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been E. M eoittD rightadruiat thftbOM'lPresident to Require All Bankers to Operate Under License.Standard Loaf LikelyWASHINGTON, Nov, 7,—An attempt to reduce bread prices will be the next ! move of the food administration in as-{suming -eontrol of the principal - foodE| commodities. 'At the. request of Administrator Hoover, president, Wilson will is*sue within a few days an order direet-i ing that every baker in the country be I required to do* business under Federal ‘license.i Rules and regulations governing thf: , ! bakilig industry already have been drawn ‘ft 1 up by the food administration and will I be put into operation as soon as the ex-vl I ecutive order Is out. They win provide id i a -standardized loaf of probably•sizes and standardization of the breai. a-1 content. A bread formula has been se-. ilected arid bakers will be permitted u trt i use no other.*r • The new war bread will contain n ;duced amount of- fats, as both the Jnrr to and milk content will be cut considerably. It probably will be produced irie- Wces •_Lndis ’ twenty-ounce and ten-ounce loaves, iso isy'.prices’will.be fixed outright, the region ulatlons will prescribe that only reason-my • able prices may be charged.gJJ 1 . See 5-Cent Loaf Again.Consumers’ committees hav* reported to the administration that In most places ,ral loaves of this size can b^sold at-10 and-n„ 5 cents respectively.~ | Food administration officials ate giving! serious consideration to the situationi created by'the short wheat crop, and it th is believed' likely - that -bcfoie—:many-months bakers may be required to add a !in- certain amouht of corn flour ip baking bread. Dietetic'experts now are working 12. out formulas containing wheat flour substitutes. , , .“ Eight states have passed their goals m the food administration’s family enrollment campaign for- food conservation i during the war, arid reports here tonight Show that nine others have enrolled more than 60 per cent of their families. Latest sports showed a total enrollment for theT nation, of 8.398.394.- . .Missouri, with -more thttn 300.000 pledges signed, leads the states,, with California 'second;—New- York City now has 613,472 pledges, while the state outside of the greater city reports 206,940. Los Angeles is second among the cities P6- with 76,416; Milwaukee and Buffalo h?ve 75,000 each, San Francisco 64;433, New Orleans 60.000 and Baltimore 62,758.Louisiana leads all states in the percentage of families enrolled, its figures ■being 89, Iowa has 76 per cent, Maine 68, New Hampshire 66, Rhode Island 64, Vermont, Oregon and California S3 each,ugh and Missouri 61- __avaCh: elect: to hi
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Nov 08, 1917
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