The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-02-06
Bread LICENSE EXTENDED.
ND'''i'-AIioNs WILL NOW COVER
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND
CLUBS.
consumers OF Flour to Extent of
Three Barrels Each Month Iuclud-
ed i'm New Order Instead of Limit
OF Ten Previously i'm Effect.

OF Ten Previously i'm Effect.
washington, Jan. Licensing
regulations as applied to bakers were
extended by President Wilson in a
proclamation tonight to take in ho
.els, restaurants and clubs which DO
heir own baking, to include thousands
IL small bakers heretofore exempt,
and to cover the manufacture Of
bread Of every kind. including cake.
crackers. biscuits, pastry and other
bakery products
At the same time the president put
under license all importers and. dis
tributers of green coffee to prevent
speculative prices i'm the coffee mar
ket.
All licenses must be obtained by
February 4, when the new regulations
become effective. Bakers already un-
der licenses are those who use not
less than ten barrels of flour month
Hereafter the limit will be placed at
three barrels.
A new set of baking regulations, is
sued by the food administration to
accompany the proclamation limits
the amount Of flour bakers may pur-
chase and makes changes i'm the guam
tity OF ingredients other than hou.'
used in bread manufacture.
Bakers of bread and rolls will be
limited in their wheat flour purchases
to 80 per cent. of their requirements
up to July 81, and bakers Of other
products. including crackers biscuits
cookies, cakes, pies. friend cakes pas
try and sweet yeast doughs, to 70
per cent for the same period.
After February 3 bakers of breads
and rolls must use per cent. OF
wheta -four substitutes and th4
amount must be increased until they
are using 20 per cent. February "a.
An increase in the amount of sugar
permitted in bread manufacture is al.
lowed and the present bread formula
is changed to permit the use, Of mill.
In any form and quantity provided
that bread containing milk is not sold
at higher rate than that containina
none. In view of the sugar shortag:
bakers are urged not to increase THEN
consumption of cane and beet sugars
Bakers of bread and rolls are per.
mitted to apply the name victory
bread to their product when it con-
tains a 20 per cent. substitution fog
wheat flour and bakers of other
products may use the name when
third of contents consist of whea,
flour substitutes.
VicoEy bread and other victory
products may be sold on The two
wheatless days
statement given out with the
new regulations points out that the
food administration will impose 10
restrictions on the amount Of wheat
flour substitutes a baker may use and
all bakers are urged to employ as
much substitution as possible.
Bakers of products other than
bread and rolls, although their pur-
chases Of wheat -four will be reduced
to 80 per cent. Of their requ irements.
Will be required to cut their sales and
food administration officials look for
them to keep their output up to nor
NAL by use OF the substitute flours.
The list of wheat flour substitutes
that may be used by bakers as listed
in the new regulations. are bran.
shorts and middlings, cornfour, corn
meal, edible cornstarch, hominy.
corn grits, barley flour, rolled oats.
oatmeal, rice, rice -four brckwheat
flour. potato -four, milo fiours and
similar fiours and meals. bean meal.
peanut meal, casava, tearo AMI
banana hours.
Bread made OF graham or whole
wheat -four will be regarded as bread
with substitute fours