Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-10
FEDERAL RULING
PERMITTING USE
OF MEAT ISSUED
County Food Administrator
Expects Formal Notice Soon
Abolishing Restrictions

The new ruling of the federal food
administration abolishing restric-
tions on the use of meat, has not yet
been received by Donald Mccormick,
Dauphin county food administrator,
but when the administrator read the
dispatch this morning he expressed
it as his belief that it will be only a
matter of time until the order is ap-
piled locally.
II believe it is official and see no
reason why you should not publish
it," was his comment.
The dispatch follows: 80
Restrictions on the use of meats
were lifted to-day by the food ad-
ministration. While the American
public will be asked to use lighter
beef, so that the heavier cattle may
be exported, the regulation forbid
ding hotels and other public eating
places to serve beef more than once
week are now rescinded, and the
ration of one and one-half pound a
week to householders is abolished.
Danger of Shortage Over
The food administration believes
that the danger of a shortage has
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sufficient supplies in prospect for the
United States and the allied nations.
1t asks, however, that economy be
practiced in the consumption of
beef, as we'll as of other foodstuffs,
and that wasteful practices be care
fully eliminated.
1T was explained to-day that the
extreme drought in Texas, Okla
homa and other sections of the
Southwest, which also affects Mon
tana and certain areas in adjacent
states in the Northwest, had caused
cattle run so per cent. heavier than
in the corresponding yield last year.
There is always a liberal run of
the lighter cattle at this season of
the year, but the present supply is
excessive" a statement read.
Export Many Cattle
Practically all of the heavier and
fatter cattle are needed for export
purposes, for our own armed forces
and those of oNr allies, because on
account of their thickness and fatty
covering they are less subject to de-
terioration during the transfer from
cars to ships and freezers when they
are not protected by refrigeration.
"In resembling regulations which
prohibited public eating places from
serving beef more than once a day
and in releasing the householders
from their voluntary agreement to
curtail purchases to / IL pounds
week, including bone, the food ad-
ministration requests that this freer
use of beef be restricted so far as
practicable to the cattle which dress
under ATS pounds. To achieve this,
the retail meat markets are asked
to specialize in the use of these light
er cattle, and families and patrons
of all public eating places are re-
of this weight, even though they
have heretofore been accustomed to
using the heavier beef only.
To Use Lightweight Cattle
1.-THE desire of the food admins
tration at present is not primarily
to increase the consumption of beef
as "a whole, but to induce a prefer
ence in favor of the lighterweight
cattle of which we have an abnormal
surplus. This will bring about con-
servation of the heavier cattle need
ed for our soldiers and for export to
our allies. At the same time it will
afford a measure of protection
through increased outlet for cattle
raisers in the drought afflicted areas.
BOYS BREAK INTO Y. Nj. @. A.
Shippensburg, Pa, Aug. 10
Several boys broke into the Y M. C.
A. and turned over the tables and
took the pictures from the WALL
The Rev. A. w. Poff, local secretary
of the Y. M. c. A. has resigned and
accepted position at Waynesboro.
Harry Nipple and family, of New
Vile, spent Sunday here. John
Handshaw and family, of Harris
burg, are spending several days
here. = c. L. Grimm, of Newville,
spent Sunday with his brother, the
Rev. ]. l.. Grimm. - Mrs. Lena
Ankerbrandt and Mrs. Ida Andker-
brandt, are spending the week here.
Mrs. ID. M. oyer and family here,
returned from a trip to York. =
George e Beidel is spending several
days at Mechanicsburg. The Red
Cross room in the First National
bank building will be kept open dur
ing the month Of August.