Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-05-17
Endicott Urges Saving of Meat

hOuhSCDlCl.L lIOIh "dSulllSl Ou lhd
the National Food Administration is
calling upon the public for persistent
saving in the use OF meat, Massachu-
sets State Food Administrator Endi-
colt says:
THE object of this statement is
very plain; that is, that just for the
present the Food Administration IL
not going to appoint special days or
special meals that we shall refrain
from meat, but really asks US, as pa
triotic citizens to always bear in mind
every minute that every bit of saving
we can make on meat is a help in
this crisis. Therefore it is the plain
duty of all our citizens Of Massachu-
sets to keep this thought In mind and
conduct themselves so that when our
boys come home from the war we can
look them in the eye and say: We
have done everything possible at
home, while you were fighting for us
abroad, to keep the necessary supplies
going forward to you all the times
without interruptions.
do not for a moment let up on the
saving of wheat; each one Is now
asked to add to 1t all that loyalty and
patriotism demands, to increase the
saving of meat for shipment. This Is
a question for each man and woman
to decide for himself or herself.
The May Draft Quota.
State officials have received calls
for men to fill the May draft quota.
The men will start for the camps
about May 25. The provost marshal
generals Office announced that the
call was for 233,742 men.
The men were ordered to entrain
for camp within the fve-day period
beginning May rs. This brings the
total number Of men called for the
month of May, including special clas-
SO to approximately sos, 900.
The quotas of the New England
states are as follows:
New Hampshire, 624 to Camp Dew.
ems.
Maine, 1914 to Camp Devens.
Vermont, 500, to Camp Devens.
Massachusetts, 1898, to Camp Up
ton, N. Y; 200 to Camp Devens.
Rhode Island, 1908 to Camp Upton.
Connecticut, 3,845, to Camp Upton
Milk producers and distributors at
a meeting in Boston with the New
England milk commission reached an
agreement which members of the
commission declared assured a settle
ment of the price situation in this
territory. The New England Milk
Producers Association, acting in be-
half Of the farmers and representa-
tives of six large dealers who handle
nearly rs percent Of all the milk con-
sumed in New England, announced
their willingness to abide by any
plan for the handling of surplus milk
which might be formulated by the
commission. The board Is UNDER
stood to have in mind a plan which
would provide for a milk administra-
tor with power to determine the cost
Of production and distribution
through examination Of the accounts
Of the farmers and dealers, and ad-
justmena of the price on a butter, fat
and skim milk basis.
A riveting gang composed Of three
husky Syrians, at the Fore River
yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
corporation, Quincy, Mass, have
broken all worlds records for rivet-
ing. Riveter Charles Mulham drove
2,S05 three quarter inch oil-tight
rivets in a nine hour stretch. The
previous record, company officials
said, was 2,720 three quarter inch
snap rtvets driven in nine hours, held
by the Baltimore Drydock and Ship
building company. Oil tight rvetina
is much harder than snap" riveting,
for the bulkheads on the shell of the
oil tanker on which the men were
working are put under air pressure
test. The calloused hands Of both
the riveter and his holder-on were
badly burned as the tools heated UP
because Of the rapid manipulation OF
the whitehot rivets aossed by theiI
heater boy at an average rate Of more
than five a minute. The gang earned
something like $40 as a result Of the
nights work, the riveter getting 30
per cent the holder on 80, and the
heater 20 per cent. Gen. Manager s.
w. Wakeman added a substantial
bonus in recognition Of the feat
I'VE have not found a single case
of ground glass in food in Maine in
a large number Of samples of bread.
-four, oatmeal, candy, peanut butter,
sugar, foodstuffs and such, sent to US
from all over the State" said Direc-
tor Chas. D. Woods Of the Maine Ex-
pertinent Station in a recent inter
view. What appears to have been
glass has been found in every in
stance to be fine particles Of sand.
which evidently got into the food by
accident This is particularly the
case with peanut butter, as the sand
adheres to peanut pods and cannot
oluayo ha antirely eliminated. How