Douglas Island news., 1918-03-15
AMERICANS ARE
 MAKING GOOD
Conservation of Foodstufs Is Pro- vidng Allies With Ample
 Means for Living

country that bccl mutton and
 lamb should Doc removed from the
 conservation rules with regard Go
 mcatlc.s days. In Che face of high
 prices for feed some growers are
 faced with losses and are hoping thereby for higher prices of meat
 10 is desirable Co bear iu mind that thc mcaucss day is simply and
 solely for the purpose of enabling
 us Jo feed Che allies by saving on
 oour meat consumption. The meat
 less day was instituted as a device
 to tbis end because it places the
 burden of saving ou those classes
 who arc most able Co do so. From Che first of November when thc
 mcaIcss day was instituted. Co thc
 end Of February Che estimated slaughter of cattle n che United States win amount to minimum .of 3.SOO.O0O.UOO pounds of beef . The exports ol beef Co thc allies during this period win reach an- proxImatcly IG5.0o0.OOO pounds. or less than five per cent of Che total This is considerably less than it is highly desirable that wc should have exported Co them The stocks Of beef m Che cold storage warehouses win bc approximately thc s1mc ot. tbc end Of February that they were at Che end Of October and we could have done somewhat better had lhcrc been more ears available.
 l4OOO0.OOO Pounds Saved
 Tho average prcwor export Of beef for four months was about 25.OOU.- O0O pounds and therefore thc. amount Of conservation realized has been roughly 1tu.UOO.O0O pounds
 During thc same period of four months. since November q, Che cs- .uma,cd production oI pork products Twin be approximately 5.5UO0OUo.- uUU pounds Or this wo win have. Joy tbc end ol February. exported approximately 4OU.UOu.UUU. pounds
 The prcvar rate of exports would have amounted to approximately . .UU.O0n.UNU pounds for such a per- Iod 10 Is important to note that che consumption of beef and pork products for tro United States ay- .ragcd n pounds per capita per month under prcwgr conditions and :. that they average l2.25 pounds per month per capita iu 1917 am iu. .rgas, of about l0 per cent where ls Che numbers of our cattle and hogs have not increased iu rbIs ratio per capita m other words pur national consumption has inc. rreascd at faster rate than our production and, therefore. without . Che mcltolss day. Wc would mot have . been m position Co hayo exported . ls much as evcn Che prcvJr average ! amounts. Therefore thc actual my- ing is more than apparent by thc comparison of direct figures.
 It would seem to bc coutcudcd by Che people who arc objcoune . either that thc meat production .s sufficient Co afford us thc exports necessary for che allies, without thc mc1ucss days. u which ease che mcaucss day could have had no cf- feet, OF altcruouyoly, that Che meat . lce. day has been a success and has enabled us Co mako this saving for exports That thc exports arc ob- solutoly vital. needs no proof fur thcr than Che statement of thc ration ! at present in force 'n Europe among ! Che alucs. which has been reduced to approximately ] pound of meats |0f an kinds per week per capita. or . les stuu aO per cent of Che present. . American consumption, and it is to- i day at SO low a Gr 70 as to tend Go diminish tbc morale and resistance of thc allies We are doing our |bcst to increase Che amount of cy- ports and can only do SO by Che |rigid conservation of thc American people.
 Use Mutton and Lamb
 Tho situation iu mutton and lamb ! is somewhat different. We do mol export tbis kind of meat to Che ol- lies On tbc other hand, Inc Food . Administrations roc ommondatiou
 that it should not bc used on tho
 voluntary mcatlcss Tuesday Is simply because if its usc were confined to . tho other six days it would displacc
 a certain amount of beef and porl, whereas if it were left opou Go eat mutton and lamb on Tuesday an equivalent amount Of beef and pork
 would Doe consumed on Che other . days iu thc week. Further. Che rec .ommcudation Of Che administration
 was that mutton and lamb should
 bc used on Che other six days in preference to beef and pork. The l. situation is now somewhat changed. as Che season of marketing lambs and mutton raised entirely for meat . purposes is now on in somc sections of Che West and the Food Admnls- tration in Washington has rccom- . mcnded to Che state food adminis-