The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-29
Issues Proclamation Calling On
People To Cut Wheat Con-
sumption Further.
BURDEN ON AMERICA
Destruction of Shipping Increases
Load Which u. S. Must
Carry, Says Executive.

Washington, Jan. 29.-Calling upon
the people to make their greatest ef.
fort toward observation of food for
the Allies, President Wilson has is
sued proclamation in which he says
lhe reduced productivity of Europe,
the partial failure of crops and the de-
struction of shipping have placed
practically the entire burden upon the
shoulders of this country.
The message follows:
A Proclamation
Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for more in.
tensive effort on the part of our peo
pie to save food in order that we
may supply our associates in the war
with the sustenance vitality necessary
to them in these days of privation
and stress. The reduced productiv-
ity 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 mar
kets for foodstuffs through the de-
struction of shipping places the bur-
den of their subsistence very largely
on our shoulders.
The food administration has form
ulated suggestions, which If followed
will enable us to meet this great re-
spoRsibility, without any real incon.
venience on our part.
80 Per Cent Reduction Asked.
in order that we may reduce our
consumption of wheat and wheat
products by 80 per cent-a reduction
imperatively necessary to provide the
supply for overseas-wholesale job
hers and retailers should purcha
and resell to their customers only 70
per cent of the amounts used in 1917.
All manufacturers of alimentary
pastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry and
breakfast, cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption of wheat
1917 requirements, and all bakers of
bread and rolls to 80 per cent of their
current requirements.
Consumers should reduce their pur-
clases of wheat products for home
preparation to, at most, 70 per cent
OF those OF last year. or when buying
bread should purchase mixed cereal
breads from the bakers.
To provide sufficient cereal food,
homes, public eating places, dealers
and manufacturers should substitute
potatoes, vegetables. corn, barley,
oats and rice products and the mixed
cereal bread and other products of the
bakers which contains an admixture
OF other cerals.
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 con
sumption of beef, pork and sheep
products, Tuesday should be observed
as meatless day in each week, one
meatless meal should be served in
each day, while in addition Saturday
in each week should further be OBJ
served as a day upon which there
should be no consumption of pork
products.
1t Is imperative that all waste and
unnecessary consumption of all sorts
OF foodstuffs should be rigidly elm
mated.
Maintenance of Health Necessary.
The maintenance of health ant
strength OF our own people is vitality
necessary at this time and there
shnuid he no dauparpuc raStrictior
of the food supply, but the elimina
tion of every sort OF waste and the
substitution OF other commodities o
which we have more abundant sup
plies for those which we need to save
will In no way impair the strength o
our people and will enable us to NEE
one of the most pressing obligation
OF the war.
|, therefore, in the national inter
est, take the liberty of calling upol
every loyal American to take fully t,
heart the suggestions which are be
ing circulated by the food administra
ton and of begging that they be fol
lowed. l am confident that the grea
body Of our women who have lahore,
so loyalty In cooperation with th
food administration for the success o
food conservation will strengthen
their efforts and will take it as
part of their burden in the nationa
service to see that the above sugges
tions are observed throughout tn
land. WOODROW WILSON.
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