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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1918
Page
3
Europe needs more food as war demands cut allocations. The food administration urges conservation to prevent suffering abroad, stating every saved ounce must reach an empty stomach in Europe. Wastage is declared a sin as Allied nations strive to keep meals flowing and prevent privation.
The British government spends about 200 million dollars yearly on war bread. English bread is cheaper for consumers than American bread, but its quality is far poorer due to government controls. Britain buys home grown grain at fixed prices and imported wheat at world prices, then adulterates flour, yielding four pound loaves at 18 cents and smaller sizes at lower prices.
The article notes that the 1917 wheat harvest surplus has been exported and outlines Food Administration actions to restrict future exports. It states exports will be limited to the saving achieved by American consumption, with December shipments continued only as situation allowed, leaving several hundred thousand tons to meet allied needs.
A wartime recipe outlines a wheat and cornmeal bread mix to extend wheat flour for the Allies. Ingredients include milk or water, yeast, salt, sugar, fat, cornmeal, and wheat flour. Method: cook cornmeal briefly, cool, add flour and yeast slurry, knead, rise, and bake 45 to 50 minutes.
The nation’s corn crop of 1917 totals over eight billion bushels, enough to feed every American household. The article notes a 500 million bushel rise in production and describes corn as the mainstay of America’s food supply, supporting war efforts by easing wheat shortages abroad and promoting corn based foods like bread, corn meal, hominy, and corn syrup. It highlights corn’s versatility in cooking and its role in sustaining both soldiers and civilians on wheatless days.
The United States Food Administration calls food saving a daily individual service for all. Every group can substitute and thrifty people can save a little. By reducing luxury and living simply, the general population can save much. Eat plenty but eat wisely and without waste.
The document warns that Europe faces famine unless American food supplies continue. It notes France Italy and England have only ten to twelve weeks of food, and urges Americans to sacrifice to increase stocks that feed allies. It states surplus wheat has already been shipped abroad.
Senator McCumber warned in Washington that the United States must rapidly expand shipbuilding and mobilize five million Allied troops to balance Central Powers. He argued Italy and France falter, England bears the burden, and without vastly increased tonnage ships many allies may fall. He urged boosting shipping, torpedo resistant vessels, and reinforced concrete ships to sustain the war effort.
The article notes Europe’s shrinking cattle and pork supplies during wartime. It cites France and England meat-price caps, Germany’s postwar cattle losses, and Italy and Denmark policies. It says American stock breeders cooperate with the U S Food Administration to boost herd numbers and pork production.
The government has never considered seizing foodstuffs owned by householders and has issued repeated denials of such plans. Rumors fueled by pro German propagandists and clever grafters claimed commandeering preserved foods, but officials insist 1918 will see expanded home canning and preserving for housewives to keep their own supplies.
A New York hotel shares a corn bread recipe crafted to use more cornmeal and rye flour to conserve wheat for allies. It lists ingredients including milk butter substitute syrup eggs salt cornmeal rye flour baking powder and outlines mixing steps and baking in a hot oven.
Hoover says sugar control saved Americans $180 million as prices held at 8 to 9 cents a pound. Domestic supply is 70 percent of normal, with 55 pounds per person before the war and France seeking sugar from the United States amid wartime shortages.
Semi official reports to the U S food administration indicate Germany is failing to enforce rigid food controls. Illegal butter sales run 1.75 to 2.25 per pound while eggs fetch 10 to 15 cents each and bacon or ham sells for 2.25 to 3.25 per pound.
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