The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-02-05

hslsfn- of bread wholly from white
flour. whether the bread is baked IL
a bakery or in the home, i must, IN
der these rules, contain a large per
cenatge Of substitute for white houf'
such az corn meal. rye flour. barley
flour or something else. Bakeries are
cornpelied TO comply with this resuia-
ton because they are under cover
mont license. and their license may be
evoked If they violate the rule But
che slsckers are found in the homes.
Many families adhere strictly TO the
rules md regulations for the sav-ns
Of wheat, but others do not
They Think They Are smart.
rhev seem 10 feel that they are do
ing something smart when they vio-
late the flour rules and get by with
it. They evidently figure, as do the
slaclzers who seek TO evade military
duty. that if they can sneak through
without obeying the rules they VIII
beat the game TO just that extent
This may be regarded as a harsh
indictment Of such people. but IL is
the Indictment that has been maze
bv II L. Barnard. federal food admin
jstrator Tor Indiana. who says that
neither the farmers. the miilers, IN
grocers nor the consumers are COOP
Grating with the food administrator
az they must cooperate II the Unltea
states il 10 save 100000 bushels q
wheat to send 10 the allies, which inc
United States must DO
There is a rule Of the food admin
4stration which SAYS that when any
/ person buys white flour he shall bug
also an equal number OF pounds e
substitutes for flour. If the custom
81 refuses to take the substitute rs
dare not have the white flour
Reports show that this rule is BE-
ing utterly disregarded by farmer,
miuers, grocers, and consumers IA
many places. Farmers take wheat t2
the mill and refuse to accept anything
but the fun amount Of white flour.
They refuse TO take any portion Of
| substitutes. The miller either has 10
violate the rule and give them al
white flour or lose the business.
Other reports say that retail gro
GERS openly sell white flour without
recurring their customers to buy an
equal amount OF substitutes. and. from
many places there come reports that
customers demand white flour with
out any substitutes al their grocer's
All Of these are violations of the
food rules. and the offender is liable
to fine Of $4,000 and ten years in
| federal prison. Food authorities are
making plans to land on some of these
slackers at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and it is quite likely that some
Of them will find themselves face to
face with a federal court to answer
for their unpatriotic and disloyal con
CARDS these acts as giving aid to tbs
enemy and VIII proceed along that
line.
Any loyal and patriotic American
, citizen will obey the food regulations"
said Mr.. Barnard. 1t is only the
disloyal. unpatriotic Stacker that viii
| deliberately violate them These reg
ulations were not made for fun. They
were made because they were abso-
| lute1y necessary 10 help win the war.
| Every person who wilifully violates
| these regulations helps the kaiser just
! that much TO defeat the United States
| in the var"
a r4e has been placed In Marion
county for three days limiting the
amount Of white flour any consumer
may purchase to IL ii pounds and
/ even this small amount cannot be
| sold except in connection with an
equal amount Of substitutes. This
| action was necessary to bring the
! slackeTs up with a sharp jolt. II is
said that a similar rule probably viii
/ be put in effect throughout the state.
unless the slacl5ers obey the regula~
! lions Of the food administration.