved. Use fish, poultry,
and eggs.
"9. For local situations where ex-
ceptions are necessary application
should be made to the state food ad-