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A PRACTICAL FLOUR CARD FOR THE HOME
Howard Heinz, U. S. Food Administrator for Pennsylvania, suggests
the following plan for home rationing of wheat flour, in those families
where total abstinence from wheat is impossible:
FLOUR AND BREAD RATIONS PER PERSON PER WEEK
For families doing own Lr.!;'.n'c;, ■ NUMBER IN FAMILY,
using flour for all miscellaneous [1 | 2 | 3 J 4 J 5 | 6
purposes, including crackers, maca- j lbs. j lbs. | lbs. ! lbs. | lbs. \ '• '&■
roni, pies, cakes, etc | 1/ 2 J 3 | $/ 2 | 6 j l/z \ ®
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Where families buy Viotc.y C end J J [ I 1 I
they should limit the use of it as j j 1 1 I I
follows, as a maximum 'l% | Z/ 2 | | 7 I I
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In families where Victory i | |
is used, the wheat flour ration for [ 1 I I I I
all other purposes, including pics, [III
cakes, crackers and macaroni pur- j | |
chased, etc. should be a maximum j
of j V 2 1 1 I V/p I 2 | 2!/, | 3
Less flour should be used if possible, j |
"EAT POTATOES, 000W POTATOES,
SAVE WHEAT," THE NATION'S CALL
The campaign inaugurated by How
ard Heinz, U. S. Food Administrator
for Pennsylvania, for the increased i
consumption of potatoes has only a
few more weeks to run, but in that j
period it will be pushed with the ut
most vigor. "Eat potatoes" is still
the watchword of the food savers of
this state. "Eat potatoes" will con
tinue to be the watchword until there
is a plentiful supply of wheat for the
n«eds of Europe as well as America.
That situation may come next fall and
it may not; much depends on the
weather, the labor supply in the wheat
fields, and other factors.
"Produce potatoes" will continue to
be the advice of the Food Administra
tion, whether the wheat supply shall j
be plentiful or small. Potatoes are a
good and economical food. The de- i
mand for them was increased this [
spring. The public taste has been
educated to their use, and the knowl- j
edge of various modes of preparing I
them has been widely spread. In !
short, the poiato campaign of the
Food Administration has been a suc
VARY YOUR DIET?
WE ARE AT WAR
Director Grutctifield Tells House
wives to Watch and Be Gov
erned by "Fair Price" lists.
"The people of Pennsylvania can
■get along comfortably and in plentj,
so far as food is concerned, during
the ensuing months or until the end
of the war if they will only observe
the ordinary rules of supply and .de
mand in certain lines of food essen
tials," said J. S. Crutchfield, Assistant
to U. S. Food Administrator Heinz,
and Director of the Division of Distri
bution and General Maikets.
"The question facing the people is
not one of restricted diet, but of a
varied diet. A knowledge of these
conditions is really essential to the
comfort and happiness of our people.
It has been tersely put by one of Mr.
Hoover's assistants in Washington,
that 'the eating of wheat Hour bread
is a habit.*
"In the days of our fore-fathers
wheat flour was a luxury. Their sta
ple diet was corn in its various forms,
and no healthier or happier people
could be found on this hemisphere.
But while we are asked to restrict
ourselves in the consumption of wheat
flour, there are a score or more of
other articles of diet that can make
up this shortage. It is simply a ques
tion of adapting ourselves.
"For instance, we, are approaching
a time of year when the markets will
be tilled with the finest of vegetables,
considering the war-time; the prices
of these vegetables will rise and fall
with the supply. No housewife need
be ignorant of the most varied and
—» methods of preparing vege
cess. People have eaten and have
been educated to eat more potatoes.
A wise farmer will take his tip from
this knowledge.
In Pennsylvania, this year, although
there was an unusually abundant 1917
crop held over, the farmers are plant
ing large acreages again, although not
so large as last year. It is the be
lief of the officers of the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture that
the farmer who plants potatoes this
year will reap a profitable crop in the
fall. Both the Food Administration
and the Department of Agriculture
are advising the farmers of the Key
stone State to plant potatoes.
