The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-08
ALLIES DEMAND
MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re-
IaYed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En-
iarged -- Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste.

The allies have made further and
Increased demands for breadslulis
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage In arrivals
from the Argentine II IS. therefore,
necessary for the T. ). Food Admins
tration TO urge Il still further reduction
In tie consumption Of bread and bread
s.ufs generally II We are 10 meet our
export necessities The Food Admin
istralion has issued Il statement ex-
plnlning the situation In detail, partie-
ularly The reasons which lead II, for
the purpose OF cenierlng effort for the
time being upon The cereal situation
10 relax temporarily the restrictions on
meat consumption.
Experience shows, this statement
SAYS, that the consumption Of bread.
sinfs is Intimately associated with The
consumption Of meat. For various
reasons our supplies Of meat for the
next two or three months are consld-
.ruhly enlarged, and we can supply the
allies with MI. of the meat products
which transportation facilities render
possible and al the same time some
what increase our own consumption.
In these circumstances the Food Nd
minlsiratlon considers II wise TO relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat CON
sumption TO some extent with view
TO further decreasing bread eonsump
tion.
Conservation of food must be ad-
justrd 10 meet necessities from time to
time, for neither production, nor al
lad demands are constant factors nor
can any of these factors be anticipated
for long periods In advance In the lis
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 10
relax economy In food, the Admins
tratlon desires 10 secure better adjust
mcni In food balances
So long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beefless and pofkess
Tuesday.
The meatless meal and the porkess
Saturday are no longer asked
The farmers Of The United States
are responding 10 the national call 10
Increase hog production Their In
crease, 10 all appearances Is being at
talned more rapidly. OF more Imme-
diaie 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 rs possible 10 save II
from decay, have not only resulted in
backing up the animals particularly
hogs 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 ulready ap.
pear, In larger than normal arrivals NJ
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
average of 232 pounds. or net In.
crease in their meat value Of over Is
per cent This Is a distinct addition
To The nations meat supply, II there.
fore now seems certain that we have
such enlarged supplies for at least
some months to come. that we can mot
only Increase our exports to the allies
To The full extent 0f their transporta-
tion facilities. but at u same time
can properly increase our domestic