The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-06-20
ENGLISH FOOD
SITUATION GOOD

With the exception Of fruits, which
are scarce and high priced, the food
situation of England. according to a
copy Of the London Daily Mail ijust re.
ceived By c. G. Roberts, is very salts
factory.
Excerpts from an article of the Lon
don newspaper follow:
''What ever the food situation in
Germany may be. here in London and
throughout England 1T is more salts
factory than ever. So much food has
recently poured into the country that
the authorities have had to arrange for
a more plentiful distribution in order
to prevent it from going bad The
ham and bacon supplies in particular
have been far more than could have
been utilized under the old rationing
scheme. Accordingly this week new
plan has been put into force. You can
now use only two weekly coupons for
fresh butchers meat; the other two
must be used for ham, bacon or the
like. The quantity of ham or bacon
allowed for each coupon has been
greatly increased. Twelve ounces of
uncooked ham is allowed for each cou-
pom, but you can buy five pound ham
for two coupons, with an additional
coupon for each additional pound.
"0n Monday the supplemental ration
for boys between l3 and Is years came
into force, the authorities wisely rec
ognizing that they require more food
than adults who have finished growing.
There is plenty of food for everybody.
| do not mean that you can indulge
in the old extravagant orgies of in
Vulnerable courses at your meals, be-
cause you cannot. The restaurants
suffer most of all, and the old English
habit of banqueting has had severe
blow. The banquet has been shorn of
its glories. Certain special articles of
food have become very dear. Apples
for instance, have risen out of all
reason. In the West END shop few
days ago saw moderate sized apples
priced at Is cd (36 cents) each. Fiji.
teen and Is pence $50 and SO cents) for
eating apples is quite common. Or.
anges are almost as scarce, but there
are plenty of vegetables, plenty of
milk, ample supplies of eggs and suffi-
cient meat. When we read of the con-
ditions prevailing in many other coun.
tries We congratulate ourselves and
take courage.
Commenting on the drink question,
the article continues:
81 continue to receive, particularly
from the United States and Canada,
letters denouncing England for allow.
ing Canadian and American grain to be
used for the manufacture Of intoxicat-
ing liquor.
Cut out the booze-making, at least
until after the war, my correspondents
urge Perhaps if Canada and the
United States threatened to stop the
expectation of wheat into England to
be distilled into whiskey John Bull
would have his eyes opened as far as
the accursed liquor traffic is concerned.
81 have every sympathy with the
feelings of some of these writers. II
John Bull was urging the West to speeC
up its grain production, in order that
we might have more intoxicants here,
it would be disgraceful state of af
fairs. But what are the facts in the
case? No wheat and no grain of any
kind has been used for distilling liquor
of any kind for over year past. Nc
manufacture of spirits for human con
sumption has been permitted for some
time in the United Kingdom, and ne
further manufacture is at present con
templated The whiskey and othel
spirits now being consumed, mere
fraction of what was being consumed
before the war, are old stock. In the
case of beer the production has beer
decreased to one-third of what it wa!
before the war, and the strength of the
beer has been reduced to approximate
ly 2 per cent alcohol. This strength i!
so light. that. if | remember rightly
it is the same as is allowed in Canad;
for the light temperance beers that ART
brewed today under prohibition.
England has reduced her consump
tion of intoxicating liquors during tn,
war far more than the United States
has done. The present rate of con
sumption of acohooic beverages, al
compared with the rate before tn,
war, shows reduction of 72 per cent
The total amount of materials used il
brewing do not amount to per cent o
the total food supply of the United
Kingdom and one-third of this is re
covered for animal food Whether th'
drink provided by the other two-thlrd
is form of food or not is matter OF
which there are differences of opinion
Nov these are facts. and it seem
to me that they are the best answer t.
the charge that John Bull is revellins
in booze during the war. | go abou
England a great deal. A drunken maj
or man partially intoxicated is toda