The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30
Instrumentation
STILL ENCOURAGED
LIFTING 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.

The ltftlng OF the restrictions on the
consumption of beef does not mean
that its use should be increased to a
| great extent or that we should return
to our pre-war habits of mest-eating.
according to #, 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 tothe 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
be discontinued for the present and
that householders no longer be re-
auested to limit their purchases TO one
and one-half pounds Of beef and bone
CT one and one-quarter pounds of clear
beef weekly for each member OF the
family.
III is highly desirable that the Amer
lean people consume medium and
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 AIS pounds
and public eating places and the public
in general are urged to create q de.
mand for light cuts.
Notifications Are Misinterpreted.
1T sometimes happens that the mod.
ification OF restrictions on the con-
sumption Of various foods is inter.
preted by some persons to mean that
conservation In this particular food is
no longer necessary. When hotels and
individuals were released recently
from the wheatless pledge they volun.
tarily signed, binding themselves to do
without all wheat products until the
next harvest, many persons seemed to
believe that we could 90 back to unlim.
tied wheat consumption and that the
purchase Of substitutes was no longer
necessary. ..
When the Food Administration
finds conditions are such that some
change can be made in the food regu-
lations this change Is made immedi.
ately. 1t should be borne in mind,
however. that the general policy OF the
FQ9a Administration IN the conserva-
ton 81 Seel 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 impera-
tive that every person in Missouri
limit bis consumption of sugar to two
POUNDS a month. 50.
The recent Sugar regulations have
caused some dissatisfaction, but the
disconnected should remember the
Food Administrator Is not to blame.
They should direct their criticism at
the German junkers and not at the
Food Administration. The shortage OF
sugar is due directly to the U-boats
and the destruction Of sugar lands and
refinerles BY the Huns.
success Keats With People.
The success Of the sugar program
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 slast month, 1t did more
than any other performance of ours to
establish American credit until the
part our troops played In the second
Marne battle. ~
"Once more we are called on to-
share with those who sit at common
table. 1t is a challenge Of war condi-
tions to our humanity, our chivalry and
our worth. This sime we are required
not to employ q substitute for neces.'
sary food. but to give up an indulgence.
Shall we succeed! Ask yourselves.
Would we do. 1t IL twas to share with
a sick family next door instead Of
stricken neishbors across the Scarf
--G-4+-----.-- - ! u -n----A-.y M y e
Out of the last harvest the American
people. BY instituting wheAtless days.