The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-05
SAVE MONEY ON III.
meat WEEK
BEGINS TODAY

be the first day or save Money on
Meat" week in the Southern States
and Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
West Virginia, and the District Of Co
! lumbia. With the White House set
4 ting an example in the use Of the in
expensive cuts, the Department Of
Justice believes that the educational
campaign which it is conducting in
these states will be highly successful.
Reports received from Fair Price
Commissioners and from State Chair
men of the Division of Women's Ac-
ltivities indicate that extensive prepa-
|rations have been made for the week
and that interest is widespread.
The campaign In the states whose
residents are saving money on meat
this week is under the direction of
the following men and women:
| ALABAMA:--Frank E. Spain, Bir-
mingham; Mrs. Brevard Jones, Mont
gomery.
! ARKANSAS:-Hamp Williams, Hot
Springs; Mrs. Amos w. Troupe, 917
wv. Fifth Avenue, Pine Bluff.
DELAWARE Mitchell,
Wilmington.
FLORIDA:-Braxt Beacham, Or
lando.
GEORGIA-John A. Manget, Allan
ia; Mrs. J. E. Hays, Montezuma.
KENTUCKY-P. H. Callahan,
Louisville; Mrs A. H. Moorehad, 1876
Walnut street, Lexington.
LOUISIANA. H. Parker, SIG
Union Street, New Orleans.
MARYLAND-Wm. H. Killian, Bal
timore.
MISSISSIPPI-Thomas j. Locke,
Columbus.
MISSOURI-Lawrence Mcdaniel,
st. Louis; Mrs. J. r. Leighty, 4957
Mcpherson Avenue, st. Louis.
NORTH CAROLINA: - Henry A.
Page, Raleigh.
! SOUTH CAROLINA Harold G..
Booker, Columbia; Mrs. Rufus FAINT
Anderson.
TENNESSEE:-Lee Brock, Nash
vile.
VIRGINIA:-C. B. Kelly, Richmond
WEST VIRGINIA:-J. H. Brennan,
Wheeling; Mrs. w. D. Sell, Charles.
ton.
In the District Of Columbia the cam
paign is under the direction of the
Fair Price Advisory Board.
The Department. of Justice believes
that by utilizing properly the less ex-
pensive cuts, those who have confined
their purchases to rib roasts and cost.
;ly steaks not only will save money
but will help to lower the price OF
the cuts which hitherto have been
popular The present demand is
largely for ribs and loins, which con.
stitute only about one-fourth Of the
animal but which cost about as much
as the remaining three-fourths. Fair
Price Commissioners are trying to
furnish adequate information regard.
ling the selection of the relatively in.
expensive cuts, but If any Housewife
is in doubt, sh els safe in demanding
meat from any froequarter cut except
the rib. The forequarter includes
chuck, brisket, clod, plate, the shank
for soup, and the neck for soup or
mincing
| Posters announcing the date of
Save Money on Meat Week urging
consumers to take advantage Of the
inexpensiv forequarter cuts have been
sent to every postofflce with request
from the Postmaster General that
they be displayed conspicuously
These posters also have been distrib
uted by the Fair Price Commissioner
Of each state Charts explaining the
different cuts, especially the relative
ly inexpensive cuts from the fore
quarter have been postd In retailers
} shops and other conspicuous places to
guide the housewife in her meat buy
ing. Booklets containing tested re-
cipes for the inexpensive cuts have
. been snt out for use by demonstra
tors, lecturers, and others.
Many Southern hotels, motion pic
} ture theaters, clubs, and newspapers
are cooperating in the campaign. John
A. Kotal, of Illinois, who directed the
} recent researches into retail merchan
dising for the United States Bureau
OF Markets and who now is Secretary
} of the United Master Butchers of Am.
erica, has enlisted the cooperation OF
, $4,000 retailers of meat. The Mis-.
souri, Farm Bureau Fedration, in a
telegram to the Department of Jus
tice, pledged its support Tin effecting
readjustmnt Of mat consumption in
this nation to tn end that the whole
carcass may be consumed by the pub.
lie instead Of only some favorite