Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-27
USE OF FLOUR.
New Conservation Program Effective
as Military Necessity. Cuts
Flour Ration to ~ Pounds
Week.

st. Albans.-In order that Americas
fighting Allies and her own army and
navy may be kept adequately supplied
with bread, the American people are
now being asked to go step further
in their conservation of flour and are
being urged by the United States food
administration to reduce their con-
sumption of wheat products weekly
per person to one and One-half pounds,
according TO statement given out at
the office of Acting Federal Food Ad-
ministrator John T. Gushing here. The
well-to-dO portion Of the population,
and that portion dwelling in the agri-
cultural districts where other cereals
are abundant, can make greater sacri-
fees in the consumption of wheat than
can the poor or the crowded city and
industrial populations.
Translating this new conservation
request into actual food terms, it
means that each person should use not
to exceed per week more than one and
three-fOurths pounds Of Victory bread,
containing the required percentage of
substitutes and about a half pound of
cooking flour, macarOni crackers, pas
try, pies, cakes, and wheat breakfast
cereals, all combined. This is the max
imum, and the well-to-do and the ag-
ricultural populations are expected to
place themselves under this maximum.
Public eating places are also expected
to observe two wheatless days a week,
as at present, in addition thereto, and
are not to serve at any one meal to
any one guest more than two ounces
of flour. The specific rules, effective
at once, which must be followed if the
country is to continue to furnish it's
associates in the war and it's own army
and navy the flour they must have If
they are to continue effective military
agents, are as follows:
l. Householders to Use not to ex-
ceed total of one and one-half pounds
of wheat or wheat produces per person
per week. This means not more than
one and three-quarters pounds Of vic
tory bread containing the required per-
ecentage OF substitutes and about one
half pound of cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, and wheat
breakfast cereals all combined.
g. Public eating places and clubs
to observe two wheatless days per
week, Monday and Wednesday, as at
present.
3. Public eating places and clubs
not to serve in the aggregate bread
stuffs, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies,
cakes, wheat breakfast cereals, con-
tanning a total of more than two
ounces of wheat flour to any one guest
at any one meal.
4. No wheat products to be served
by public eating houses or clubs un-
less specially ordered.
5. Public eating establishments not
to buy more than six pounds OF wheat
products for each 80 meals served,
thus conforming with limitations re-
quested of the householders.
g. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of a barrel of -four to
town consumer at any one time, and
not more than one-quarter Of a barrel
of flour to any country customer at
any one timo.
7. Retailers in no case to sell wheat
products without the sale OF an equal
weight of other cereals.
8. Bakers and grocers are asked to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold by the delivery Of the three-quar-
ter pound loaf, where one pound loaf
was sold before, with corresponding
proportion in other weights of loaves.
9. Bakers asked not to increase
the amount of their wheat -four pur-
chases beyond 70To of the average
monthly amount purchased in the
four months prior to March 1st.
10. Manufacturers using wheat
products for nOn-food purposes
should cease such use entirely.
II. There is no limit upon the use
of other cereals, flours and meals
such as corn, barley, buckwheat, po-
tato -four etc.
The food Administrations state
ment declares that many thousands
of families throughout the land are
now using no wheat products what
ever except a very small amount Tor
cooking purposes, and are doing SO In
nerfect health and satisfaction. The
statement continues:
1--WE propose to supplement the vol
untary cooperation of the public py
a further limitation of distribution,
and we shall place at once restric-
tions on distribution which Will De
adjusted from time to time to secure
as nearly equitable distribution as
possible. With the arrival of the har-
vest we should be able to relax such
restrictions. Until then we ask FOR
the necessary patience, sacrifice and
corporation Of the distributing
trade"
The reason for this new con-
servation program, as set forth
NV the food administrations state
ment is as follows: eff we are to FUR
nish the Allies with the necessary
proportion of wheat to maintain the1r
war bread from now until the next
harvest, and this is a military neces-
ity. we must reduce our monthly con-
sumption to about 81 million bushels,
month, as against our normal con-
sumption of about AZ million bushels,
or so per cent Of our normal con-
sumption. Reserving margin Tor
distribution to the army and for spec
fal cases, leaves for general consump-
ton approximately one and one hair
pounds of wheat products weekly
per person.
with improved transportation con-
ditions we now have available sur