Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-02
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
PRESIDENTS FOOD PRoCLAMA-
TION.

Many causes have contributed to
create the necessity for q more intense
effort on the part Of our people to save
food in order that we may supply our
associates in the war with the susten.
ance vitally necessary to them in these
days of privation and stress.
1.-THE reduced productivity of Europe
because of the large diversion of man
power to the war, the partial failure of
narvests and the elimination of the
more distant markets for foodstuffs
through the destruction of shipping
place the burden Of their subsidies very
largely on our shoulders.
Tine food administration has for.
mulated suggestions which, if followed,
will enable us to meet this great res.
possibility without any real inconven-
ienee ON our part.
In order that we may reduce our
consumption of wheat and wheat pro-
ducts by 80 per cent-a reduction i'm
peratively necessary to provide the sup
ply for overseas-w wholesalers, jobbers,
and retailers should purchase and resell
to their customers only 70 per cent Of
the amounts used in 1917.
| "An manufacturers of alimentary
lpastes, biscuits, crackers, pastry and
breakfast cereals should reduce their
purchases and consumption Of wheat and
wheat flour to 20 per cent of their 1917
requirements, and all bakers of bread
and rolls to so per cent of their current
requirements.
CONSUMERS should reluce their pur-
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paration to at most 70 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 pota-
toes, vegetables, corn, barley, oats and
rice products and the mixed cereal
bread and other products of the bakers,
which contain an admixture of other
cereals. Mondays and Wednesdays
should be observed as wheatless days
each week, and one meal each day
should be observed as a wheatless meal.
"In both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce the consump-
tion of beef, pork and sheep products,
Tuesday should be observed as meat
less day in each week, one nleatless meal
should be observed in each day; while
in addition, Saturday in each week
should further be observed as a day
upon which there should be no eonsump
tion of pork products.
ga continued economy in the, use Of
sugar will be necessary until later in
the year.
cit is imperative that all waste and
unnecessary consumption Of all sorts of
foodstuffs should be rigidly eliminat-
ed.
"The maintenance of the health and
strength of our own people is vitally
necessary at this time, and there should
be no dangerous restriction of the food
supply, but the elimination of every
sort of waste and the substitution Of
ether commodities, of which we have
more abundant supplies, fcl those fer
which we need to save, will in no way
impair the strength of our people and
will enable us to meet on3 of the most
pressing obligations of the war.
81, therefore, in the National inter
est, take the liberty of calling upon
every loyal American to take fully to
heart the suggestions which are being
circulated by the food administration
end of begging that they be followed.
"I am confident that the great body
of our women who have laboreo so
loyalty in cooperation with the focd
administration for the success of food
conservation will strengthen their eff
forts and will take it as Part of their
burden in this period of National ser
vice to see that the above suggestions
a,e observed throughout the land.
"(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
"The White House, 18th January:
191s."