The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-03
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only 112
Pounds Wheat Products
Weekly.
CORN AND 'tTS SUBSTITUTES.
Allies Must Have Wheat Enough to
Maintain Their War Bread
Till Next Harvest.

the necessary proportion OF Wheat I'd
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this is
military necessity, We must reduce our
monthly consumption to 2l.W".eoJ
bushels month Us against U,:f 40
NAL consumption Of about 42OOJ,oUo
bushels, or 80 per cent. OF our normal
consunption. This is he situation as
set forth by the u. S. Food AdmlniS-
1ration at Washington. ReServing
margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for sen
eral consumption approximately i12
pounds of Wheat products weekly per
person. the Food Administrator S
statement continues: Many of our
consumers are dependent upon bakers
bread. Such bread must he durable
and therefore requires larger proper
tion of wheat products than cereal
breads baked in the household. Our
army and navy require q full allow
ance. The we!l-tO-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the con-
sumption Of wheat products than can
the poor. In addition, our population
in the agricultural districts, where the
other cereals are abundant. are more
skilled in the preparation of breads
from these other cereals than the
crowded city and industrial popula-
tionS
fro q finn rnn C1j-
tons we now have available surplus
of potatoes. We also have in the
spring months a surplus Of milk. and
we have ample corn and oats for hu-
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley as substitutes has already
greatly exhausted the supply OF these
grains.
To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance Of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed:
1. Householders to use not to exceed
a total of IL pounds per week OF
wheat products per person This
means not more than 1& pounds Of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one-half
pound of cooking -four, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined.
9. Public eating places ana clubs to
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as at present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest at any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs nacaroni,
crackers. pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing total
of more than two ounces of wheat
flour. No wheat products to be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
than six pounds of wheat products tor
each ninety meals served, thus con-
forming with the limitations requested
OF the househOlders.
8. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of barrel Of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-Quarter OF barrel
to any country customer at any one
::nlr. &:3d III 70 case to sell wheat
,,:o...}.r;S ii: iut the sale Of an equal
weight of other cereals.
4. We ask the bakers and grocers to
/: reduce the volume Of Victory bread
sold, by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
before. and corresponding proportions
in other weights. We also ask bakers
not TO increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 20 per
cent. of The average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March l.
). Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
6. There is no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, flours, and meals corn,
barley, buckwheat. potato flour, ct
cetera.
MANY thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever. except a very small
! amount for cooking purposes, ana are
doing so in perfect health and satistac-
ton. There is no reason why all OF
the American people who are able to
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly wei, with the use OF
less wheat products than one and one
half pounds week. and we specially
ask the well-to-do households in the
country to follow this additional pro-
sramme in order that we may provide
the necessary marginal supplies TOR
those parts of the community less able
to adapt themselves to so large Il pro-
norton of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able to
make. the wheat exports that are alb
solutely demanded of us 10 maintain
the civil population and soldiers OF the
allies and our own army, we propose
to supplement the voluntary co-opera-
ton of the public by further limlta-
ion of distribution, and we shall place
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