Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-04
PROGRAM BEING ADJUSTED
Iofficials Claim Decrease in
Consumption of Bread
| stuffs Will Follow.
ALLIES WANTING WHEAT
Necessary for Still Greater
Saving to Supply Needs
Reason for Rule.

wash NblpNs MhEtu g. tUl
norary suspension OF the meatles'
meaI and OF the special restrictions
,salns, the use OF pork on saturday
.as announced by the food admins
ration tonight as readjustnen
Of It's food conservation program
Increased meat production and II,
necessity for stu greater saving n
wheat. II was declared. make the
change advisable.
The suspension Is made effective
for an indefinite period, and II pro b.
ably will last for three months OF
longer
since all restrictions on consumr'
tion Of mutton and lamb had been
lifted previously the food admins
ratlon asks the public for the time
Ming TO DENY itself In meats onlS
Ys beef and pork on one day a week
TUESDAY
Increased meat consump ption
Mod administration officials believe
nm Of itself curtail the use Of wheat
and for the present there is no IN
t,ntion 10 add TO the restrictions al.
ready 10 force against the use OF
flour.
In statement tonight, settlnp
forth the reasons for the change q
the program. Food Administrator
Hoover said
All.cS' Increase Demands.
The allies have made further
and Increased demands for bread
tttts these enlarged. demands be-
ins caused 9to some degree by short.
age In arrivals from Argentine. II
Is therefore. necessary for the fond
Administration To urge still further
reduction In the consumption OF
bread and breadsuffs generally, II
we ~ to meet our export necessi-
ties
Experience shows that the con.
sumption OF breadstuffs is Intimate.
ly associated with the consumption
OF meat For various reasons our
supplies Of meat for the next two
or three months are considerable
enlarged and we can supply the al
les With all q. the meat products
witch transportation facilities rem
DER possible and nt the same time
somewhat Increase our own con
sumption. In these circumstances
The food administration considers 4
wise to relax the voluntary restric.
uons on meat consumption to somt
erien, with n view 20 further dc.
creasing bread consumption.
80 lSng as the present condition.
continue the only special restric'
uohs We ask are the beefless and
porkless Tuesdays.
The meatless meal and the pork
fa saturday are no longer asked.
Farmers Responding.
The farmers of the United state
are responding TO tho national cal
% increase hog production. ThciI
increase, To all Appearances, IL be-
ing attained more rapidly. or more
immediate Importance, however. are
svefal complex factors which have
erected an immediate increase "a
meat supplies.
me transportation shortage be-
IOre the government took the rail
Ioaes the bad weather In January
shd early in February. the large
percentage Of immature corn In th'
harvest and the Necessity OF feedinl
ulh corn as rapidly as possible tC
ave II from decay. have not on'l
rsuI'ed In backing up the animal
particularly hogs-on the farr'
pr longer period OF feeding. bu
nave resulted In q great increase IL
uer average weight and will rc
suiI with proper transportation con
Nons which already appear. II
nser 'hhn normal arrivals at mar
q
months The weight OF hogs com
N 70 The market for the past TIVE
$3.50 indicates an Increase n
Isnu ot from an average OF z0'
pounus last year TO the almost un
n'cedehted average OF 232 pounds
net Increase in their meat value
over Is per cent. This Is die
ci addition to the nations mea
upply' IT, therefore, now seem
Aih that we have such enlarge,
,eppies Tor at least some month
come that we cannot only In
ease our exports 10 the allies q
,ie tlu extent OF their transporta
~ Iaclilties. but at the same um'
s ~ properly increase our dOniostlt
0Ohsumptlon
eu. 'F'NH' hl lNt publlc "
H.. requests for reduced consump
hsn meat during the past mon N
49,, ueen most gratifying. and thi
,,.Ne alone has enabled the gov
va ,ht during this period 20 pro
uon such supplies as sports
'-r o the allies permitted
rh,, ne administration also sdggest
W. IN those parts OF the countr.
trs.' he old-fashioned homo pres
W,. ,.oh Of pork Is still the custom
tbs practice should be extended a
N. nsseht time. as IL will reiieyl
ana ,,a'uen upon transportation 1,
s om the packing houses an,
IN, snomlcally sound. az savinI
At ~" Of packing operations an,
mbnn. @me time will provide hom
der,anN on pork over the mouths O