The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-05-15
ITO CUT WHEAT
| USE 0NE-HALF
Military Necessity Demands That
Each American Eat Only We
Pounds Wheat Products
Weekly.
CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES.
Allies Must Have Wheat Enough to
Maintain Their War Bread
: Till Next Harvest.

the necessary proportion of wheat to
maintain their war bread from now
until the next harvest, and this is a
military necessity, we must reduce our
monthly consumption to 2l.OOO,0Uo
bushels a month as against our nor
nal consumption of about 42.OOO,0OO
bushels, or 50 per cent. Of our normal
consumption. This. is the situation as
set forth by the U. S. Food Admins
tration at Washington. R%eserving a
margin for distribution to the army
and for special cases, leaves for gen.
sral consumption approximately IN
pounds of wheat products weekly per
person, the Food Administrations
statement continues: Many of our
are dependent upon bakers
bread. Such bread must be durable
and therefore requires a larger proper
ton of wheat products than cereal
breads baked In the household. Our
army and navy require a full allow
ance. The well-to-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the con-
sumption Of wheat products than can
the poor. In addition, u population
n the agricultural districts, where the
other cereals are abundant, are more
skilled in the preparation Of breads
from these other cereals than the
crowded city and Industrial popula-
tons.
With improved transportation condi-
lions we now have available a surplus
Of potatoes. We also have in the
spring months a surplus Of milk, and
W. have ample corn and oats for hu-
man consumption. The drain on rye
and barley as substitutes 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:
l. H~ouseholders to use O to exceed
q total of ~ pounds. per week Of
wheat products per person. This
means not more than ~ pounds Of
Victory bread containing the required
percentage of substitutes and one-half
pound Of cooking flour, m%acaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, all combined.
2. Public eating places and clubs to
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as at present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
nny mn n,vocf Of INV 1nn vnao1 on
aggregate Of breadstuffs. m%acaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals, containing a total
Of more than two ounce of wheat
-four. No wheat products to be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
than six pounds of wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus con.
forming with the limitations requested
Of the householders.
8. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth of a barrel of flour to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than ~one-quarter of a barrel
to any country customer at any one
time, and In 10 case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight of other cereals.
4. We ask the bakers and grocers to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold, by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where n pound was sold
before, and corresponding proportions
In other weights. We also ask bakers
not to increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 70 pei
cent. Of the average monthly amount
purchased In the four months prior II
March l.
8. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes shoul'
cease such use entirely.
6. There is no limit upon the use Q
other cereals, f1ours, and meals, corr
barley, buckwheat, potato -four, {
cetera.
Many thousand families throughor
the land are now using no wheat proc
ucts whatever, except a very sma
amount for cooking purposes, and al
doing SO in perfect health and satisfa
tion. There is no reason why all
the American people who are able
cook in their own households cam,
subsist perfectly well with the use
less wheat products than one and on
half pounds a week, and we special
ask the well-to-do households in Il
country to follow this additional pr
gramme in order that we may provi'
the necessary marginal supplies +
those parts Of the community less ab
to adapt themselves to 80 large a p,
portion Of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able
make the wheat exports that are 8
solutely demanded of us to mainta
the civil population and soldiers Of
allies and u own army, we propc
to supplement the voluntary co-opel
ton of the public by a further iimi
ton of distribution, and we shall pla
at once restrictions on distribute
which will be adjusted from time
time to secure as nearly equitable d
:tribution as possible. With the arri,
OF harvest we should be able to rel
such restrictions. Until then we q
for the necessary patience, sacrif
and cooperation Of the distribute
ua6ea.