The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-27
PROCLAMATION
By Woodrow Wilson, Calling for Food Conservation.


"A M ANY CAUSES HAVE CONTRIBUTED to create neces-
N6 sity for intensive effort on the part of our
1VA people food in order that may supply our
assistants in the with the susenance vitality neces
them these days of prvaton and stress The reduced
the partial failure of harveStS and elimination
of the distant markets for foodffs through destruction
shipping places the burden OF their subsistence more largely
upon shoulders.
The food administration has formulated suggestions,
which, if followed will enable us to meet this great responsible
y, without any real inconvenience on our part
In order that may reduce consumption of wheat
and wheat products by 80 cena reduction mperavey
necessary to provide the supply for job
be and retailers should purchase and resell to their customers
only 70 per cent of the amounts used in 1917 All manuac
urers amenary paste biscuits crackers pastry and break
cereals should reduce their purchases and consumption Of
wheat and wheat flour to 70 per cent of their 1917 require
mens and all bakers of bread and rolls per of their
current requirements.
Consumers Should Reduce Purchases.
Consumers should reduce their purchases Of wheat products
for home preparation to at most 70 cent of those of last
year. 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 barley oats and rice products and the mixed
cereal bread and other products OF the bakers which contain an
admiXture of other cereals.
In order that consumption may be restricted to this extent
Mondays and Wednesdays should be observed wheaess
days and meal each day should be observed
la wheatless meal.
At Homes and at Cafes.
In both homes and public eating places in order to reduce
consumption of beef pork and sheep products Tuesday
should be meates day each week. meaes
meal should be observed in each day. while in addition Sat
]
which there should be consumption of pork products.
continued economy in the of sugar will be neces-
sary until later in the year.
It is imperative that all waste and unnecessary consump
ton of all of foodsuffs should be rgidy eliminated
Maintenance of the health and strength Of our own people
is vitality necessary this time and should not be endangered
by restriction of the food supply but the elimination OF every
sort of waste and the substitution of other commodities OF
which we have more abundant supplies for those which
need to save will way impair the strength of our people
and will enable us to meet the most pressing obligations
of the
Call TO Loyal Americans.
l. therefore, in the national interest take the liberty OF
calling upon every loyal American to take fully to heart the
which are being circulated by the food admnra
ton and of begging that they be followed am contlden
that great body of who have abored SO Loyalty
in cooperation with the food administrator 1or Ine
food conservation will strengthen their efforts and will take
it as part of their burden this period of national service
to see the suggestions observed throughout e u
! WOODROW WILSON.
| Washington D. c.. January &C. 1918.