Evening star., 1918-07-21
Alaska Helps Uncle Sam to Win the War

Exceptionally large. In other towns
Of southeastern Alaska. out to the
westward and even in the far Interior.
these pledge-card campaigns nave
been active.
food-saving committees, covering q
canvass OF the restaurants. cafes and
boarding houses in twelve OF the lead
ing towns OF the territory. as to the
amount of meat, wheat and sugar,
nee. The inadequate mail service Is
blamed for the irregularfty OF these
reports.
This once has sent out to all bal-
ers and dealers in foodstufs excerpts
from the Presidents proclamation In
Even mining and canning companies
which make bread for their men. and
who, in doing 30. consume as much
as ten barrels of -four per month,
must apply for. and obtain. q license
Administrator in washington. Every
effort is being made to prevent hoard
ing.
The maximum prices of raw salmon
in Alaska, and the Pacific coast gem
orally. were made public, on May 81.
1913. This action was taken after the
United States Food Administration
had received the recommendations of
i. the federal food administrators OF
Washington. Oregon and Alaska A
reasonable profit was at the same
companies. It ts hoped that another
year will md salmon cheaper to the
consumer.
In canned salmon, which constitutes
the major part Of the shipments from
AlaskI there has been an increase
OF "a per cent in three years During
the past year there was received from
Alaska q total Of 265.45z.s07 pounds
Of canned salmon The greatest in
crease In shipments Of sea food Is
seenein CLAIMS. which showed In 1917
pack Of little iess than two mill
lion pounds-an increase. this. Of go
per cent over the previous year. A
large increase Is shown in shipments
Of picked ish. which rose from 49,
s4s barrels in 1916 to 1855 barrels in
1917. Other substantial increases are
shown In canned herring and fresh
fish.
And now. in ,nowise related to fsh,
nor even particularly toothsome to
serve with fish. comes the turnip az
a product Of Alaska. Shall we hear
OF turnip soup served In. the arctic
regions az well as In the prison camps
of Germany? The Department Of Ag-
riculture has experimental with many
vegetables among. the gold seekers
and the fishermen and round faced
Indians OF our most northern pos
session. Turnips. according to the
food administration. appear to stand
at the head of the garden variety.
Who eats EN-? The, United States
proper. And almost as many as in
1915 came sailing down the Pacific
coast last year for distribution
throughout the states.
Some little boy, more parrot than
thinker, might say in a school COM
position that the turnfp was q hardy
animal, not requiring much atten-
tton. In this way there would be. a
relationship between q turnip and a
reindeer, And, at that, the United
States Food Administration talks Of
them In the same breath. It says that
we have been eating reindeer meat.
Whether in veal loaf. hamburg balls
or restaurant croquettes, Is not stated.
Nevertheless, almost 10000 pounds Of
that animal OF romance accoA Wanted
the turnip peasantry to our AZrbors
last year. s. - =
5 A rain Of dear steaks is constant.
but reindeer steak Is rare. Perhaps
they are in cold storage. Perhaps they
went to France, since Mr.. Hooyer's
Office says that the large amount
shipped In explained largely by the
campaign for meat-saving in Alaska.