The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-02-08
INCREASE In
Use OF MEAT
HELD LIKELY
Is Seen as World Trend;
Compulsory Army Serv-
ice One Factor ..
By STEWART BROWN
United Press Staff Correspondent

! mtdJV cons tIltPIfN''' N>"f''N
fact Il has fallen off during the
economic depression, will increase
with the return Of prosperity be
because mgat-cating is associated
with Success, power ana prosper
ity." according to an exhaustive
study OF the International Instl-
tutc Of Agriculture.
The institutes research cX-
pcrts, after compilations, have
concluded that only approximate
| " onc-fourth Of the worlds pop
UIatiou eats an apprcciable GUAM
fjtv of meat. Argentina 1854
Doilnts Ncl person annually, New
Zealand (221 pounds), Australia
! (2O0 pouads) and Canada tl45
poundsj lead all countries IN
meat consumption, while Italy,
/ .rnoup the western and civilized
lrnw"r%. has the lowest consuInP-
lion along with Poiaad. Italians
asryag, only 81 pouuds Of meat
apr person yearly, while Poles
average about II pounds. The
British average l39 pounds and
Americans 1875 pounds.
NOT EATEN UNIVERSALLY
According to the Institutes re-
port, there are large world areas,
rcprcscnting almost three-quar-
tcrs of the total population Of the
globe, where meat consumption
Represents only an occasional
factor in their diet
with a few rare and insignifi-
cant exceptions, >" continues the
report. "meat is an important
food only for some 200 to 300
million people in Europe as well
as for the overseas countries peo-
pied by emigrants from Europe.
The question is now to be
asked whether an increase in the
total consumption Of meat in the
world is TO be anticipated in the
near future and what is the prob
ability that the production OF
meat will be adequate to this pos
sible increase.
That an increase in and even
a considerable addition to this
production is likely, seems be-
yound doubt. 1t is highly
probable also that in the near
future, provided at least that the
general conditions Of purchasing
power among the masses do not
become worse, a total increase in
the demand for meat among the
western populations will have to
be counted on, even if the con-
sumption of the more well-tO-do
classes already has reached satu-
ration point and will not continue
to rise but may possibly fall.
ARMIES CULTIVATE HABIT
every day the proportion Of
the urban and industrial section
Of the population, the chief meat
consuming section, increases, as
does the proportion of the adult
groups consuming more meat;
compulsory military service con-
tinues TO accustOm every year
fresh classes Of young men to a
consumption Of meat which, for
the majority of them, was previ"
ously quite abnormal.
'In consequence of q prOpagan-
da for more effective than be-
fore, the meat industry and trade
act in favor Of an increase in the
consumption Of this food,
throughout the population in the
upper classes as in the masses,
consumption Of meat is constant
y associated with success, power
and prosperity.
"Since the majority of these
factors, acting in favor of an in
crease in the consumption of
meat, are gaining effect every
day also among the threc-fourths
of the worlds population, among
whom the consumption of meat is
at present very small or even nil,
it must be expected that this con-
sumption will increase, too.
among them in the future.
TOKYO HAS MORE
MEAT SHOPS
Among the primitive races of
Africa, as well as with the civil
ICED nations Of the Far East.
numerous proofs are met with
that 4 development in this sense
IS IN course. 1t is highly sig
nificigant that in Tokyo today
there are to be found more than
5000 butcher shops where IS
years ago there were only three
or four"
A statistical table of the re-
port, based on the consumption
Of and expenditure on meat and
other animal products by urban
families in the chief countries,
shows that the citizens of Buenos
Aires consume more meat per
capita than any city in the world.
The annual consumption per per-
son IN Buenos Aires is figured at
300 pounds, compared to 1876
pounds in Vienna, 1876 pounds in
Copenhagen, 1876 pounds in De
ToIt, and II pounds in Saleron,
Italy.
The report adds, however, that
no comparison should be made be-
tween the various countries be
cause often climatic conditions or
other reasons are responsible for
the low OF high rate of meat con-
sumption.
" CANADA MISSES SLUMP