Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-04-25
American Meat Restrictions Re-
laxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En-
Iarged Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste.

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 q. S. Food Admins
tration to urge a still further reduction
in the consumption of bread and bread
stuffs generally If 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
what increase our own consumption.
In these circumstances the Food Ad-
ministration considers it wise to relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat con-
sumption to some extent with view
to further decreasing bread consump-
| tion.
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
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 beefess 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
tained more rapidly. OF more imme-
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 last har.
vest and the necessity of feeding this
corn as rapidly as possible to save 1t
from decay, have not only resulted in
backing up the animals-particularly
hogs-on the farms for a longer pc
riod of feeding, but have resulted in
great increase in their average weight
and will result, with improved trans.
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
year to the almost unprecedented
average of 232 pounds, or a net In.
crease In their meat value of over Is
l per cent. This Is a distinct addition
to the nations meat supply. 1t there
Y 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.
- tion facilities. but at the same time
can properly increase our domestic
, consumption.
o The response of the public to our re.
: quests 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 sup.
plies as 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 at the
present time. as 1t wifi relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
the packing houses and is economical
ly sound as saving the cost of packing
operations and at the same time will
provide home supplies of pork to las
over the months Of decreased supplies
The Food Administration desires tc
repeat that 1t does not want to give
the impression that these are time.
when simplicity and moderation of liy
ing are not critically necessary, bu
that Its sole desire is to secure an ad
fastment between our different foot
supplies and meet changing condition,
from time to time and to keep the pub
lie fully and frankly advised of III
position with the full confidence an,
reliance that whenever It becomes nee
essary renewed appeals for saving will
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