The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-09-07

 serve food which is most easily procurabe at the time This makes possible the serving of liberal portions at req sonabe prices As an indication of the prices the follow ing will give those in effect on July 2, 1918
 Soup, pence portion; fish, to pence; roast meat to pence; two meat entrees to pence, vege tables pence portion: bread One-haf pence sweets and pence: coffee pence cup; tea one pence cup
 An arrangement has been worked out whereby six vouchers will be exchanged for one meat coupon each voucher entitng the holder to meat meal ot not less than two ounces In this way possible to procure SIX meat meals for one meat coupon good substantial lunch can be produced for charge of one shing six pence Approximately 8 centS)
 "The national restaurant is very popular with the shop workers clerks and business in the vicinity of Fleet street. the newspaper center ot London.
 queue starts forming half hour before the doors open and it necessary to remain in line about 45 min utes before being served This is the only inconvenience attached to the scheme and perhaps when restau rants are established this may be overcome.
 "This first national restaurant has received great ea of public attention The newspapers contain full count of visit paid by the wife of the Prime Minister ls Lloyd George the wife of the Minister of Munitions Mrs Churchill and the wife of the Food Controller Mrs Cyne who took luncheon at the restaurant and express ed great cOmmendatOn of the food and service The rush of patronage and the public attention given to this rest aura have indicated in London and other cities of the United Kingdom
 Already hotels and restaurants have naturally beer considerably alarmed by this development. The Ministry of Food received deputaon of these interests but found hat they had definite program The object of the Min sy of Food is procure the cooperation of private ho UeS and restaurants which they would like to have adopt thei methods Although there has been some protest ot the entry of the government into private business it does ot appear likely that this will amount to enough check the movement The other alternative is that the private establishments will have to meet the national restaurants nQuaity of food and prices and this the Food Ministry stands ready to lend them all the encouragement and give them every possible assistance If this results it probably will be the greatest advantage to be derived from this ment undertaking.
 The Food Ministry however is going ahead with the establishment of more restaurants immediately The Di rector of National Kitchens of the Ministry of Food C. Spene has already made definite arrangements to esta fish four similar restaurants in London and one in Leeds Glasgow Manchester Newcastleon-Tyne Brighton Car diff, Birmingham and Bristol. Many appeals have also DeeH received from different parts of the country for the starting of similar restaurants in their communities It is impossible to say present how far this undertaking will >gard but it appears to have inaugurated with very great success
 This movement has resulted from the tendency of ho tel and restaurant keepers to fasten the burden of food gulations their customers This has resulted in spec a emergency need for something to be done to protect the interest of the public during the war The success how eVer of national kitchens and national restaurants may have an ultimate effect in showing the advantages of CO., operative cooking and serving of food"