Heinz Urges Eat No Beef Menu Restrictions
Heinz promotes a meat plan urging diners to avoid beef entirely. It suggests consuming beefsteak and roast beef only once weekly and roils traditional beef meals by proposing two meatless days per week.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
6
Heinz promotes a meat plan urging diners to avoid beef entirely. It suggests consuming beefsteak and roast beef only once weekly and roils traditional beef meals by proposing two meatless days per week.
Guidance urges avoiding beef entirely at home with a strict cap of one percent of a pound per week if consumption is unavoidable, and extends caution for beef use in restaurants and hotels.
U S Food Administrator Howard Heinz announces beef limits for Pennsylvania amid wartime shortages. Citizens urged to limit beef to 1.25 pounds per person weekly, or 1.5 pounds with bone. Hotels told to limit boiled beef to two meals weekly and beefsteak to one. Pork, mutton, fish, and poultry encouraged as alternatives.
The text advises not to discard the water used to boil vegetables as it holds valuable material and can serve as the base for a soup. It also suggests that radishes, when slightly old for raw eating, can be cooked similarly to turnips and served.
Howard Heinz urges war time simplicity in private dinners and public banquets to curb food waste. He cites England and France rationing, calls for smaller portions and adherence to food laws, and labels waste a crime against Europe’s hungry and Allied soldiers.
The notice lists staple foods including oatmeal potatoes rice hominy barley and 100 percent substitute bread. The item highlights indicate rationing or substitution guidance for essential groceries.
Howard Heinz, U S Food Administrator for Pennsylvania, warns saving ice is imperative due to uncertain summer supply and high demand for meat, fruit, and vegetables. He calls for public cooperation, notes ammonia shortages for artificial ice, and advises households and businesses to reduce waste and store ice properly.
Howard Heinz, Federal Food Administrator for Pennsylvania, cites a Board of Inquiry of eminent scientists who conclude that wheat may be entirely replaced in a mixed diet by rice barley corn and oats without health harm. He urges many to forgo wheat now to preserve bread for the military and allies in Europe.
A national drive to conserve wheat prompts creation of the Grain Threshing Division within the U S Food Administration Grain Corporation led by Captain Kenneth D Hequembourg U S Lt Headquarters will be in New York City The program forecasts saving up to three and a quarter bushels per hundred threshed through expert thresher servicing and state level threshermen assistants coordinated by County Threshing Committees
The Federal Food Control Act requires all wholesalers, jobbers, brokers or commission dealers in food to obtain a license, regardless of annual sales. Retailers under one hundred thousand dollars are exempt, but mixed wholesale and retail businesses must license. Howard Heinz clarifies licensing applies to all wholesalers and jobbers, regardless of volume.
M T Phillips, a Pennsylvania farmer representative for the U S Food Administration, urges careful maintenance of farm machinery. He warns that high costs and material shortages demand cleaning, oiling, and timely repairs, plus covering tools to ensure readiness when needed.
A wartime note contrasts ugliness of war with a harsher peace, while Russian farmers begin producing food for Germany, illustrating shifting wartime supply dynamics and economic cooperation amid occupation.
A concise motto urging active effort toward peace. It frames peace as an outcome earned through steadfast, proactive struggle rather than passive hope. The message emphasizes commitment and action by supporters across communities.
Howard Heinz, Pennsylvania Food Administrator, announces stricter sugar limits due to submarine threats. Purchases capped at two pounds per city purchaser and five pounds in rural areas, with canning rules unaffected and possible future sugar cards if consumption doesn’t fall. Cafes with open sugar bowls now face enforcement as investigators collect evidence.
The United States Food Administration urged conservation as wartime aid. Pork exports rose from 85 million to 121 million pounds prewar, then fell to 74 million during war, now about 285 million pounds monthly. Beef exports grew from 17 million to 70 million pounds, while wheat faced shortages yet supported Allied needs. By September 1, 1918, 120 million bushels had been sent with more to come. The piece argues democracy proves resilient against German claims.
Following Food Administration orders is a major service to the country. The program means international food share and helps defeat Germany by preventing starvation as a tool against the Allies. Adequate food also enables an aggressive Allied war policy.
Dr J Tyson representative of the U S Food Administration for Pennsylvania appeals to farmers to conserve burlap bagging due to a jute shortage from India and shipping limits. He suggests shipping three million tons of fertilizer in 200 pound bags to save four million dollars annually and notes linoleum makers seek substitutes.
Joseph compares drought and famine warnings to the biblical Joseph, urging Pennsylvanians to conserve this year’s abundant wheat crop. He warns that past surpluses have vanished and calls for building a new reserve to prevent disaster in 1919. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety.
Try steaming green vegetables instead of boiling them. Soak wilted greens in cold water to restore crispness and freshness.
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