Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
MISREPRESENTATION
STILL EhC0URAGED
LIFTING or RESTRICTIONS DOES
NOT MEAN RETURN TO UN.
LIMITED CONSUMPTION.
SAVE SUGAR, MUMF0RD SAYS
Once More People Must Share With
Those Who Sit at Common
Table, He says.

| 1Ac &AtehA8 VI luo TSSIIlCtlOuS ON I'M
consumption Of beef does not mea,
that Its use should be increased to
great extent or that we should retur,
to our pre-war habits of meat.eating
according to F. B. Mumford. Fedora
Food Administrator for Missouri.
AS the extreme drouth in the South
west and other parts Of the courtr,
endangered the meat herds, producers
rushed lightweight beef to the market
thus creating an unexpected surplus In
light cuts. For this reason the Food
Administration announced the. present
program Of serving beef at only one
meal in hotels and restaurants should
be discontinued for the present and
that householders no longer be re-
quested to limit their purchases to one
and one.half pounds Of beef and bone
or one and one.Quarter pounds of clear
beef weekly for each member Of the
family.
1T is highly desirable that the Amer.
lean people consume medium and
lighter grades Of cattle, conserving the
heavier animals for our own armed
force and those Of the Allies" said Mr..
Mumford. las all heavy beef Is for
the present needed for war export, re.
tall markets are requested to handle
cattle which dress not over ATS pounds
and public eating places and the public
In general are urged to create a de.
mand for light cuts.
Modification Are MIslnterpreted.
1T sometimes happens that the mod
ification Of restrictions on the con.
sumption Of various foods ia inter.
preted by some persons to mean that
conservation In this particular food is
no longer necessary. When hotels and
individuals were released recently
from the wheatless pledge they volun.
tarily signed, binding themselves to do
without all wheat products until the
next harvest. many persons seemed to
believe that We could go back to unlim.
tied wheat consumption and that the
purchase Of substitutes was no longer
necessary.
when the Food Administration
finds conditions are such that. some
change can be made In the food regu.
letions this change is made immedi.
ately. 1t should he borne in mind,
however, that the general policy Of the
Food Administration In the conserya.
ton OF beef and wheat and the ellmIna.
tion Of waste Is still encouraged as a
to safeguard the future.
Just now sugar conservation is the
most important thing. Stocks are low
because of the destruction of sugar
ships by submarines, and 1t Is impera
tive that every person In Missouri
limit his consumption of sugar to two
pounds a month.
THE recent sugar regulations have
caused some dissatisfaction, but the
disconnected should remember the
Food Administration is not to blame. |
They should direct their criticism al
the German junke~s and not at the
Food Administration. The shortage of
sugar Is due directly to the U-boats
and the destruction OF sugar lands and
r%efineries, by the Huns.
Success Rests With People.
THE uccess of the sugar program
rests on the honor and cooperation OF
he American people. What are they
lofng now? We hear of an unpatriotic
going from store to store trying tc
iouble their portion over and over
They don't realize they are trying to
beat the game.
1.-THE success Of the wheat campaign
held the Allies together
through the spring and summer. II
lid more than any other thing to give
hem comfort and courage until the
ide turned last month. 1t did more
han any other performance of ours to
establish American credit until the
art our troops played In the second
iarne battle.
Once more We are called on to
hare with those who sit at a common
able. 1t Is a challenge of war condi.
Ions to our humanity. u chivalry and
ur worth. This time we are required
OF to employ q substitute for neces.
airy food, but to give up an indulgence
Shall we succeed? Ask yourselves.
Would we do 1t II 1t was to share with
sick family next door instead Of