The Press., 1918-04-25
ALLIES DEMAND
 MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re- faxed to Effect Greater
 Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably &n. Iarged Food Administration, However, Warns A0ainet
 Waste.

The allies have made further and increased demands for breadstuffs, these enlarged demands being caused to some degree by shortage in arrivals from the Argentine. It is, therefore. necessary for the U. $. Food Admins lration to urge a sril further reduction in the consumption of bread and bread atuffs generally if we are 10 meet ouI export necessities. The Food Admin istra1ion has issued statement ex' plaining the situation in detail, partic ularly the reasons which lead it, for the purpose of cenIering effort for the time heinz upon the cereal situation 10 relax temporarily the restrictions on meat consumption.
 Experience shows, this statement says, that the consumption Of bread. stuffs is intimately associated with the consumption of meat. For various reasons our supplies of meat for the next two or three months are cOnsid- erabIy enlarged, and we can supply the allies with all of the meat products which transportation facilities. render possible and al the same time some what increase our own consumption. In these circumstances the Food Ad. ministration considers it wise to relax the voluntary restrictions on meat con. sumption to some extent with a view to further decreasing bread consump' tion. i~ ..r
 Conservation Of food must be ad. justed to meet necessities from time to time, for neither production, nor al. lied demands are constant factors, nor can any of these factors be anticipated for long periods in advance in the dis iuFbed conditions in which we at pres ent live While the world situation is not one that warrants any relaxation in the efforts to eliminate waste or to relax economy in food, the Admins. tration desires 10 secure better adjust ment in food balances
 So long as the present conditions continue the only special restrictions we ask are the beefess and pOrkIess Tuesday.
 The meatless meal and the porkiess Saturday are no longer asked.
 The farmers of the United States are responding to the national cal! to increase hog production. Their in- crease, to alT appearances, is being at. tained more rapidly. Of more imme' diaLe importance, however, are several complex factors which have effected an immediate increase in meat sup plies
 The transportation shortage before the government took over the raIl- roads, the bad weather In January and early in February, the large percent- age of immature corn in the last har- vest and the necessity of feeding this corn as rapidly as possible 10 save it from decay, have not only resulted in backing ID the animals-particular hogs-on the farms for a longer pe- riod of feeding, but have resulted in a great increase in their average weight and will result, with improved trans Portation conditions, which already ap- pear, in larger than normal arrivals al market for the next two or three months The weight of hogs coming to the market for the past two weeks indicates an increase in weight of from an average Of 203 pounds last year 10 the almost unprecedented average Of 232 pounds, or a net in. crease in their meat value of over l5 per cent. This is t distinct addition 10 the nations meat supply. IL there- fore now seems certain that we have such enlarged supplies for at least some months 10 come. that we can not only increase our exports to the allies 10 the full extent of their transporta- tion facilities, but at the same time can properly increase our domestic consumption. -
 The response Of the public to our re quests for reduced consumption Of meat during the past few. months haa been most gratifying, and this service alone has enabled the government dur hg this period to provide such sup piles as transportation to the allies permitted.
 The Administration also suggests that in those parts of the country where the old fashioned home preseF- vation of pork is still the custom, this practice should be extended al the present time, as tt,wiIl relieve he bur. den upon transportation to and from the scking houses and Is economical ly sound as saving the cost or packing opera tions and at the same time will provide home supplies of pork to last over the months of decreased supplies
 The Food Administration desires to repeat that It does not want fo give the impfesSioR ..thats these are times when simplicity and moderation of IiY. ing are not critically. necessary. but that it's sole desire is to secure an ad. iastment between, our dIfIerents food supplies $ Id meet ciiitnging ac0hditioons from time to time and to Keep the pub; lie fully and frankly advised Of itl position with the full confidence and reliance that whenever 1t becomes nec essary renewed appeals for saving will met the same loyal response as in the