Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-03-28

600 bushels or 90 per cent of our nor
NAL consumption, reserving a margin
for distribution to the army and for
special cases, leaving for general con
sumpt on, approximately one and one
half pound of wheat products weekly
per person.
Many of our consumers are depend
ent upon bakers bread, such bread
must /be durable, and therefore, re-
quires larger proportion OF wheat
products than cereal breads baked in
the households.
Our army and navy require full
allowance. The well-to-do in our popu-
lation can make greater sacrifices in
the consumption of wheat products
than can the poor; in addition, our
population in the agricultural s.
tricts, where the other cereals are
abundant, are more skilled in the
preparation Of breads from these other
cereals. than the crowded city and in.
dustrial populations. With improved
transportation conditions we now have
available surplus Of potatoes We
also have in the spring months sur
plus of milk, and we have ample corn
and rats for human consumption.
The drain Oh rye and barley as sub
stitutes has already greatly exhausted
the supply of these grains to effect
the needed saving of wheat. We are
wholly dependent upon the voluntary
assistance of the American people
and we ask that the following rules
shall be observed:
First-EOGsehold to use not to
exceed total of one ard one half
pounds per week of wheat products
per person.
This means not more than one and
thTee-quarter pounds of Victory
Bread" containing the required per-
centage of substitutes, and about
half pound Of cooking flour macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals all combined
Second-Public eating places ard
clubs to observe two wheatless days
per week, Monday and Wednesday as
at present, In addition thereto not to
serve in the aggregate a total of moro
breadstuffs, macaroni, crackers, pas
try, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast &C.
reals, containing a total of more than
two ounces of wheat flour to any one
guest at any one meal. No wheat
products to be served unless specially
ordered
Public eating establishments not to
buy more than six pounds of wheat
products per month, per guest, thus
conforming with limitations requested
of the householder
Third-Retailers to sell not more
than one-e.ghth barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-fourth barrel to
any country customer at any one time,
and in no case sell wheat products
without the sale of an equal weight
of other cereals
Fourth-We ask the bakers and gro
GERS to reduce the volume Of Victory
Bread" sold by delivery of the three
fourths pound loaf when one pound
was sold before the corresponding pro-
portions in other weights. We also
ask bakers not to increase the amount
OF their wheat flour purchases beyond
70 per cent of the average monthly
amount purchased in the four months
prior to March LIST
Fifth-Manufac using wheat
products for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely
Sixth-There is no limit upon the
use of other cereal flour and meals,
corn. barley, buckwheat, potato flour.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are row using no wheat rrod-
ucts whatever except a very small
amount for cooking rurposey end ere
doing so in perfect health and salts
faction. There IS no reason why all
of the American people who are able
to cook in their own households, can
not subsist perfectly well with the
use of less wheat products than one
and one-half pounds week, and we
especially ask the wellto-do house
holds in tho country to follow this adj
ditional program n order that we may
provide the necessary marginal sup
plies for those parts of the country
less able to adapt themselves to so
large proportion of substitutes, in
order that we shall be able to make
the wheat exports that are asolutely
demanded of us to maintain the civil
population and soldiers of the allies
and our own army
We propose to supplement the vol
untary cooperation of the public by a
further limitation of distribution and
we shall place at once restrictions on
distribution which will be adjusted
from time to time to secure as nearly
equitable distribution as possible.
with the arrival of harvest we should
be able to relax such restrictions. I'm
til then, we ask for the necessary pa
thence, sacrifice and cooperation OF
the distributing trades.
(Signed)
FOOD ADMINISTRATION.
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