The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1918-05-15
ALLIES DEMAND .
MORE CEREALS
American Meata strictians Re-
laxed to- Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
:. ---.--- --5, OBI. & 4 4. = ;
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat supply Here Considerably En-
2rlaroed - Foos Administration
4 However, sarns Against "
.... Wasts.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.

stoWeSef aras A0ainst
s.. Wasts.
\ The allies have made further and
increased demands for breadstuffs,
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage in arrivals
from the Argentine. It is, therefore,
necessary for the q. s. Food Admins
tration to urge still further, reduction
in the consumption Of bread and bread
stuffs generally lie we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin
istration has issued as statement tex-
planning the situation IN. detail, partic-
ularly the reasons which lead It, for
the purpose of ntedng effort for the
time being upon the cereal situation
to relax temporarily the restrictions on
meat consumption. sss.4 -....
Experience shows, this statement
says, that the consumption Of bread.
stuffs isintimately associated with the
consumption Asof meat. For various
reasons our supplies of meat for the
.next@two or three anon ths are consid-
erably enlarged, and we can supply the
allies with all Of the meat products.
which transportation7fa faciA ties render
possible and at the same time some
what increase sour own CONSUMPTION
In these circumstance the Food Ad-
ministrations cons siders It wise to srela0
the voluntary restrictions on meat con
sumptioneto to some, extent with a view
to further decreasing bread seensump-
stion.. q d" ~ Z: .:..: =, = 45s2s. 5s2
Conservation Of food must sbey ad-
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
forleng 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~ina food ,balanses. 34}
So long as the Present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beefess and porkless
Tuesday. .@- j.. ,:'''
The smeatless. 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 ahaappearances, Is being at.
tanned more rapidly. OF more imme-
diate Importance, however, are several
factors which have effected
an immediate increase In meat sup
plies. -=.@ ~ =. 4. y ~ -
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 1T
from decay. have not only resulted in
backing up the animals--particula
,hogs-on the farmsSfor a longer Pc
.riod of feeding,4but, have resulted in
great increase lin their average weight
and will result, will. improved trans
poftation conditions, which already ap-
pear, In larger than normal arrivals at
market - for the next two or three
months The weight Of hogs coming
to tile market for the past two weeks
indicates an; increase in weight Of
from an average sof 2O3 pounds last
year to the almost unprecedented
average of .292 pounds, or a net In,
crease in their meat value of over IS
per cent This is a distinct addition
to| the nations meat supply. It there
fore now seems certain that we have
such, enlarged supplies for at least
some months to come, that we can not
only increase seour1 exp0rtsato the allies
to- the full extent of their transporta-
ton facilities but ut rsthe samee time
can properly increase our domestic
consumption. ,-,.GE.s .5--..,,,... !;
; The response of the public to our re-
quests for reduced consumption of
meat during the past few months, has
been most gratifying, and this service
alone has enabled the dur
ing. this period, to provide such sup
plies as transportat tion>-,to the allies
permitted. ~-
The Administration also suggests
that In those parts Of the, country
where the old fashioned home preser-
vation, of porksis still the-custom,s this
practice, should ,rbeT extended at the
present time, asst will relieve the bur-
den upon transportation to and from
the packing houses and Is economical
ly sound as saving the4eost Of packing
operations and at the same time will
provide, home supplies of pork to last
over the months Of decreasedssupplies.
The Food odgAdministration desires to
repeat that 1t does not want to give
the impression that these are times
when simplicity sand moderation of liv-
Ing are not critically necessary, but
that its sole -desireis to secure eanpad-
justment between our different food
supplies and meet changing conditions