The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-30
FURTHER SAVING
OF F0ODSTUFFS
New Rulings Given Out by the Food
Administration to Increase the
Surplus for War.
ARE MORE WAEATLEss MEALS
Administration Asks for Some Radical
Changes to Get Surplus to be Ship
ped to the Allies.

| food administration tOnlgnt lsSue'
this statement:
"Following is summary OF the
rules that have been formulated by
the United States food administration
with the approval of the president, II
! order to effect the further conserva
ton in fOodstuffs necessary to support
the allied and our own armed forces
over the next four months. These
rules are effective from the morning OF
Monday, January 2Sth.
"The effectiveness of these rules Is
dependent solely upon the good viii
of, and the willingness to sacrifice b!
the American people. In the last anal
ysis, the success or failure OF any plan
such as here outlined, rests with the
people. We are dependent upon the
cooperation of the trades.
1--WE have but one police force, the
American woman, and we depend up
on her 10 organize in cooperation with
our state and local food administrators
to see that these rules are obeyed Dy
that small minority who may fail. Par'
of the rules will be enforced under the
Lever food act: other parts are Volun
tary, and will depend for their success
upon public sentiment. Our eXper!
ence hitherto has shown willingness
of the vast majority of consumers and
a full cooperation of the trades, 10
undergo self sacrifice necessary tc
render such measures effective. The
small minority who refuse to cooper
ate should not be allowed to defeat
the nations necessities.
Text of Order.
.Eirst. Ac thair ma rt in reducing the
consumption of wheat flour. the con
sumers of the country are called upon
in purchasing such -four, to buy at the
same time an equal weight OF the 9TH
er cereals (corn meal, corn starch,
corn flour, hominy, corn grits, barley
flour, rice, rice -four, oatmeal, rolled
oats. buckwheat flour. potato flour,
sweet potato -four. soy bean flour and
feterita fiours and meals) The house.
wife may use these products separate
ly in making bread, cakes and pastry,
str iS,ix test,as sss sslttss saesst.
4 "The retailers are ONsell wheat Hour
only with an equal weight OF these 9th
er cereals.
Second: Consumers will be able to
obtain mixed cereal bread from their
bakers, who will be required under the
license regulations to mix per cent
of other cereals with their wheat flour,
both in bread and rolls, and will be re-
quircd graduatelly to increase this sub
stitution until, beginning February
Gath. minimum of 20 per cent OF
such cereals is to be used.
Urges Victory Bread.
"The food administration strongly
urges on consumers the buying OF this
bread. which will be known as Victory
bread. and will contain not less than
20 per cent of cereals other than
wheat Graham or whole wheat bread
will also be given that name. because,
containing as they do Is per cent more
of the wheat grain than ordinary white
bread, they. too. will serve the purpose
of saving wheat flour.
.If YOU bake bread at home use
wheat substitutes; if you buy it, buy
only Victory bread.
Third: Manufacturers Of macarOni,
spaghetti, noodles, crackers, breakfast
foods, pie, cake and pastry are not to
purchase to exceed 10 per cent OF the
wheat flour they used during the cor
months OF 1917. These
manufacturers will be performing a
patriotic service by using cereals 9TH
er than wheat in their productions.
Rules for Wholesalers.
Fourth: Wholesalers will be requir-
ed, under license regulations, not TO
buy more than 20 per cent of their pur-
chases OF -four from millers as based
on their purchases for the correspond
ing months of the preceding year. and
their sales to the retail trade must be
in the proportion of one pound OF
wheat -four to one pound Of other cere-
ais, this being the same proportion in
which the retailer sells to the cOnsum-
er unless the wholesaler satisfies him.
self that the substitutes have been al
ready purchased from another source.
"A ruling has been made that in
making any combination sales under
this program, dealers shall name a
price for each of the articles so sold
which shall not represent more than a
the articles sold.
Fifth: Millers of tlOurs are to dis
tribute their output through their Gus
channels and markets in such
a manner that each city, town and
district may receive its usual propOr-
tions. The wheat millers have been
required 10 pIOuuCe Olc Duli VI iiOuI
(196) pounds from 264 pounds of wheat
This is white -four and represents
from per cent to 4 per cent higher
than from last years har-
vest.
Wheatless Meal a Day.
sixth: To assist further in cOnser-
vation. Monday and Wednesday Of
each week are to be observed as wheat
less days and one meal of each day as
a wheatless meal. This applies both
in the home and in the public eating
place and on such days and meals no
crackers. pastries, macarOni. break
fast food, or other cereals containing
wheat should be used. The only en-
ception to this is such small amounts
Of -four as may be needed for thicken
ing soups or gravies or as a binder
in corn bread or other cereal breads.
Seventh: On wheatless days, and
at wheatless meals, the food admins
tratiOn urges that bread baked in the
home be other than wheat bread.
Whera bread iS n,Ircha sod either for