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Newspaper
Redgranite Herald
Location
Redgranite, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
8
Wisconsin officials announce 80/20 flour regulations banning oatmeal rolled oats corn flakes and rice as substitutes. Substitutes now include barley rice corn flour and meal buckwheat oat potato and bean flours in a four to one ratio with wheat flour. Rye flour may partially substitute at two to three.
The National Confectioners Association Executive Committee adopted a rule restricting candies and chocolates to one pound per purchase and limiting total purchases to half of normal consumption to aid sugar saving amid scarcity. The limit does not apply to shipments for service members. surplus packaged stock over one pound may be sold if dealers commit to stop such sales in the future.
The proclamation fixes the 1919 wheat base price at 2.20 a bushel, with Chicago at 2.26, identical to 1918. A disinterested commission will review next spring if higher costs justify raising the price, as the President notes the risk but cites the aim of world supply and farmer protection from price fluctuations.
Wisconsin counties rapidly establish fair price lists to guide housewives and merchants during hard times. The lists help households plan meals and protect merchants from profiteering while ensuring fair profit. With widespread publication, prices stabilize and transportation remains reasonably priced.
The Wisconsin Food Administration cautions that imposters claim government employment to obtain grain details. Authorized entities are the Threshing Division of the Food Administration with thresherman report blanks and the Bureaus of Markets with a Threshers Record Book. County Agents, threshers, and farmers are urged to withhold information.
Effective Sept. 1 retailers must stock 20 percent substitutes with straight wheat flour and sell one pound of institute product for every four pounds of wheat flour. Consumers operate on an 80-20 basis. bakers must use 20 percent substitutes in bread. Mixed flours labeled Victory Mixed Flour must follow exact proportions, with specific ratios for wheat barley corn rye and other blends. Licenses may hold 60 days of supply. new plant startups before July 1, 1918 are rescinded.
A Hoover telegram via Magnus Swenson, Wisconsin Food Administrator, announces removal of quantity sale limits to consumers and farmers on exchange transactions. Retailers must stock substitutes and sell one pound of substitute for every four pounds of flour when substitutes are under 20 percent. Victory Mixed Flours will require internal revenue licenses and taxes after September 1.
Magnus Swenson, Wisconsin Food Administrator, explains 1918 wheat pricing to farmers. Millers will bid 2.26 at Chicago and Milwaukee and 2.215 at Minneapolis minus freight and handling. Elevators use federal grade prices slightly under Chicago Milwaukee or Minneapolis quotes with terminal charges and a small elevator profit. If unsatisfied, farmers may ship to the U S Food Administration Grain Corporation in Chicago.
A Wisconsin Food Administration official explains sugar rations, noting one pound yields 96 teaspoons and advising three level teaspoons daily for table use to save the second pound for cooking. The piece urges shared nourishment for Allied armies and calls for sticking to the two pound monthly limit.
Centerville Bell Stetson visits Mre H Hayek this week. Albert Tesch brings a thrashing crew from Bloomfield. Mrs. F Marsh and Mrs Jenkens attend Ladies Aid at First Castors Thursday. Mrs. Peter Sorenson is sick and bedridden for nearly three weeks. Anna Olson visited her father last week. Mr and Mrs J L Fink in Redgranite this week Thursday. Mrs F Marsh went to Berlin today to fetch daughters attending high school there. Mr and Mrs J L Fink relieved word from son Erie arriving at Cary Iod ze. He saw an air ship over camp and said it looked like a big bird. Martha Sorenson came home for Wautema to spend Sunday. Mrs L P Fink left for Milwaukee to visit mother and sister and the State Fair. Miss Nellie Pike from Pine River visited Elizabeth Sorenson Wednesday. Mrs Murt Nison sick for some time but better now. Miss Audra Bruster and brother from Poygan visited cousin Pearl Bruster last week. Mrs Hinkens attended Red Cross meeting at Pine River Wednesday. Roberts helped J I Fink Saturday. J Leach and family spent Sunday with her mother Mrs Johnson. Chris Sorenson went to Wautema Friday and returned with daughter Martha and Maude Waerman who stayed until Sunday. Bert Wade cutting corn for John Hayk. Mrs A Pike and Mrs N Patterson of Pine River called on Mrs Waerwan.
The advertisement claims many wage earners find relief from a weak stomach and impaired digestion using Cramberlain’s Tablets. It states relief is permanent and sufferers are restored to health.
Terrill and families visited the James Larson home with Mrs. Hollis Decker and child calling on Mrs. Will Carpenter. Mrs Myrtle Taylor and child called at James Larson’s, Ruth Tibbeta and Mrs Hanson visited Lewis Taylor, Chas Kimball drives by frequently, and Mr Jones with his crew works on the state road nearby.
The Wisconsin Food Administration will publish a maximum fair price schedule for millers to use when buying wheat and selling flour bran mixed feed and middling shorts in bulk. The price limits cover miller expenses and provide a fair profit margin with competition expected to lower prices over time.
Corn syrup sweetens pies and fruit dishes, replacing sugar in pumpkin and squash pies with 134 cups of corn syrup per cup of sugar. Prepare fruit with syrup, cook until thick, and can in sterilized jars. Fruit ices and sherbets gain texture and flavor from corn syrup. Send for the Kitchen Card from the College of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin.
Dr Joseph F Evans of the University of Wisconsin Medical Department corrects a rumor that corn syrup causes diabetes. He states corn syrup is a strong heat and energy giver containing glucose dextrine and sugar, and that digestion converts starch to glucose before usage. He notes no difference in value between natural glucose and commercial glucose in corn syrup and calls it a safe sugar substitute for canning.
Citizens are urged to favor lighter grades of cattle for daily beef consumption. Markets should handle cattle not exceeding 475 pounds to save heavier beef for export to armies.
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