The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-05-10
SUMMAR|LY CLOSE
RESTAURANTS THAT
VIOLATE FOOD LAWS
FOOD ADMINISTRATION ISSUES
DRASTIC RULING FOR ENFORCE
MENT OF REGULATIONS.
ASK PATRIOTS TO ASSIST
Reported Almost Daily that Restaur-
ants Are Serving Wheat Bread In
Unlimited Quantities in Violation
OF Rules.
Special to The Herald.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 4.-Res-
taurants that are not observing liter
ally the regulations of the United
States Food Administration are going
to be summary closed. This empha-
tic announcement was made today at
the office of the Federal Food Admin
istration in Tennessee. Mayors Of
Nashville and other cities of the
State have been appealed to for aid
In enforcement Of the regulations and
asked to have their police instruct
ed to arrest proprietors who are false
to the Nation at this time.
The statement authorized at the
Food Administration this morning as
follows: Constant complaint is be-
ing made by patriotic travelling men
and others that the restaurants of
Tennessee are flagrantly and motor
iously violating the Food Regulations
There is no longer any excuse on the
score Of ignorance and none will be
accepted. Violators are going to have
their places of business closed air
tight. If anyone doubts the power or
determination of the Food Admins
tration to execute its rules he might
ask number of millers, grocers cot
ton seed factors and gentlemen in
others lines in the state who have re-
Gently felt its heavy hand. Letters
have been written today to the
mayors of all of the larger cities and
towns of the state appealing to them
to instruct the police force to inspect
restaurants and report violations Of
the rules to the Food Administrators
Letters were also written to the Food
Administrators of the counties con-
tanning the larger places calling atten-
ton to violations and insisting on
rigid enforcement e.t
1T is reported to us almost daily
that restaurants in all the larger
places are serving wheat bread in I'M
limited quantities, when the Rules
forbid the serving Of more than two
ounces OF wheat bread to any custom
er at any one meal. 1t is also re-
ported that the Rules on wheatless
days are being violated, These Rules
forbid absolutely the serving Of any
wheat except that contained in Vic
tory Bread, having not les than twen-
ty-five per cent of substitutes. No
pies, cakes, pastries, ETC., which con-
tain a dust Of wheat flour can be
served on MONDAYS and WEDNES-
DAYS"
Loyal, Patriotic Americans should
blacklist restaurants and public eat
ing places that are not loyal to the
Republic They should report viola
tors to us or our agents. Whether a
restaurant is licensed or not the
Food Administration is going to sum
marily close them up If they do not
observe the Regulations
THAT wheat situation is altogether
too critical, conditions too desperate
to permit reasonable restaurant and
hotel proprietors for little paltry
gain to dissipate a precious commOd-
ity absolutely essential for the well
fare of our soldiers and sailors and
the support of our devoted and heroic
Allies. This is not warning. 1t Is
simply a plain statement Of what the
Administration is going to do. The
restaurant people have been warned
long enough