The herald., 1918-05-16
ALLIES DEMAND
MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re.
Iaxed TO Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En
IarSe5 - Foo- I.niristrstions
heweVer. Warns Against
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.

hcreESt- cSDEo1s tCr rrSs1E---A
these enlarged demands beng caused
70 some degree ~ shortage Il arrivals
toC TIE Argentina /. q therefore
Necessary tor ne Z. s Food Admins
CEuoo 70 urge Q Sill further reduction
II he Consumption % bread and bread
E-u-s generally = We are 70 nee; our
export recess- les Tie Food A6oto-
is--sdon hEs issued g Statement eX-
planning The situation = detail ps-oc
llErly he reasons which LEAD l. 20!
tie purpose 0. cente-lcg e-o-t FOR TIE
tine being Upon tie cereal s-usdon
70 relax Temporarily lie restrictions o.
meat consumption
Experience SHOWS, this E-s.eDeo;
says thE; TIE Consumption q bread
ErLEs Is Intimately associated with he
corsCCp1ol 0. meat Toy Various
reasons or supplies @ meat tor he
rsT: rvo OF three months are co-si6-
erEbly enlarged, ED5 we CAL supply he
allies with e. q re Dss; p-o6uca
which transportation facilities render
possible and &: the sane tine some
whE; Increase our ovl consl-p-ion
II these Circumstances tie Food Al
D-1ls-rsa non considers Z; wise 20 relax
TIE voluntary restrictions o. DeE; COB
Sumption 70 some extent Wiz view
70 further decreasing bread corsDl-
don
Conss-vs cio- o. food uus. re ed
tuEted 70 meet necessities from tine 20
tine, for ns.tbe: production. nor o.
he'd demands are constant factors 10.
ckr any % these factors - grdc,ps -ei
fc- long periods i advance y the cts-
ru-t,ed conditions = which re e; pres
ert I've While lie world Situation Il
DO; one that wC--Er-s any relaxation
T. tie eso--s 20 eliminate vase OF 20
relax economy n food, the Adm MS
t-Eton desires 70 secure be-.s- adjust
nsot II food balances
So long as the presen; conditions
cootnus the Only special restrictions
we ask are TIE besaess and po-kess
Tuesday.
The pestless meal snd the porEea
Saturday are no Logger asked
The farmers % the United States
are responding 20 the national CAL 10
increase hog production Their In
crease, 70 al appearances. In being 81
tAined more rapidly. OF more imDe
date importance. however, are several
complex Actors which have effected
IL immediate Increase n meat SUP
plea
The transportation shortage before
tie government took over TIE rsil
roadE, the bad weather IN January and
early II February, Tie large percent
age % immature corl II the lsst hsr.
vest and TIE necessity % feeding this
col ss rapidly as possible 10 save Il
from decay, have Dot only resulted In
backing Up the EninEls-pa-ucula-ly
hogs-ol TIE farms for q longer pe-
NOD % feeding. but have resulted N
great Increase II their average weight
and VIII result with improved tr1ns
po-rIdon conditions. which already I'D
pear, IN larger than normal arrivals n
market for The peCt two OF three
month"; The weight o. hogs coming
70 the market for the past rwo weeks
indicates al increase = weight OF
from an average OF 203 pounds las,
year 10 the almost unprecedented
average o. 30 pounds. or q pet ID
crease n their meat value OF over Is
Per cent This is q cisdnct addition
70 the nations meat supply. Il there
fore DOW seems certain that we have
such enlarged supplies for 81 least
some months 10 come, that we can DO;
only increase our exports 10 tie allies
TO the full extent OF their trsnspo-ts.
don facilities, but 81 the same time
can properly Increase orr domestic
consumption
The response OF the public TO our ~
guests for reduced consumption 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 SUD
plies ss transportation 10 The allies
permitted
The Administration also suggest,
that n those parts Of the country
where he Old fashioned home preser>
vs1on Of pork Ia stu TIE custom. this
practice should be extended a. the
present time, as Il will relieve The bur,
den upon transportation 20 and from
The packing houses and In economical
~ sound as saving the cost Of packing
operations and a. the same tine viii
provide home supplies Of pork 10 las,
over the months Of decreased suppIes
The Food Administration oeS.res IN I
repeat that II does not want 10 rive
the impression that tbess are ttrnes
when simplicity and node-s don O. liy.
Ing are not critically pecesssry. bu-
that In sole desire Is 70 secure an sd
fnstment between our Different .eos
supplies AID meet changing condition..
from tine 10 tine and TO keep the mn
lie fully and frankly sovised OF n.
posi- don with the fun con hoepce ,no
relissce that whenever II become. nac
essay renewed appeal. for saving vii, 4
met the same loyal response ss IN IN.
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