The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-05-02
ALLIES DEMAND
MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re-
Iaxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT,
Meat Supply Here Considerably En-.
iarged - Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste. e.

! The allies have made further and
Increased demands for breadstufrs,
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage In arrivals
! from the Argentine. 1t Is, therefore.
necessary for the U. S. Food Admins
] tration 10 urge n still further reduction
In the consumption of bread and bread
stuffs generally II we are to meet our
, export necessities. The Food Admin
istration has issued a statement ex
planning the situation In detail, partic.
ularly the reasons which lead 1t, for
the purpose Of centering 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
stuffs is intimately associated with the
consumption Of meat. For various
] reasons our supplies Of meat for the
next two or three months are consid
erably enlarged, and we can supply the
| allies with all Of the meat products
| which transportation facilities render
possible and at the same time some
whnt increase our own consumption
In these circumstances the Food Ad
| ministrntiOn considers 1t wise to relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat CON
sumption to some extent with a view
TO further decreasing bread consump
| tion
| Conservation of food must he ad.
1usted 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
Tor long periods In advance in the dis
turbcd 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 In food balances.
So long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beetless and porkless
| Tuesday.
| The meatless 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
|
tnincd more rapidly. OF more mme-
diate importance, however, are several
complex factors which have effected
an immediate Increase In meat sup.
plies.
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 Inst har.
| vest and the necessity OF feeding this
corn nS rapidly as possible to save II
from decay, have not only resulted In
! backing up the animals-particularly
| hogS-on the farms for longer ne
ri"d Of feeding, but have resulted in a
great increase In their average weight
and will result, with improved trans
portation conditions, which already ap.
pear. In larger than normal arrivals n,
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 average OF 203 pounds las,
year to the almost unprecedented
average OF 232 pounds or a net I'm.
crease in their meat value Of over IL
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 our exports to the allies
to the full extent Of their transporta.
fion facilities. but at the same time
can properly increase our domestic
consumption.
The response OF the public to our re
quests for reduced consumptlon of
meat during the past few months has
been most gratifying. and this service
alone has enabled the government dur
Ing this period to provide such sup
plies rs transportation to the allies
permitted.
The Administration also suggests
that In those parts of the country
where the old fashioned home preser
walton OF pork Is still the custom, this
practice should be extended al the
present time, as II will relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
the packing houses and is economical
ly sound as saving the cost of packinp
operations and at the same time Will
provide home supplies of pork to Iasl
over the months Of decreased supplies
The Food Administration desires to
repeat that II does not want to give
the impression that these are times
when simplicity and moderation of IIv
Ing are not critically necessary, bur
that Its sole desire is to secure an ad
tnstment between our different food
supplies aGd meet changing condition.
from time TO time and 10 keep the pub
lie fully and frankly advised OF II.
position with the full confidence ano
reliance that whenever II becomes nee
essary renewed appeals for saving WILL
met the same loyal response as In thu
past