Newport daily independent., 1918-04-18
ALLIES DEMAND
 MORE CEREALS American Meat Restrictions Re- faxed to Effect Greater
 Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En- larged Food Administration, However, Warns Against
 Waste.

1 these enlarged demands being cause, !! to some degree by shortage in arrival
 from the Argentine. It is, therefore
 necessary for the U. S. Food Admins tration to urge a still further reduction in the consumption of bread and bread
 stuffs generally if we are to meet oul
 export necessities The Food Admin
 istration has issued statement ex
 plaining the situation in detail, partic
 ularly the reasons which lead it, fol
 the purpose of centering effort for the
 time being upon the cereal situation ! to relax temporarily the restrictions on
 meat consumption.
 Experience shows, this statement
 says that the consumption of bread
 stuffs is intimately associated with the
 consumption of meat. For various
 reasons our supplies of meat for the
 next two or three months are cOnsid-
 erably enlarged, and we can supply the
 allies with all of the meat products which transportation facilities render possible and at tie same time some what increase our own consumption In these circumstances the Food Ad- ministration considers 1t wise to relax the voluntary restrictions on meat con- sumption to some extent with view to further decreasing bread consump- ton.
 Conservation of food must be ad- Justed to meet necessities from time to time, for neither production, nor al lied demands are constant factors, nor can any of these factors be anticipated for long periods in advance in the dis 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 to relax economy in food, the Adminis- tratiOn desires to secure better adjust ment in food balances
 So long as the present conditions continue the only special restrictions we ask are the beefiess and porkless Tuesday.
 The meatless meal and the porkless Saturday are no longer asked
 The farmers of the United States are responding to the national call to increase hog production. Their in- | crease, to all appearances. is being at l tained more rapidly. Of more imme- | diate 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 l early in February, the large percent 1 age of immature corn in the last har- | vest and the necessity of feeding this | cern as rapidly as possible to save it 1 from decay, have not only resulted in l backing up the animalS-particular | hogs-on the farms for a longer pe- | riod of feeding, but have resulted in a | great increase in their average weight | and will result, with improved trans portation conditions, which already ap- pear, in larger than normal arrivals al | market for the next two or three The weight of hogs coming to the market for the past two weeks indicates an increase in weight of l from an average of 203 pounds last year to the almost unprecedented l average of 232 pounds, or net in crease in their meat value of over 15 per cent This is distinct addition to the nations meat supply. It there fore now seems certain that we have such enlarged supplies for at least some months to come. that we can not only increase our exports to the allies to the full extent of their transporta- ton facilities, but at the same time can properly increase our domestic 
 The response of the public to our re quests for reduced consumption of meat during the past few months has been most gratifying, and this service alone has enabled the government dur ing this period to provide such sup plies as transportation to the allies permitted.
 The Administration also suggests that in those parts of the country where the old fashioned home preser- Fation of pork is still the custom, this practice should be extended at the
  present time, as it will relieve the bur len upon transportation to and from f he packing houses and is economical v sound as saving the cost of packing operations and at the same time will provide home supplies of pork to last 'ver the months of decreased supplies.
 The Food Administration desires to 'epeat that it does not want to give l he impression that these are times when simplicity and moderation of liv- ng are not critically necessary. but hat its sole desire is to secure an ad- ustment between our different food s upplies and meet changing conditions T rom time to time and to keep the pub Ic fully and frankly advised of its \ position with the full confidence and K eliance that whenever 1t becomes nee :. ssary renewed appeals for saving will . act the same loyal response as In the '. abt. II