The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-02-15
RODERICK o. MATHESON. EDITOR
. Proclamation


AVA necfs&tSifor more intensive effort the
part of our people to save food in order that
may supply our associates in the with the
tenance vitality necessary them in these days of
privation and stress. The reduced productivity
of Europe because of the large diversion Of man
power to the war the partial failure of harvests
and the elimination Of the more distant markets
for foodstuffs through the destruction of shipping
places the burden Of their subsistence very largely
on our shoulders
The Food Administration has formulated sug
gestions which, if followed, will enable us to meet
this great responsibility without any real incon-
VenienCe our part
In order that we may reduce our consumption of
wheat and wheat products by thirty percent-a
reduction impera Sively necessary to provide the
supply for overseas-whoesales, jobbers and re-
tailers should purchase and resell to their custom
only seventy percent of the amounts used in
1917 All manufacturers of alimentary pasteS. bis
cults, crackers pastry and breakfast cereals should
reduce their purchases and consumption Of wheat
and wheat -four to seventy percent of their 1917
requirements. and all bakers of bread and rolls to
eighty percent Of their current requirements. Con-
sumers should reduce their purchases of wheat
products for home preparation to at most seventy
percent of those of last year, or. when buying
bread, should purchase mixed cereal breads from
the bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal food, homes, public
substitute potatoes, vegetables, corn barley, oats
and rice products. and the mixed cereal bread and
other products of the bakers which contain
admixture Of other cereals.
In order that consumption may be restricted to
this extent Mondays and Wednesdays should be
observed as wheatless days each week and one
meal each day should be observed as wheatless
meal.
In both homes and public eating places, in order
to reduce the consumption of beef, pork and sheep
products, Tuesday should be observed meatless
day in each week. meatless meal should be
observed in each day; while, in addition Saturday
in each week should further be observed day
upon which there should be no consumption of
pork products.
A continued economy in the use Of sugar will
be necessary until later in the year.
The maintenance of the health and strength of
our own people is vitality necessary at this time
and there should be dangerous restriction of
the food supply; but the elimination of every sort
of waste and the substitution Of other commodities
of which we have more abundant supplies for
those which need to save, will in no way impair
the strength of people and will enable to
meet one of the most pressing obligations of the
war.
I, therefore, in the national interest take the
liberty of calling upon every loyal American to
take fully to heart the suggestions which being
circulated by the Food Administration and of beg
ging that they be followed I confident that
the great body of our women who have labored
so Loyalty in cooperation with the Food Admins
tration for the success of food conservation will
strengthen their efforts and will take it part
of their burden in this period of national service
to that the above suggestions observed
throughout the land
WOODROW WILSON,
The White House, January Is, 1918.