Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-01

last Monday on, all bakers who have
not mixed Il five per cent. of substi-
tute cereal, are f1agrantly violating
d law of the land.
Bakers complained this morning
that they have received no notifica-
ton of the fuel administrators or
der.
The newspaper reports were the
only notifications sent out. The bak-
ers must accept them as final, and
no baker can plead ignorance of the
regulations. Ignorance of >the law
will not excuse it's violation. All
newspaper reports given out by me
are official, and no baker can say
he was not notified. Every baker
who did not start the five per cent.
substitute last Monday, and who
does not continue to increase that
substitute until it is 20 per cent.
mixture by February 20, holds him
SELF open to very severe penalty"
Mr. Mccormick said this morning.
Some Bakers on Job
Not all of the bakers refused to
comply with the regulations of the
food administration. Some of them
this morning said that rather than
considering it a hardship, they con-
slider the regulations advantageous
TO customer and baker alike.
Some of the bakers complained
this morning that they do not have
any corn flour to substitute for wheat
flour. Other bakers pointed out that
corn is not necessary, as other sub
stitues can be used equally well.
There is a shortage of corn in Penn
sylvania at the present time, and it
is likely that other substitutes will
be used.
The Standard Baking Company
started to mix its flour with a substi-
tute last Monday, according to regu-
lations, and report that not a single
customer has complained of the
quality of the bread. The substi-
tute they use is corn -four. They
do not have a large amount of this
on hand, they say, but if necessary,
will use other substitutes until an
other shipment arrives. They as
serted vigorously that they would
follow the decree of the food ad-
minlstration to the letter, increasing
the substitution at the rate of five
per cent. weekly.
The bread from Bricker's New
Bakery is also the new Victory
bread" and will continue so. The
company announced this morning its
nread is better for the substitution.
The loaf has better flavor, and the
crust is crisper. The only differ
ence in appearance, they say, is in
the slightly browner appearance of
the crust. Rolled oats is the substi-
luton they are using. All the bak-
ers manufacturing Victory bread"
say the five per cent. substitution is
hardly noticea BILE.
wholesaler and most of the re-
TAN grocers are in the main adhering
10 the regulations of the National
rood Administration. The whole
sale establishments in the city re-
ported this morning that they are
selling wheat according to instruc-
tlon from Washington, at the rate of
SIX pounds of wheat -four to one
pound of substitute. This makes II
necessary for the retail grocer to do
likewise.
Retailers this morning said they
have no trouble disposing of a small
amount of substitute cereal with
wheat ourfi. AS -four is now mostly
sold by the twelve-pound sack, groc-
crs say they do not encounter any
ditticulty in selling the customers
two pounds OF substitute. Oat meal
and corn meal are the other cereals
most easily disposed of, grocers say.
They say that the regulations COM
pelling the sale of the other cereals
does not affect the mgreatly, as un-
der ordinary conditions they sell
about the same proportion of wheat
and other cereals as the law now
demands.
A number of retailers also are
said to have laid themselves open
to heavy fines by failure to comply
with the law.