Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-04-13
5LLIES DEMAnD
MOTE CEREALS
american Meat Restrictions Re-
IaxCd to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En-
larlod - Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.

from the Argentine II is, therefore,
necessary for the L. :. Food Admins
rratiou to urge SliIl further reduction
in Tho cun~umptiuu ui bread and bread
stuff, general! if we are To meet our
export necessities The Food Admin
iStruiion has issued statement cN-
planning the situation In detail, p1rtic
ularly the reasons which lead IT, fol
the purpose of ccntcriug effort for 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
SiulIS is Intimately associated with the
consumption of meat For various
reasons our supplies OF meat for the
/ next two or three months are consid
crably enlarged, and we can supply the
/ allies with all of the meat products
which transportation facilities render
/ possible and mt the same time some
/ what increase our own consumption
/ In these circumstances the Food Adj
miniStration considers ii wise To relax
The voluntary restrictions on meat con
sumption to some extent with view
to further decreasing bread consump
| tiOn.
Conservation of food must he al
juSted to meet necessities from time to
time, for neither production, nor al
lied demands are constant factors. MOI
can any of these factors be anticipated
for long periods i'm advance In the dis
iurbed conditions in which we at pres
ent live. While the world situation Il
not one that warrants any relaxation
In the efforts to eliminate waste or t.
reIax. ecogf M ~ fpne- IL, ~adms,ais
,ration desM to secure better adjust
ment In food balances
SO long as the present condition
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beetess and porkles,
Tuesday.
The meatless meal and the pOrkles'
Saturday are no longer asked.
The farmers of the United State
are responding to The national call f
increase hog production. Their In
crease, to all appearances is being al
tanned more rapidly OF more imme
date importance, however, are scvcra
complex factors which have cffccte'
an immediate increase in meat sup
plies.
The transportation shortage bcfor'
mi
roads. the bad weather In January an
early i'm February. The lurge pcrcCn
age of Immature corn In the last hal
vest and the necessity of feeding tn
corn as rapidly as possible to save /
from decay. have not only rcSul cd h
backing up the neutrality-suspicious.
hogs-On the farms for lOngC" pc
riud Of feeding, but have resulted in ;
great Increase in their average weigh
and will result, with improved trans
portntion conditions, which already ~
pear. in larger than normal arrivals a
market for the next two or tire
months The weight OF hogs comm
10 the market for the past two week
indicates an increase in weight q
from an average Of 203 pounds las
wear to the almost unpreCedente
average of 232 pounds. or a net IN
crease In their meat value Of over |
pcr cent This is a distinct additiO
20 the nations meat supply. 1t Their,
fore now seems certain that we hav
such enlarged supplies for at lea,
In n
only increase our exports to the allie
TO the full extent of their transport,
ton facilities, but AZ the same tin
can properly increase our dOnest
consumption.
The response Of the public TO our r
quests for reduced consumption
meat during The past few months h;
been most gratifying. and this Servi'
alone HIS crahled the government du
ing this period to provide such su
We plies rs transportation to the aIli
il permitted.
The Administration also sugGes
" that In those parts Of the count
=, where the old fashioned home preso
~, walton Of pork is still the custom, II
,, practice should he extended at {
, present time, as II will relieve The bI
pa den upon transportation to and frc
lc the packing houses and Is economic
I'D " sound rs saving the cost OF pack
operations and ut the same time "
provide home supplies OF pork to Ia
J.. over the months of decreased Suppli
.s- The Food Administration desires
la repeat that It does not want to ri
an the impression that these are tin
when simplicity and modera Ion of |
Ing are not critically necessary, /
that Its sole desire is to secure IN
IN iusiment between our different ia
Le SUPPLIES 4 ID meet chang ,ng COnditiC
~ from time TO time and to keep the p
= lie fully and frunkly advised of
-. position with the full confidence n
i reliance that whenever II becomes II
Use essary renewed appeals for saving v
~ met the same loyal RESPONSE az In
past.
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