New Britain herald., 1917-12-04
REGENERATE B'WAY
ACTUALLY Saving
New York Not. Going Hungry But
. Is Not WaSteful

Now York, Dec. New York city,
which has always taken pride iii
its national reputation for extrava-
gance, particularly in Its magnificent
hotels and eating places, IL fast gall
ing position In food saving that Will
be a cause for even greater pride in
this time of war and need of economy
in food And the hotels of the me-
tropolis are taking the lead In estab-
fishing this new reputation. From
figures received by the Food Admins
tration showing immense savings liz
meat through the scrupulous observ-
ance of Meatless Tuesday and Wheat
less. Wednesday and other conserva-
tio1. measures they have adopted, t.
Is clear that the New York hotels and
restaurants are doing far more In
proportion than the homes of the ma
ton to save the foods America mus.
ship to the European nations who are
fighting It's battles against Prussian
autocracy. If hotels and eating
places in other cities were doing az
we'll as those in New York. and II
private homes were saving with equal
care the amounts OF wheat, meat,
fats and sugar that would be gained
for shipment to our allies would be
enormous.
The saving of wheat III the larger
hotels and restaurants in New York
city are already yielding we'll towards
q thousand barrels of flour a week,
and NOR than a thousand tons OF
meat, and this in spite of the fact
that the movement has hardly moro
than fairly started, and new estab-
!ishments are joining every day.
Actual figures received show that IN
the hotels and restaurants Of New
York city on Tuesday, November II,
the saving in meats amounted to
193,545 pounds, Or 96.75 tons.
The saving of wheat flour on
Wednesday, November IA, was 1o1,-
235 pounds or sos tons, or SIT bar
reIs.
Through taking certain meats from
their daily menus and refusing to
serve meats at banquets a further
conservation was effected by hotels
ane restaurants swelling the total
quantity of meats saved by them in
New York during the whole week Of
November -, to o32,254 pounds, or
-1G.12 tons
BY the use of whole or partial SUI
stitutes for wheat -four particularly
in bread and pastries, the saving r
wheat flour for the week is increased
to 121 ,534 pounds, or COS tons, or
about $40 barrels.
Provision dealers who supply New
York hotels report a considerable de-
crease in sales since the adoption Of
Neatless Tuesdays. One firm, which
supplies only hotels of the better
class with "chOicc" meats, reports 4
dec, case of so per cent. in orders for
Tuesday. \ Wholesale house selling
to both butchers and hotels reports
a decrease of 10 to Is per cent. in
weekly sales. A firm selling in sew
eral states to a great variety of trade
reports the following decrease III
Tuesday orders ince the adoption Of
meatless day:
In hotels, 80 per cent.
In restaurants, hospitals and insti-
'tutions, 25 per cent.
In schools, - per cent.
To retail trade and homes, 12K
per cent.
Meatless Tuesday and Wheatless
Wednesday were not actually suggest
ed 10 IlOlol ana restaurant pTOpTl6COTS
until early in October when the prop
uganda for>a beefless Tuesday was
just beginning to take effect Many
hotels began the meatless< day only
the first Tuesday in November, and
in many others Tuesday of this week
is the first meatless day to be OBJ
served.
The saving of meats in New York
will show enormous increase this
week. 1t is estimated that hotels
and restaurants in that city alone,
within a fortnight will be saving a
minimum bf 800 tons of meats and
1900 barrels of wheat flour per week.
If the hotels and restaurants of the
whole country save in the same pro-
portion that those Of New York are
saving, John NICE. Bowman, chief of
the Hotels Division, of the u. S.
Food Administration, believes that in
this one industry alone the savings
will be sufficient to furnish several
shiploads of meats and wheat each
week for our armies and allies.