Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-01-29
ECONOMY OF BREAD.
President Prescribes Rules to Govern
Consumption of Food.

Beginning yesterday there must be 5
per cent of other cereals mixed with
old wheat flour. up to Feb "a, when
the substitution must aggregate 20 per
cent. Retailers must sell pound of
substitute with each pound OF wheat
flour sold. The people will he allowed
to buy 30 per cent OF the amount
of -four they bought last year. People
must eat no wheat on Mondays or
Wednesdays. They must cut out wheat
for one meal each day. No meat must
bc eaten on Tuesdays and no pork
must be eaten on Tuesdays or Fridays.
The following proclamation OF the
president has been published:
Many causes have contributed TO
create the necessity for n more intcn"
sivc effort on the part of our people
to save food in order that we ma!
supply our associates in the war with
the sustcnancc vitality necessary 10
them in these days OF privat,oin and
stress. The reduced productivity Of
Europe because Of the large diversion
OF man power to the war; the partia ]
rf,iInrt f-hHrrrsts and the pTImfna \
ton of the more distant markets fer
foodstuffs through the destruction OF
shipping. places the burden Of their
subsistence very largely on our shoul-
dcrs.
The food administration has form :
uatcd suggestions which. If followed,
will enable us to meet this great re-
sponsibility. without any real incon-
vcnience on our part.
In order that we may reduce our
consumption OF wheat and wheat
products by 80 per ccnt-a reduction
imperativcly necessary to provide the
hnl
bcrs and retailers should purchase
and resell to their customers only 10
per cent OF the amounts used in 1917.
All manufacturers of alimentary
pastcs. biscuits, crackers. pastry and
breakfast cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption OF wheat
and wheat -four to 20 per cent Of
their 1917 requirements, and all bak-
crs OF bread and rolls to so per cent
OF their current requirements. Con-
sumcrs should reduce their purchases
of wheat products for home prepara-
ton to almost 20 per cent of those OF
last year. or, 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. corn. barley.
oats and rice products, and the mixed
cereal bread and ether products of
the bakers which contain an admix-
turc Of other cereals.
In order that consumption may be
restricted to this extent. Mondays
and Wednesdays should be observed
as wheatless days each week. and one
meal each day shold be observed as
a wheatless meal.
In both homes and public eating
places. in order to reduce the con-
sumption of beef. pork and sheep
products. Tuesday should be observed
as mcatless day in each week: one
mcatlcss meal should be observed in
each day: while. In addition. Satur-
day in each week should further be
observed as a day upon which there
should be no consumption OF pork
products.
\ continued economy in the use of
sugar will be necessary until later in
the year.
Ii is imperative that all waste and
consumption of all sorts
of foodstuffs should be rigidly elm
mated.
The maintenance of the health and
strength OF our own people Is vitality
necessary at this time, and there
should he no dangerous restriction Of
the food supply: but the elimination
of every sort of waste and the sub
stitution Of other commodities OF
which we have more abundant sup
plies Off those which we need to-
save. will in no way impair the
strength of our people and will en-
able us to meet one of the most press
ing obligations of the war.
|. therefore. in the national inter-
est, take the liberty Of calling upon
every loyal American tc take fully to
heart the suggestions which are being
circulated by the food administration
and Of begging that they be followed.
am confident that the great body Of
our women who have labored so 10y
Ally in cooperation with the food ad-
for the success Of food
will strengthen their ef-
forts and will take II as a part Of
their burden in this period Of national
service to see that the above sugges-
lions are observed throughout the
and. woodrow Wilson.