BIGGER DEMAND
NOW FOR MEAT
Signing of Armistice Is One
Reason Why Prices
Are High
Chicago, AprU 18.—The American
Meat Packers' Association, through
, its Bureau -of Public Relations,
issued the following statement, to
day, regarding present meat prices
and the probable trend in the future.
The Aesoclation's membership In
cludes large and small packers.
"The situation to-day in the meat
industry is Just about what Herbert
Hoover and other Food Administra
tion officials said it would be, as far
back as the first of the year," says
the statement.
"That high prices are caused by
heavy demands rather than any con
trol aimed to stimulate producUou,
has recently been illustrated very
clearly iu the case of hogs. When
the minimum price fixed for hogs
was removed, the Food Administra
tion predicted that the prices might
go still higher. The prediction is
row being verified.
"High prices will continue for a
long time. Each day that brings
final peace nearer, means a greater
call on this country for meat. The
supply of meat is dependent first of
all on the supply of live stock.
European herds have been reduced
by war. To that extent, world pro
duction of live stock is crippled.
"Live stock on farms in the United
States at the beginning of this year
exceeded the number at the begin
ning of 1918 by 1,036,000 cattle,
4,213,000 hogs and 963,000 sheep.
More Mouths to Feed
"But the armistice, instead of hav
ing reduced the demand for meat,
has given us more than 200,000,000
additional mouths to feed, either
whoJly or in part. As shipping be
comes available, an increasing num
ber of hungry nations will be acces
sible for provisioning.
"Great numbers of meat animals
have been dressed since the first of
ttc year. Hogs are now coming in
to American markets in dwindling
quantities and in lesser numblfl
than a year ago. Yet pork products
must form a large part of our ex
ports. The price of hogs remain high.
"Statistics now available as to the
effect of war on foreign herds, indi
cate that swine in Italy have de
creased from 2,508.000 in 1908 to
1,670,000 in 1918; in France, from
7,037,000 in 1913 to 4,168,000 in
1917: in Germany, from 25,592,000
in 1913 to 12,000,000 in 1918; In the
United Kingdom, from 8,940,000 in
1914 to 2.448,000 in 1918; in Den
mark. from 2,497.000 in 1914 to
R13.000 in 1918, and in the Nether
lands. from 1.350,000 in 1913 to
1,850,000 in 1917. Germany sucked
meat animals out of the countries
stio occupied, according to Mr.
Hoover. Belgium lost a third of her
hogs and more than three-fourths
of her cattle, f'attlo decrease severe
ly in many other countries.
"Before the war, England Import
ed seventy-five per cent of her bacon.
About half of the Imported bacon
came from America and the other
half from Denmark and Holland.
"But during the war, a shortage
of feedstuffs left the swine herds of
Holland and Denmark Just adequate
for domestic supplies. These coun
tries cannot resume export until they
obtain sufficient feedstuffs.
Millions Depend oil United States
"The numbers of liberated peoples,
who were inaccessible before hostili
ties ceased, but whom the United
States now will help to feed, include,
according to u very recent statement
by Mr. Hoover, nearly 7,500,000 in
Belgium, 20,000,000 in Poland,
13,000,000 in Czecho-Slovakla, 13,-
000,000 in Rumania, 12,000,000 or
13,000,000 in Greater Siberia, and
20,000,000 in Finland, Armenia and
other countries.
"This takes no account of the food
being sent into the Central Empires,
in order to avert anarchy and gov
ernmental Insolvency.
"Mr. Hoover estimates German
shipping around 20,000,000 tons.
This ill gradually become available
for food cargoes. As it does, a lar
ger and larger part of the demand
for food can be reached.
"The brunt of meat export and
production will be borne by the
United States, South America and
Australia. Live stock iu Argentina
has not increased as much as one
could wish. Australian herds, hurt
some time ago by drought, are now
being replenished. Our own live
stock has not increased commensur
ately with foreign needs.
"In countries where disorder is
now raging, there is a tendancy for
peasants not to market their pro
ducts.
Demand Exceeds Supply
"The whole situation for some
time to come, then, probably will
be one in which the demand for
live stocks and its products greatly
exceeds the supply. This means that
live stock will continue to bring high
prices. Cheap bacon and cheap beef
cannot be made from expensive hogs
and costly cattle, more than live
stock can be raised cheaply on high
priced feedstuffs with expensive
labor.
"How keen is the foreign demand
is shown by the fact that when the
Austrian Food Burean fixed maxi
mum retail prices effective in Vienna
January 1, it set first-class beef as
high as $2.84 a pound.
"If order comes out of the Russian
chaos, the world demand will be
still further augmented. Horseflesh,
which was selling in Moscow for
half a cent a pound In 1914, is bring
ing $1.69 in 1919.
"Low meat prices must wait until
European production is In good
swing again. Meanwhile, American
farmers and packers can only con
tinue their strenuous efforts and full
co-operation with Governmental
agencies, to keep production at the
maximum and prices at the mini
mum possible."
SHE SLIPPED WHERE JOHN
dUIXCY ADAMS FELL DEAD
Washington.—ln the floor of the
floor of the old house of representa
tives there Is a metal disc marking
the spot where John Qulncy Adams,
sixth president of the United States
dropped dead.
"Now, here's where John Qulncy
Adams fell," a guide explained to a
party of eighteers.
"I slipped myself," one lady was
heard to confide to her neighbor.
DRUG TRAFFICKER DEPORTED
Tientsin, April 18.—It Is reported
that the Japanese drug store to which
ten pounds of morphia seized by the
customs were addressed has been
closed up and the manager deported
from China for three years by the
Japanese authorities.
FRIDAY EVENING, HARmSBTTRG TETEGrtXPir * APRIL 18, 1919.
French Gratified to
President Wilson, Says
the Echo de Paris
Pari*. April 18.—The Echo de Parle
says that at no time hae the under
standing between France and the
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United States been closer, and that
the French government Is completely
satisfied with the attitude of Presi
dent Wilson.
"The time has come to destroy the
legend tending to represent President
Wilson as adopting regretfully such
a solution," saya the Petit Partsien,
In commenting upon the settlement
of the question relative to the left
bank of the Rhine by the council of
four. "There may have been diverg
encies as to methods, but there was
an agreement on principle, and an
agreement on the realization of that
principle Is bound to follow.
"Not the least interesting feature
of the prolonged discussion was to
see President Wilson apply himself
passionately to the task of solving
the problem and still not injuring the
rights of Franco. He uttered a phrase
one day which France ought to know.
He declared with an accent coming
from the heart, 'lt would be the sor
row of my life if the great peace
we are making should be Jeopardized
by any difficulty between France and
America.'
"The man who threw his country
into tlio war for France remains our
great friend."
CHINA'S 1018 SLT REVENUE
Peking, April 18.—It is officially
announced that the net salt revenue
paid Into the Group Banks during
1918 amounted to $71,589,603, an in
crease of $962,354 over that paid in I
during 1917. All obligations secured
dn the salt revenue were fully mot.
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