Germany gets 200 bushels of pota
toes to the acre on the average; the
United States less than 100 bushels
Germany raises five times as many
potatoes as the United States in less
than one-tenth of our area. We can
and we will do as well.
But that is for the future; for now,
the program is "Eat Potatoes, Produce
Potatoes, Save Wheat," and by doing
to fulfill our obligation to our Allies.
tables to take the place of wheat.
Indeed, it would be far better for the
health of the country if more vege
tables were eaten, even under normal
circumstances.
"Vary your diet. We are at war.
Supplement and substitute vegetables
and meat while they are plentiful for
the specialized wheat flour bread. As
a rule many of our foreign-born citi
zens utilize bread only as an addi
tion to vegetable dishes. The lack of
it would be no special deprivation to
thousands of them. The American
houseNvife can well afford to take pat
tern from these races.
"Watch the vegetable markets and
prices. Some of the former are un
usually low in price at times; then is
the time to buy and consume them.
"The people of Pennsylvania must
realize that they constitute a great
army, and like an army they are un-.
der orders that change from day to
day. The Food Administrator of
Pennsylvania is the Commanding
General. Market supply and demand
furnish him the basis for the "Fair
Price Quotations." Watch the news
papers for the published statements
by our experts as to what food sup
plies are normal, plentiful or scarce
and be guided accordingly. There is
no danger of want in a single family
in Pennsylvania as a result of our
war conditions, if the housewife will
but adapt herself to changing condi
tions of food supply."
THE PASS WORD - "WAR"
"We have got to reach the
place each one of us, where we
define every decision in our lives
as an act of policy.
"Everything that we do, plan,
eat, wear, must be Analyzed and
measured from one single point
of view—will it contribute to the
carrying on of the war, or will it
contribute to its prolongation?"
—Dr. Alonzo Taylor.
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EAT CORN MEAL
TO SAVE WHEAT
Super-Abundant Supply Makes
Its Use a Patriotic Duty,
Says Food Administrator.
.
SOLVES WHEAT PROBLEM
Scores of Attractive Dishes May Be
Made by Use of Old and New
Recipes.
, j
"Thousands of tons of corn meal
and millions of dollars will be lost if
the American public fails to co-oper- I
ate in the efforts of the Food Admin
istration in the next few weeks."
This warning is issued by Howard j
Heinz, L\ !S. Food Administrator for ;
Pennsylvania, who is urging on the
people of Pennsylvania the necessity
of consuming the great excessive
stocks of this wholesome food which
has accumulated in the last month or
so. Mr. Heinz said :
"When the Food Administration last <
winter faced the necessity of shipping j
seventy-five million bushels of wheat
to the allies, and to do so was compel- |
led to put the people of this country
on short rations of wheat flour, a
warning went forth to millers all over
the land that corn should be converted
into flour and the meal used as sub
stitutes for wheat.
"Millers all over the country patri
otically began turning out corn meal
to meet the altered condition. Their
loyal response is known to the entire
country. Unfortunately, in this crisis
the exceptional weather of the winter
interfered with the prompt shipment
of this product. Millions of pounds
of corn products were held in mills,
storage warehouses and elevators be
cause the railroads of the country
Mere unable to handle it.
"This stock began pouring into the
market as soon as transportation lines
were able to handle it, with the result
that these delayed shipments flooded
in upon dealers, wholesale and retail
all over the country, filling their ware
houses to overflowing. The conditions
of last winter were entirely unfore- j
seen and could not be provided
against, with the result that today
there is a vast volume of corn meal
that should be disposed of. The Food
Administration, in an effort to relieve
the situation, is urging upon the peo
ple of the United States to purchase
freely of this commodity and other
substitutes of a like character.
"Corn mlal is now on the market
at a very low price—s% or 6 cents a
pound—much cheaper than wheat
flour and other substitutes for wheat.
It is one of the most wholesome of
foods. It can be utilized in innumer
able forms in cookery and in the mak
ing of Victory bread it is equally use
ful. Corn meal mush, 'fried mush,
corn muffins, corn bread and indian
pudding are only a few of the familiar
forms in which it appears on the table.
