Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-05
NOW IS ONLY MEATLfSS
 DAY 0f WEEK
Need for Greater Saving of Wheat Leads to Relaxa-
 tion of Restrictions.

 Hollis last night received communi cation from State Food Administrator Hamp Williams stating that by order of Federal Food Administrator Her bert Hoover restriction as to eatins meat on Saturdays and at breakfas on any day but Tuesday has beer removed, and that it is now permis sible to serve meat at any time ex cept on Tuesday.
 Temporary increase in the product ! ion of meat and the need for greater saving of wheat is explained as tht reasons for the change in the regu lations.
 The official notice received by Fooo Administrator Hollis follows an As sociated Press dispatch from Wash ington, appearing in Monday morn ing newspapers, in which state ment issaed by MT Hoover is quoted as follows:
 Allies Need More Wheat.
 "The allies have made further anc Increased demands for breadstuffs, these enlarged demands being caused to some degree, joy shortage in ar rivals from Argentine It is therefore necessary for the food administration to urge a still further reduction ir the consumption of bread and bread stuffs generally, if xe are to meet our export necessities.
 Experience shows that the con sumption of breadstuffs is intimately associated with the consumption Of meat. For various reasons our sup plies Of meat for the next two or three months are considerably en- larged and we can supply the allies with all of the meat products which transportation facilities render pos sible and at the same time somewhat increase our own consumption. In these circumstances the food adm istration considers it wise to relax the voluntary restrictions on meat consumption to some extent, with a view to further decreasing bread con- sumption.
 .'So lonc3; as the present conditions continue the only special restrictions we ask are the beefless and porkless Tuesdays.
 "The meatless mead and the pork less 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 appearance, is being at tained more rapidly. Of immediate importance, however, are several complex factors waich have effected an immense increase in meat sup plies.
 Is Plenty of POrh.
 "The transportation shortage, be- fore the government took over the railroads, the bad weather in Jan uary and early in February, the large percentage of immature corn in the last harvest and the necessity of feed ing this corn as rapidly as possible to save it from decay have not only re- suited in backing up the animals- particularly hogs-on the farms for longer period of feeding, but have fe- suited in a great increase ill their av- craze weight, and will result, with improved transportation conditions, which already appear, in larger than normal arrivals at 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 aver age of 203 pounds last year to the almost unprecedented average of 232 pounds, or a net increase in their meat value of over 15 per cent This is a distinct addition to the nations meat supply. It therefore now seems certain that we have such enlarged supplies for at least some months to come that we cannot only increase our exports to the allies to the full extent of their transportation facili- ties, but at the same time can prop erly increase our domestic consump- ton.
 "The response of the public to our requests for reduced consumption of meat during the past months has been most gratifying and this service alone has enabled the government during this period to provide such as transportation to the al lies permitted.
 "Fhe administration also suggests that in those parts of the country where the old-fashioned home preser- vation of pork is still the custom, this practice should be extended at the present time, as it will relieve the burden upon transportation to and from the packing houses and is econo- mically sound as saving the cost of packing operations and at the same time will provide home supplies of pork to last over the months of de- creased supplies"