The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-02-28
SEA TO MAKE Up
SHORTAGE IN FATS.
Even 0Ieomargarine Is Now Be-
Ing Manufactured in Norway y.
....... From Fish Oil. ~. y. H..
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eubluoatIon Of the Sea Not the Only
Important Step Being contem.
plated Toward More Effective
Utilization Of Nature.

London.-The worlds supply Of oils
and. fats is going to be derived in rap
idly increasing measure hereafter from
the seas. This is the conclusion to
which Investigators Of this problem,
which was one Of the first to- become
acute after the war started, have
brought themselves. -
The problem indeed was beginning
to be a real one before the war start
ed. The production of live stock for
q long time had not been keeping pace
with the worlds requirements. This
has been In considerable part because
Of the increasing number of peoples
that are requiring more and more meat
in their diet, and partly from other
causes.
The net result Is that in the search
for new oils and fats and indeed for
new uses Of fish as substitute for
meat, important progress has been
made. Some recent developments sug-
gest that the seas are altogether likely
in coming generations to take the place
Of the great ranges Of the Americas
and Australia for the production Of
some important food articles.
Butter Substitute From Fish.
The announcement recently from
Norway that satisfactory substitute
for oleomargarine had been produced
from fish oils. while it was regarded
~ extremely important. is In fact y
one evidence Of this increasin' 'le-
tendency Of the world upon tn AS
sources of supply for various ces-
saries. Now it is asserted I the
denizens of the deep waters pres
emily going to be put under ntribu.
ton for a variety Of new DIS and
substitutes for leather in mo uses.
The subjugation of the is not
the only great step that are con-
templating toward e effective
utilization Of natures unity. The
tropics are going to be- eioped, after
this war, at rate NJ before ina
gined, unless all sign iii. Not only
are the governments preparing to give
more systematic and scientific encour-
agement to proper colonial develop
ment in the tropical areas but the col
onizing. spirit has been receiving a
great revival. One hears soldiers from
every army, Englishmen, Scotchmen,
Frenchmen, Italians and, it Is said,
German prisoners, talking of the pos
sibilities of South America, Africa,
the Pacific islands, in fact, the whole
great undeveloped empires Of the
world.
Price will Be Higher.
In Norway milk and butter supplies
are very short, but the Morgenblatt
announces that the problem Of sub.
stitute for oleomargarine has been
solved and that the Norwegian oleo-
margarine could be, made of purely
Norwegian materials without the ad-
mixture of foreign vegetable oils,
which experts had declared to be es'
sential.
The discovery is due to the research.
es Of a committee appointed by Hr.
Vik, the minister of supply. For the
present the Vera fat refinery will
manufacture the article, and it is as.
serted that the factory will be able to
meet the requirements Of the whole
country.
The secret is the use Of different
kinds of fish oil, Of which there is
plenty on hand, both Of whale and
other fish. The price will be slightly
higher than the former oleomargarine,
because there is a duty on fish oils
higher than that on the vegetable oils
previously used.
A representative o. the Morgenblatt
has been given the opportunity Of tast'
ing the new product and asserts that
in flavor and appearance it is equal to
the best oleomargarine. 1t Is expected
to be on the market as soon as sup
ply can be manufactured.