The Marietta journal and courier., 1918-04-19
American Meat Restrictions Re-
laxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings. pas
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably en-
lareed Food Administrator
..,rFIowsvsr, Warns Against 7st=t1-
',C4 a0OJCr Waste. i-t lf

these enlarged demands being cauSeu
TO some degree by shortage Ia arrivals
from the Argentine. 1t is. therefore,
necessary for the U. S. Food Admins
tration to urge a still further reduction
in the consumption of bread andbread-
stuirs generally if we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin
istration has issued statement ex'
planning the situation in detail, ,partic-
ularly the reasons which lead II, Tor
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. ..--aa a.gs a.fls, a.a
Conservation of food must be ad-
1usted to meet necessities from time to
time, for neither production, nor al
Z 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 beeaess and porkless
Tuesday.
saa The meatless meal and the porkless
Saturday are no longer asked. Igg.H
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-
date 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
earlysin 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 neutrality-suspicious.
= hogs-on the farms for a longer PEE
Z. 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 203 pounds last
- year to the almost unprecedented
9. average of a232 pounds, or net in
-- crease in their meat value of over 10
-= per cent. This is a distinct addition
- TO the nations meat supply. 1t 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.
e tion facilities, but at the same time
2. can properly increase our domestic
consumption.
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 ihe old fashioned home preser.
- walton of pork is still the custom, this
= practice should be extended at the
- present time, as it will relieve the bur
= den upon transportation to and from
= che packing houses and is economical
- 1y sound as saving the cost of packing
= operations and at the same time will
= provide home supplies of pork to last
- over the months of decreased supplies
= The Food Administration desires tC
= ~npeat that it does not want TO give
- abe impression that these are times
= Mhen simplicity and moderation of liv
= ing are not critically necessary, bu
- that its sole desire is TO secure an ad
- j ,Stment between our, different fooc
= Supplies d1d meet changing condition:
= from time to time and to keep the pub
- lc fully and frankly advised of IL
- i'osition with the full confidence an,
- reliance that whenever II becomes nee
= *ssary renewed appeals for saving vii
-: met he same. toyat response as in. tn