The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-23
ENGLISH PEOPLE
 PUT ON NATIONS
nx HOLLAND

United States and who is one of the best of the authorities upon food condi- tions in Great Britain, found time this which throws some light upon food con- ditions in Great Britain. Unlike the
 United States, England is compelled largely to rely upon imports of food.
 Here we have food. exclusive of wheat,
 In abundance and more and more the people are learning to content them- selves with the use of cornmeal, rye flour ana other grains of which there l is no shortage. Fortunately, we also have
 large supply of potatoes to each fam | fly. We also have rice in plenty, In England, however. no little contro- versy has been caused by the proposition that the government ration all food as the government has already done with sugar and recently did with butter. The customary breakfast of the aver age Englishman has until these war days fee. Nobody is eating eggs and bacon | in England now. This is partly due to the fact that there Is no bacon to be bought in England or at least very little So also the high price of eggs which cost 10 cents each has made voluntary aban- donment of them as breakfast food inevitable. It is q curious fact that eggs are cheaper in Italy than they are in
 England The one result of the absten- sion from food which before the war the Englishman daily ate in liberal allow
 ance has been a notable falling off Of she weight of many of the citizens To quote MT. Butler: Many persons can echo the words of Lord Rhondda, who recently stated that he had lost 21 pounds in weight, and did not regret it, since he had been weighing too much.
 THE PRICE OF MILK The government has placed severe re- strictions upon milk, meat and starch, although 1t has been found very difficult
 completely to obey the governments com
 mand. This is not because people are
 not willing to heed those things which
 the government says are absolutely nee essary, but because 1t has been found far
 from easy to standardize anything like
 meat, owing tc the different terminology
 as well as weights and measures prevail
 Ing in different parts of England. New
 crthelcss the government has beeh re-
 jciced to absorve the thorough spirit of cooperation on the whole. There have
 been some recalcitrant citizens. Occa-
 sionally farmers have refused to culti-
 vate their land, and it has been found
 expedient to fine them for acting In this manner. So also farmers who have charged ? cents quart for milk more
 than the food control price, have been
 subjected to the modification and an-
 noyance of having their milk cans forcibly taken away from them by the
 people.
 THE ELIMINATION OF WASTE MT. Butler said this morning that there has been great elimination of waste in the restaurants and eating houses At one time there was anxiety because the supply cf tea ran short, but the keepers of the restaurants made that good in little while by furnishing cocoa in place of tea. Public Kitchens. too. have been we'll started and satisfactorily worked in the thicldy populated areas Therefore, it is now possible to report that for country where food was mo- toriously wasted before the war, the col lective effort has been remarkably sat isfactory.
 SIR ARTHUR YAPP'S SCALE
 Sir Arthur Yapp. who is the director of food economy in England perfected new scale of voluntary rations recently whereby men and women are supplied with food in accordance with their vo- cation. Men who are engaged in indus trial work receive nearly twice as much as men who are unoccupied. Women who l. k-4x receive five pounds week of rations,
 whereas women engaged in sedentary
 work are allowed only three and four fifths pounds
 Sir Arthur, at the meeting few days ago at Manchester over which the lord
 mayor of Manchester presided. spoke in words of great monition. urging that the strictest economy should be practiced in the use each day of staple foods, ans also urging that the rations be on no &C., count exceeded. In speaking of the re- strictions upon the use of liquor. MT. But Ter said this morning that the restric- ticns imposed early in the war on the consumption of drink, would not be toll erated in any continental country, be cause owing to those who are termed teetotal fanatics. beer and light wines were put in almost the same category as spirits" Mir Butler said there was some difficulty in northern England and In Scotland on account of the drink re- striction because in those parts of Great Britain, the industrial population drink ! whisky instead of beer. Fortunately, however. the government learned to act wisely, and in that way met the req
 sonable demands of men who are en- gagged in heavy physical work by first permitting an increase in quantity of drink used each day and next in inn proving the quality of the beer. With a view to establishing equality between rich and poor, the government at first restricted the release of wine from bond However. the government was obliged to abandon the restriction because the French and Portugase governments. with whom Great Britain has large trade re- !ations represented by the import of wine, made earnest protest against this restriction.
 MT. Butler believes that these restric- tions and this rationing of food and fuel are sufficient to meet all emergencies present and future, which the war has created in Great Britain. and that 1t wi. never be necessary to place an esn- bargo for any number of days. IS Di Garfield las done in the United States upon the industries of Great Britain