The Robesonian., 1918-05-06
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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

waste,
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. 1t is, therefore,
necessary for the U. S. Food Admins
ration to urge still further reduction
In the consumption Of bread and bread
stuffs generally il 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 it, for |
the purpose of centering effort for the |
time being upon the cereal situation
to relax temporarily the restriction : 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 ouY 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 sope
Ehat increase our own consumption.
In these eircnrnstances the Food 3D.
ministrat{4 CONSIDERS i wiae b re's1
the volunte7 F&ctohs on meat con-
sumption to e6m4 extent with view
to further decreasing bread consump-
ton.
Conservation Of food must be 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
for long 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
ment in food balances
So long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beef1ess 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
crease, to all appearances, is being at
| tanned more rapidly OF more imme-
| diate Importance, however, are several
| complex factors which have effected
| an immediate increase in meat SUD-
| 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 last har-
vest and the necessity Of feeding this
corn as rapidly as possible to save it
| from decay, have not only resulted in
backing up the animalS-particularl
hogs-on the farms for a longer pc
riod OF feeding, but have resulted in a
great increase in their average weight
and will result, with improved trans
i portation 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 the market for the past two weeks
indicates an increase in weight of
from an average of 2O3 pounds last
4 year to the almost unprecedented
average of 232 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 no,
only increase our exports to the allies
to the full extent Of their transporta
2 can properly Increase our domestic
;. consumption.
The response Of the public to our re
. quests for reduced consumption O
n meat during the past few months ha
), been most gratifying, and this servic
: alone has enabled the government dur
e ing this period to provide such sup
t plies as transportation to the allie
: permitted.
:. - The Administration also suggest
- that in those parts Of the cOuntr
, where the old fashioned home precel
e vation of pork is still the custom, thi
y practice should be extended at th
e present time, as it will relieve the br]
: den upon transportation to and fro,
Q the packing houses and is economical
ly sound as saving the cost of packin
operations and at the same time wi
IS provide home supplies of pork to Ia:
s over the months Of decreased supplie
The Food Administration desires
repeat that it does not want to civ
the impression that these are time
II when simplicity and moderation Of Ii
= ing are not critically necessary. b,
= ! that its sole desire is to secure an a
= justment between>our different fof
\. supplies and meet changing conditio,
x. from time to time and to keep, the MI
e lie fully and frankly advised Of
t. position with the full confidence q,
S reliance that whenever if beconos nc