The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-04-24
DEMAND
more CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re.
Taxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORI.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En-
iarced - Food Administrator
However, Warns Against
Waste.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT

The allies have made further ana
increased demands for breaustuiis'
these enlarged demands being causeu
to some degree by shortage III arri'a's
from the Argentine 1t is, therefore,
necessary for the U. S. Food Admins
tration to urge still further reduction
in the consumption of bread and Dread'
stutfs generally if we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin
istration has issued statement en-
planning the situation in detail, partic'
ularly the reasons which lead II, 1or
the purpose of ccntering effort 1of the
time being upon the cereal situation
to 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 consld-
erably enlarged, and we can supply the
allies with all Of the meat products
which transportation facilities render
possible and at the same time some
what increase our own consumption.
In these circumstances the Food Adj
ministration considers it wise to relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat con-
sumption to some extent with view
to further decreasing bread cOnsump-
ton.
Conservation of food must be adj
| 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
turbed 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 to secure better adjust
ment in food balances.
So long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beehess and porkless
Tuesday.
The meatless meal and the porkless
Saturday are no longer asked.
The farmers Of the United States
are responding to the national call to
increase hog production. Their in
crease, to all appearances, is being at
tanned more rapidly. OF more imme-
date 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 to save it
from decay, have not only resulted in
backing up the animals-particularly
hogs-On the farms for longer pc
ri0d 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 2O3 pounds las,
, year to the almost unprecedented
average of 232 pounds, or a net in
crease in their meat value of over /;
per cent. This is distinct addition
to the nations meat supply. It there
fore now seems certain that we have
such enlarged supplies for at leas
some months to come. that we can no.
N only increase our exports to the allie.
, to the full extent of their transporta
ton facilities, but at the same tim,
can properly increase our domesti,
consumption.
The response of the public to our re
, quests for reduced consumption O
meat during the past few months ha,
: been most gratifying, and this seryic,
alone has enabled ths government dur
Ing this period to provide such sun
!. plies as transportation to the allie
: permitted.
The Administration also suggest
that in those parts Of the countr,
where the old fashioned home preser
walton of pork is still the custom tbi
practice should be extended at tn
: present time, as 1t will relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
. the packing houses and is economical
~ sound MS saving the cost of pockin
: operations and at the same time will
provide home supplies of pork to las
over the months of decreased supnlies
The Food Administration desires =
. repeat that 1t does not want to civ
the impression that these are time
when simplicity and moderation NJ H.,
Ing are not critically necessary hu
= that Its sole desire is to secure nm oG
. justment between our different ,o ~,
supplies and meet changing condition.
from time to time and to keen the NH
: lie FULLY and frankly advised Of :,
= position with the full confidence nm
reliance that whenever 1t becomes no,
essary renewed appeals for saving w,
met the same lOyal resnonso 90 . ~,