Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-04-12
ALLIES DEMAND
MORE CEREALS
American Meat Restrictions Re-
Taxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat supply Here Considerably En-.
Iareed - Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste.

The allies have made further and
Increased demands for breadstufs,
these enlarged demands being caused
10 some degree by shortage In arrivals
from the Argentine. 1t is, therefore.
necessary for the u. S. Food Admins
tration to urge still further reduction
in the consumption of bread and bread
stuffs generally If we are to meet our
export necessities The Food Admin
istratlon has Issued statement eX
planning the situation in detail, partic
ularly the reasons which lead 1t, for
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 the 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 adj.
justed to meet necessities from time 10
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 I'm 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
tration desires to secure better adjust
ment I'm food balances.
SO long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beefless 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
tanned more rapidly. or more imme.
date 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 ms rapidly as possible TO save II
from decay, have not only resulted In
backing up the neutrality-suspicious.
hogs-on the farms for a longer pc
riod OF feeding, but have resulted in a
great increase in their average weight
and will result, with improved trans
portntion conditions, which already ap
pear, in larger than normal arrivals AT
market for the next two or three
months The weight of hogs coming
to the mn rket 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 -
per cent. This is Il distinct addition
10 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 not
only Increase our exports To the allies
to the full extent of their transpOrta
tion facilities, but AT the same time
can properly Increase our domestic
consumption.
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
ng 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 prcser.
vation of pork is stll the custom. this
practice should be extended at the
present time, rs il will relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
he packing houses and is economical.
~ sound as saving the cost of packing
operations and At the same time will
provide home supplies of pork to last
over the months OF decreased supplies.
The Food Administration desires To
repeat that IL does not want TO give
the impression that these are times
when simplicity and moderation of liy
ing are not critically necessary, hut
HAT its sole desire is to secure an ad.
iuSimcnt between our different food
supplies and meet changing conditions
from Time 70 time and "a keep the pub
lie fully and frankly advised of It's
position with the fun confidence and
reliance that whenever il becomes nee
essary renewed appeals for saving will
met the same loyal response as in he
past