Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-09-06
CONSERVATION
ENCOURAGED
LETTING OF RESTRICTIONS DOES
NOT MEAN RETURN TO uN-
LIMITED CONSUMPTION.
SAVE SUGAR, MUMF0RD SAYS
Once More People Must Share With
Those Who Sit at Common
Table, He Says.

consumption Of beef does not mean
that its use should be increased to q
xreat extent or that We should return
10 our pre.war habits of m~eat-eating,
according to F. B. Mumford, Federal
Food Administrator for Missouri.
As the extreme drouth In the South
west and other parts OF the country
endangered the meat herds. producers
rushed lightweight beef to the market.
thus creating an unexpected surplus In
light cuts. For this reason the Food
Administration announced the present
program Of serving beef at only one
meal in hotels and restaurants should
b. discontinued for the present and
that householders no longer be re.
quested to limit their purchases to one
and one-half pounds of beef and bone
or one and one-Quarter pounds of clear
beef weekly for each member Of the
family.
1T is highly desirable that the Amer
can people consume medium and
lighter grades of cattle, conserving the
heavier animals for our own armed
force and those of the Allies said Mr..
Mumford. LAS all heavy beef Is for
the present needed for war export, re-
tail markets are requested to handle
cattle which dress not over ats pounds
and public eating places and the public
IL general are urged TO create a de-
mand for light cuts.
Notifications Are Misinterpreted.
1T sometimes happens that the mod,
t"fication of restrictions on the con
sumption of various foods is inta:.
preted by some persons to mean th"t
conservation in this particular food is
no longer necessary. When hotels ana
individuals were released recent!
from the wheatless pledge they volun-
tarily signed, binding themselves tc DO
without all wheat products until the
next harvest, many persons seemed to
believe that we could go back to unlim-
tied wheat consumption and that the
purchase of substitutes was no longer
necessary.
when the Food Administrator
finds conditions are such that soma
change can be made in the food regu-.
iations this change is made mmedi-
ately. 1t should be borne in mind,
however, that the general policy OF TIN
Food Administration in the conserva.
ton of beef and wheat and the elimina-
ton of waste is still encouraged as a
measure to safeguard the future.
Just now sugar conservation is the
most important thing. Stocks are low
because of the destruction of sugar
ships by submarines, and it is mpera-
tive that every person In Missouri
limit his consumption of sugar to two
Lounds a month.
THE recent sugar regulations have
caused some dissatisfaction, but the
discontented should remember the
Food Administration is not to blame
They should direct their criticism al
the German junkers and not AT the
Food Administration. The shortage of
sugar is due directly to the u-boats
ant the destruction of sugar lands and
r~efineries by the Huns.
Success Rests With People.
ut lSNNoo VI NHt soE"A /,
rests on the honor and cooperation of
the American people. What are they
doing now? We hear of an unpatriotic
few going from store to store trying to
double their portion over and over.
They don't realize they are trying to
beat the game.
THE success of the wheat campaign
literally. held the Allies together
through the spring and summer 1t
did more than any other thing to give
them comfort and courage until the
tide turned last month. II did more
than any other performance of our 10
establish American credit until he
part our troops played in the second
Marine battle.
Once more we are called on to
share with those who sit at a common
table. It is a challenge Of war mi
lions to our humanity, our chivalry and
our worth. This time we are required
not to employ a substitute for neces'
sary food, but to give up an indulgence
Shall we succeed? Ask yourselves,
Would we do it If it was to share with
q sick family next door instead oil
stricken neighbors across the sea!
Out of the last harvest the American
people, by in%stituting wheatless days
saved lao, 000, 900 bushels OF wheat to
food tho hungry Allied nations, and