It is welcome in the diet of almost
every one, and it contains all the nour
ishing qualities of the best food."
OYSTER CRACKERS;
GO EASY ON 'EM
Federal Food Administrator
Glassed Them as Bread and
Says "Use Sparingly.'
And now it is the festive oys
ter cracker that has come under
the ban of the Food Administra
tion. No more can the busy
citizen order "half a dozen raw," or
"plate of clams," and while consum
ing his six bivalves get away with
half a pound of crackers on the side.
! Never again, at least during the peri
od of the war, can Mr. Ordinary Citi
zen order "one small stew" or a bowl
of soup, and when the half pint of
savory mixture reaches him mix up
with it a quart of crackers broken
1 into crumbs in his dish.
Because, be it known, that Jay
Cooke, U. S. Food Administrator for
Philadelphia, has decreed that crack
ers are in the same category as bread,
and that hereafter it will be contrary
I to the Food Administration rulings
for oyster houses, restaurants, quick
lunches, hotels and clubs to serve
more than two ounces of crackers with
an order of soup or oysters in any
shape.
In one way it is possible that the
restaurants will regard this a bless
ing in disguise, for it is no secret in
the trade that a great many custom
ers consume at least one-third the
value of their soup order in cracfc
. ers that are served as a side dish. It
! will be a money-saving proposition
to the restaurant man and will doubt
less be regarded by him in that light.
The Administration is going thor
oughly into the mntter, and investiga
tions will be instituted to find where
and by whom this order is violated in
the ranks of oyster houses and res
] taurants
"A great net of mercy drawn through
- /i. an ocean of unspeakable pain"
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WE'LL WIN
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What does it mean to you to know that your
American Red Cross:
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Is supporting 50,000 French children.
Sends supplies to 3,423 French military hospitals.
Provides 2,000 French hospitals with surgical dressings.
Is operating thirty canteens at the front line.
Is operating six other canteens at French railway junctions, serving 30,000
French soldiers a day.
Operates a movable hospital in four units, accommodating 1,000 men.
Is operating a children's refuge in one part of the war zone; and in another
a medical center, and traveling dispensary, both capable of accommodating more
than 2,000 children.
Has opened a long chain of warehouses stocked with hospital supplies, food,
soldiers' comforts, tobacco, blankets, etc., all the way from the seaboard to thx
Swiss frontier.
Has warehouse capacity for 100,000 tons.
Has 400 motor cars and operates 7 garages, making all repairs.
Had shipped 46 freight car loads of assorted supplies to Italy from France
within two weeks after it began operating in the former country.
Had a battery of motor ambulances at the Piave front four days after the
United States declared war on Austria.
Started a thousand different activities in Italy at the time that nation was in
its most critical condition.
Has established 5 hospitals in England and operates a workshop for hospital
supplies employing 2,000 women.
And that 120,000 cases of supplies have been received at the Paris headquar
ters of the American Red Cross from your various chapters scattered throughout the
United States.
What does all this mean to you ? And that is
but a fraction of the work your Red Cross has done
and is doing. It means that without this ceaseless,
heroic work of the American Red Cross we could
never win this war.
Without your Red Cross quick, vital help to keep
Italy in the fight for Liberty would not have been
possible.
Without your Red Cross thousands of French
soldiers now gallantly fighting for you at the front
would have died of wounds, exposure and lack of food.
And great and wonderful as has been the work
of the American Red Cross in the past, still greater
and more wonderful must it be in the future—for
now your boy is in the fight.
Your Red Cross cannot neglect France, England,
Italy, Serbia, Roumania and little Belgium. It must
give them all constantly increasing help, for the men
of these countries have been fighting our battles.
But now we must all redouble our efforts and
sacrifices for our Red Cross because a million mothers'
sons are going to carry the stars and stripes to the
greatest victory God has ever given to men fighting
for honor and liberty.
With the help of your Red Cross your boy will
win.
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