The Benson signal., 1918-09-21
SiX-POUND KNIT RULE AND
RATIONlNG CARD PLAN
ARE ABOLISHED.
$3.50 RULING BANNED
CONSUMPTION OF CORN BREAD
URGED AS ESSENTIAL
TO CONSERVATION.


the federal food administrator for Ari-
IONA.
The six-pound per person per month
allowance, the ration card system and
the purchase of flour on a fifty-fifty
basis with substitutes have all been
swept aside by the new plan which
calls for the mixing of 20 per cent
substitutes in wheat flour in the man
ufacture Until this new Victory"
flour is on the market present stocks
of standard wheat flour will be sold
in combination with substitutes in the
proportion Of four pounds Of wheat
flour to one of substitutes.
Though the wheat regulations are
relaxed to great extent by the new
program the food administration wish
es to emphasize the fact that strict
economy in the use of all wheat pro-
ducts is still necessary and the public
is expected to continue in the con-
sumption Of corn bread to the same
extent as formerly. If this is done it
is felt that it will not be necessary for
some time to resort to the drastic reg
ulations which have been in effect
for the past several months.
Hoover Explains.
The reasons for inaugurating new
wheat program are explained by Her
bert Hoover as follows:
"The recent careful survey by the
food administrators of the United
States, France, England and Italy Of
the food resources of the 220,000,000
people fighting against Germany,
shows that to maintain enough sup
plies and necessary reserves against
disaster, there must be maintained in
all countries a conservation of wheat
flour during the coming year.
ut has been agreed that the wheat
bread of the allies shall contain 20
per cent of other grains than wheat
and it is only just that We should
bear our share in this saving and that
our bread at least should be universal
with those who are suffering more
greatly from the war than ourselves.
Distribution and transportation cir
cumstances in the United States rem
on the voluntary action of our homes
to enforce this mixture. The Victory
bread, so made, is wholesome, and
there is no difficulty in preparation.
We desire to emphasize the fact that
the mixtures proposed are for wheat
bread and the saving Of wheat flour,
but they are not intended to displace
the large use of corn bread; we must
use the mixture with wheat flour in
addition to our normal consumption of
corn bread"
New Regulations.
New regulations have been promul'
gated governing manufacturers in the
production of new Victory flOurS.
These call for a mixture of four
pounds of wheat flour with one pound
either Of barley flour or corn flour or
of eight pounds Of wheat flour with one
pound each Of corn flour and barley
flour. Rye may be mixed with the
wheat in the proportion of two pounds
of rye flour to three of wheat flour.
Whole wheat and graham flour must
contain at least 95' per cent of the
wheat berry.
All of the above Victory flours may
be sold without substitutes but at no
greater price from the miller, whole
saler or retail dealer than in the case
Of standard wheat flour.
Affecting Retailers.
New regulations superseding the fiji
ty-fifty rule require that the retail
dealer selling standard wheat flour
shall carry in stock either barley
flour, corn flour or corn meal and with
all sales of straight flour must sell
one pound of these with every four
pounds of wheat flour. The dealer is
not permitted to force other substi-
tutes in combination upon the con-
sumer and these substitutes must con-
form to the standards of the United
States food administration.
Such substitutes as milo maize corn
and meal, rice flour, potato flour and
buckwheat flour may be sold on the
one to four basis with wheat flour If
the customer desires, and the dealer
has the same in stock.
Previous Rules Revised.
The previous rules limiting millers,
wholesalers, retailers and bakers to
thirty days supply Of flour will be
changed to permit sixty days supply.
The rule limiting the sale of flour
by millers to wholesalers, and whole
salers to retailers, in combination
with substitutes, and the rule restrict
ing the sale to 70 per cent of pre-
vious sales are rescinded.
Rules prohibiting the starting of
new plants ready for operation prior
to July 1, 1918, are rescinded.
Millers selling direct to consumers
will be compelled to follow the same
as the retailers.
Wheatless days and wheatless meals
are totally discontinued