WHEAT FROM AMERICA.
RESTRICTED CONSUMPTION. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Mr. Wilson has issued a proclamation asking the Americans to reduce their wheat consumption by 30 per cent, and observe Mondays and Wednesdays as wheatless, Tuesdays as meatless, and Saturdays as porkless days, with one wheatless meal daily. Mr. Wilson declared that the sacrifice was necessary to meet America's great responsibility, as Europe's subsistence rested very largely on their shoulders.
The Food Controller, Mr. H. Hoover, has announced that the bakers will hereafter mako victory bread," which must not contain more than 80 per cent, of wheat. He also announced that the Government will purchase 30 per cent, of the nation's flour output, totalling three millions bushels monthly, for exportation to the Allies.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16760, 29 January 1918, Page 5
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