Evening star., 1918-02-09
FOOD DEALERS WILL
TAKE new PLEDGE
To Sell Wheat Flour Only With
Equal Weight of Other
Cereals.
ONE EXCEPTION To RULING

A new pledge is to be taken by deal
ers in food commodities. 1t obligates
the dealers not to sell wheat flour to
q householder unless he buys at the
same time an equal weight of other
cereals. 1t Is expected by the food ad-
ministration that 100000 food dealers
will sign the pledge and display 1T in
their stores as a means of assisting
patriotic merchants in curbing the ten
dency of disloyal customers who may
seek to obtain wheat flour in greater
quantities than necessary for imme-
diate needs.
This poster reads: I'VE pledge our
selves loyalty to carry out the food ad-
iIlinistrationS program. In accordance
with this order we will not sell any
wheat -four except where the purchaser
buys an equal weight of one or more OF
tho following substitutes, the greater
use of which in the home will save
wheat" Displayed prominently on the
poster is a list of ingredients which
may be substituted for wheat flour.
Exception, Whole Wheat and Graham
The only exception to this ruling. that
whole wheat and graham flour may be
sold on the basis OF five pounds of
flour to three pounds of substitutes, is
.tion is made because approximately 20
per cent more of the wheat berry Is
fused in the manufa cture of whole
+. wheat and graham flour than in the
manufacture of standard wheat -four.
: Space is provided at the bottom of the
pledge for the signature of the dealer.
I 1t is believed that every retail dealer
! IN food commodities will have this dis
! played in his place of business by the
: first of March.
Victory Bread Requirements.
The food administration announced
today that it will not issue any stand
ard recipe for victory bread, either for
commercial bakers, hotels, restaurants
and public eating places or for house
holds which bake their own bread. The
only requirement is that 1t must con-
tain not more than so per cent of wheat
-four, the remaining 20 per cent to con-
sist of cornr1eal, corn flour, rice or rice
-four, potato flour or any other cereals
recommended by the food administra-
tion.
Victory bread. it is announced. is ap-
propriate for consumption in public
eating places on wheatless Monday and
wheatless Wednesday and at wheatless
meals every day in the week where 1t
is not practicable to make an even
larger saving of wheat by serving
breads made entirely of other cereals.
eating place will be enabled to serve
it's own variety of victory bread, il 1t
conforms to the ruling requiring 20
per cent saving of wheat.
Chemists to Talk on Bread Making.
Baking of victory bread is to be
taught to bakers throughout the coun-
try by cereal chemists. The food ad-
(ministration announces that it will
send experts on lecture tours to advise
the bakers and also instruct millers
concerning the administrations new
milling requirements.
Plans for the speaking tours will be
worked out at meeting in New York
on February IL and at another In Chi
cago on February Is. The program
has the support of the American So
ciety of Milling and Baking Technology
and the American Society of Cereal
Chemists.
The administration has notified ship
owners and charterers that all vessels
aboard which as much as three barrels
of -four is used each month will be re-
quirod to take out bakers licenses
This. 1t was stated, would allow them