The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-05
THE WORLDS FOOD
SHORTAGE

THE WORLDS FOOD
SHORTAGE
The scarcity and high price Of
meat hits the American people hard
est. From our earliest pioneer days.
we have been a meat eating people.
The love for It Is born in us. 1t
was formerly customary in a great
many families. perhaps the major
ity. to eat meat three times day
and a lot Of people do 1t still. no
matter what the cost.
In this respect we follow the hab-
its of the newer countries. Austria
liza. Canada, South America, still eat
much meat. When country has
large wild tracts on which cattle can
range without paying rent to anyone
It IL natural that meat should be
plenty and cheap. When the land
is all taken up for farming, II be-
comes more costly to raise cattle.
It has been the history of the old
err countries as they became thickly
settled. that meat rose in price and
they came to depend more on other
foods. Here in our country. we are
likewise getting to the point where
we can with difficulty keep up our
meat eating habits.
OF course high prices will stimu-
late meat raising. Reports for 1915
at nine stock centers showed an In
crease Of 100000 head Of cattle
and 100000 hogs. But any sur
plus that can be created will be TAX
en- by Europe during the war.
During the Mexican revolution in
Vulnerable herds werc slaughtered by
soldiery and robbers. II will take
many years before these supplies can
be created will be taken by Europe
during the war.
During the Mexican revolution In
Vulnerable herds were slaughtered by
soldiery and robbers. It will take
many years before these supplies
can be reproduced. It will not be wise
to expect q plentiful supply Of meat
In the United States for years. and
II may never return.
But It IL some consolation that
many great peoples maintain an ex-
cellent physical development without
any large meat consumption. 'a
Farmers are not yet convinced that
II pays to raise cattle. But II our
corn production could be increased.
the cost of feed would be reduced
and meat raising would get quite a
b. .st.
CONCRETE SHIPS
The problem OF getting enough
ships built to take the place Of those
sunk by submarines. and enough to
send, the needed munitions and the
equipment and food to Europe, Is
one of the biggest OF the war. Some
technical men say that building a
lot of concrete ships would help out.
They think these could be built by
a type Of labor that could not con-
struct steel or wood ship.
1t takes less skill to pour and to
finish concrete. than to handle steel
or wood structure. Such an auxil-
larry source Of ship construction may
provide lot OF vessels that would
not be built at all IL the shipping
board depends wholly on steel and
wood.
The Idea is not wholly new. Gran.
olithic lighters carrying 100 to 500
tons have been used on inland wa.
tiers for some time. The Scientific
American prints an investigation Of
the subject by an expert writer. Thi:
authority finds the idea practical. A
firm In Norway has already bull,
such ship that has made 2O0C
mile trip by ocean. It is now turn
ing out a 1000 ton ship OF con,
crete. and several smaller ones. and
will soon put on one Of 1000 ton
mage. BY using steel laths 1t re.
duces its hull wall to thickness OF
2 IL to 4 inches. thus providing
lightnsss of structure.
These ships have not of course
been tyied out sufficiently yet SC