Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-08
ENTIRE COUNTRY
ON WAR RATI0N5
WAR BREAD MUST BE MADE OF
20 PER CENT SUBSTITUTION
DURING WAR.
2 WHEATLESS DAYS A WEEK
President Issues Proclamation Asking
All Citizens To Abstain In Eat
ing Meats and Wheat Bread.
Eat Victory Bread.

Washington-The American people
are on war bread diet as part of /
war rationing system prescribed by
President Wilson and the food admin
istration. Victory bread" the foot
administration calls it,
The reduced rations are asked fol
the purpose of creating a larger ex
port surplus of food for the European
allies. Curtailment of consumption il
accomplished largely by voluntary EFF
fort, but force will be employed wher
ever necessary, under the food con
troll act.
The rationing system, as presented
by the president in a proclamation
and by Food Administrator Hoover il
q list of regulations, forms the foot
administration 1918 food conserya
lion program, Of which the chief feat
ures are:
A bakers bread of mixed flours, be
ginning Monday with a five per cent
substitution of other cereals for wheat
until a 20 per cent substitution is
reached February "a.
Sale by retailers to householders OF
an equal amount of substitute flours
Of every pound of wheat flour pur
chased at the time the wheat flour is
bought,
Sale by millers to wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers Of only 10 per
cent Of the amount Of wheat flour
sold last year.
Two wheatless days a week Mon
day and Wednesday-and one wheat
less meal day.
One meatless day week-Tuesday
and one meatless meal day
Two porkIess days week-Tues
day and Saturday
Flour will be sold through the reg.
ular channels and in such a manner
that each community will receive its
equivalent share.
The food administration will pur-
chase for the army and for the allies,
as announced recently, 80 per cent OF
the flour output, and out of this store
will fill emergency requirements il
stocks run low in any part of the
country.
Wheat millers are required to pro
duce one barrel of flour OF 1876 pounds
from 264 pounds of wheat, which rep
resents a "A per cent flour. No pat
ent or special flours may be manu-,
featured, although whole wheat flour
may be made as usual
Hotels and restaurants will be class.
ed as bakeries and will be required
to serve the new victory bread
State food administrators will be
permitted to designate the wheatless
meal in each state. Where this is not
done the food administration requests
that the evening meal be observed as
wheatless.
The presidents proclamation, be.
sides calling on the public for fur.
Their reduction in consumption. makes
renewed appeal to the housewife to
stop the waste of food. 1t asks a
general observance of the food admin.
istration's regulations and calls on the
people, in addition to hold down their
consumption of sugar.
There is no forcible limitation OF
purchases by householders, and in this
connection the food administrator
says;
"The effectiveness of these rules is
dependent solely upon the good will
of and the willingness of the Ameri.
can people to sacrifice. In the last
analysis the success or failure Of any
such plan as outlined rests with the
people. We have but one police force
the American woman-and we de
pend upon her to see that these rules
are obeyed by the small minority who
may fail"
OF the nearly 100000 household
ers in the United States about 5000,
900 have signed the food administra
tion's pledge