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About The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1918)
-Hff t THURSDAY, APRIL 11, IMS, TUB SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAOi i .WHEAT CRISIS FORCES i CHANGES IN. RULES HiunhoUi, Eating Houses ant! rlaksri Must Diorcast . Uii tf Whiat. Unit ttetee Md !he4 Alike haa Htf44 nwi Ya4U f4fi4tn In Wm' wht.t MM4VMn prta ram, CaanBlflli4t tMIl AM auAti m ai InarvMve, Reuaeftalda, aulle Mnf BataaAaBaavv WAjI faJftAPA aa fki-aaaa1 ua. fww mil pniii pv an vtvvvi anv trtae fs aheff saasraMta and'aua. esrt, Hwjwi 0.. Haesr a ae -a af rvfM tdseltasd to farther rda wheat entvrnriln In this csuntry, unUI the at harvest, -tTheee rulse and Mr. HeeVar'a ar ' eenat aaacal art glvan aut Hirsuah r.;W. . Ayer, Fedsraf Feed Admin. , I si rater far Orsitn, In tha fallowing message! "If We are ta furntah the Allies with , , the necessary proportion of wheat to. maintain their war bread from new'1 I until the next harvest (and thla la a 1 military necessity) we mint rudijca our monthly consumption to twenty one million buaheli a month ns against - our normal consumption of about 2. forty-two million bushols or fifty por cent of our normal .consumption, ream-ring a margin for distribution to, i the army and for special cases, Icav " Ins for ceoeral consumption nnnroxl- saataly one and one-halt pounds of , wheat products weekly per person. Many of our conaumera are dependent upon baker's bread. Such bread must ' f b durable and therefore requires a j larger proportion of wheat producta , '' than cereal breads baked In the homo, "Tha well-to-do In our population can make greater sacrifices In tha consumption of wheat products than" I can tha poor. In addition aur popu f latlon la the agricultural districts, where tha aubstltute cereals are abun v' dant, are mora skilled in tha prepare tlon of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and Industrial populattona. With Improved transpor. tatloa coadltloaa wa now hare avail able a surplus of potatoes. We also bave In the spring months a aurplus of milk and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption. The drain on rye and barley aa substitutes has already greatly eibausted the sup ply of these gralna. "To effect the needed saying of wheat we are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the Amer ican people and we ask that the fol lowing rules shall be observed: First Householders to use not to , exceed a total of one and one-half pounda per week of wheat producta per person. This means not more than one and three-fourths pounda of victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and about one-half pound of cooking flour, mac aroni, crackers, pastry, pics, cakes, wheat breakfast cereala all combined. Second Public eating places and clubs to observe two whcatless days per week, Monday and Wednesday, as ' at present, and In nddltlon thereto not to serve In the aggregate a total of moro breadstuffs, macaroni,-crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, and wheat break fast cereals containing a total of more than two ounces pt wheat flour to any ' one guest at any ono meal. NO WHEAT PRODUCTS TO BE SERV Kl) UNIjE88 SPECIALLY ORDERED. Public eating establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat ' produots par month per guest, thus conforming with limitations requested of the householders, Third Retailers to sell not more than one-eighth of a barrel of flour to any town consumer at any one time and sot more than one-quarter of, a barrel to any country customer at any one time and a no case to sell wheat producta without the sals of an equal weight of other cereala. (. , Fourth Wa ask the bakers land grocers to reduce the volume of 'vic tory bread aold by delivery of a three-quarters poun,d, Joaf whe,re -one ,' pound was 'sold bet6N and correspond' lug proportions in other weights. We .also ask bakers not to Increase the amount of ther wheat flour pur chases beyond sevonty por cent of the average monthly amount purchased In the four months prior to March first Fifth Manufacturers using wheat products for non-rood purposes should cease, such use entirely. Sixth There Is no limit upon the use -of other cereal flours and meals, such as corn, barloy, buokwheat, po tato flour, et cetera. Many thousands of famlles. throughout the land are now using no wheat producta what ever except a very small amount for cooking purposes, and are doing so in perfeot health and satisfaction.. There la no reason why all of the American people who aro dble to cook 16 their own households cannot sub- .slst perfectly well with the use of less Wheat products than the ono and one half, pounds a weok allowed. We ope- dally ask the well-to-do households In tho country to follow this additional programme so that wo may provide the necessary marginal supplies for those parts of the community less able to adapt themselves to so largo a pro portion "pf substitutes and. In order that we shall be able to make the v whoat exports that aro abnolutoly de- manded of us to mdlnfaln the qlvll population and .soldiers of the Allies ,nnd our own army. " . ' "With tho arrival of tho new harvest wo should be ablqjo rolox such re-, atrlctlons, but uhtlnthon wo ask for tho necessary potltnce, gacrlflco, and co opuratlon of the dtstribVlou trades -and -public," LANDA. Mr. nnd Mrs, II. I. Coburn wero In Springfield and Eugono Saturday on business. ' ''"' Hnrvoy Sandora of Fall Creek mado a business trip to Springfield Satur day. ' ' A, Arthur Kd wards of Signal was la Springfield fetuday. John Cobb at thla eltr .waa In Uprlagfietd Saturday on business. Frank Miller of Reswre suffered a vary palatal jBjury last Wednesday. WsHe cfeftppt soase wed his ax llppk and Btrttck b! feet, cutting a deep gash. The next day he waa taken to Xugeaa and admitted to the! Mercy hospital, Lane Endeavorers Hold Convention' County Convention Will Be Held at CotUfe drove April 12th to 14th. The Laee County Christian J$ndeft vor Union will hold its third annual convention at Cottage Qroire Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 12th to 14th, The thome of the convention will be "The Preeminent Christ" (Col. 1:18.) Friday aftornoon the convention opens with prayer services at 6 o'clock, and the convention will be formally opened In tho ovonlng with music by tho S. U. chorus, and an ad dross' by Rov. A. L, Crlm of Eugcno, o ntho "Wondorful Chlrst." Saturday morning there will bo separate mornlrip watches and blblo studies for tho young people and In termodlateev several short, eathusl astlc talks on live Endeavor topics by county officers. There U also to be an address by Capt E. R. Moon of Bolenge, Africa, en "The Power of Jlja Cross." Saturday noes there will be lunches and "Tralatag Camp" for all society oflcera and spperlatefid ents. la. the-afternoon several more "peppy" talks will proceed the two afternoon addresses. Rev. Keadall E. Durke of Junction City will deliver one address, while the other wilt be given by Irwin D. Custer, general sec retary of the Eugcno V. M. "C.'A," In tho ovenlng at 6:45 there will bo the big "PEP" banquet, followed by a general "sessilon, at which time Rev. Wniter Myers will address tho con yen tlon on tho topic of "The Perfect Christ." , ' Sunday morulas there will be Horn lag watcJtea and Bible etttdjtal, fat- llwed by an address at the church hour by Rev. W. Callleofl of Cottage Grove on, "The Triumphant Chrtet." la the afternoon the S. U. club wfM meet, followed by three big ataac meetings. -At the yaaag people's meeting, Leule Foad ;ef China, and Capt . R. Moon of, Boleage, Africa, will talk on missionary topics. At the boy's meeting Carl Walker wilt hare charge, with Teddy Leavitt and Car roll Roberta assisting. Mrs. Ella Humbert of Euea wtM'tearf the girls' meeting.,. , . -k ; ' " Sunday' erehNc . 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