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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, MEYERSDALE, PA.
ALLIES DEMAND
MORE CEREALS
@merican Meat Restrictions Re-
laxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably Em
larged — Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
" Waste,
The allles have made further and
Increased demands for breadstuffs,
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage In arrivals
from the Argentine. It is, therefore,
necessary for the U. S. Food Adminis-
tration to urge a still further reduction
in the consumption of bread and bread-
stuffs generally if we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin-
istration has issued a statement ex-
plaining the situation in detail, partic
ularly the reasons which lead it, 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 it wise to relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat con-
sumption to some extent with a view
to further decreasing bread consump-
tion.
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.
80 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-
tained more rapidly. Of more imme-
diate importance, however, are several
complex factors which have effected
an immediate increase in meat sup-
ies.
The transportation shortage before
the government took over the rafl-
roads, the bad weather in January and
early In February, the large percent-
age of immature corn in the last hap-
vest and the necessity of feeding this
corn as rapidly as possible to save it
From decay, have not only resulted
backing up the animals—particularly
hogs—on the farms for a longer pe-
riod of feeding, but have resulted in
great increase in their average rei
hd will result, with improved trans
‘portation 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 market for the past two weeks
indicates an increase in welght of
from an average of 203 pounds last
year to the almost unprecedented
average of 232 pounds, or a net in-
crease In their meat value of over 15
per cent. This is a distinet addition
to the nation’s 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-
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-
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-
vation of pork is still the custom, this
practice should be extended at the
present time, as it will relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
the packing houses and is economical-
ly 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 it does not want to give
the impression that.these are times
when simplicity and moderation of liv-
ing are not critically necessary, but
that its sole desire is to secure an ad-
Justment between our different food
supplies and meet changing conditions
from time to time and to keep the pub-
lic fully and frankly advised of its
position with the full confidence and
reliance that whenever it becomes nec-
essary renewed appeals for saving will
met the same loyal response as in the
past.
GROCERS HELP
IN 50-50 PLAN
SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY OUT
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM.
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POST CARDS IN STORES.
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Explain New Wheat Ruling to
Thousands of Customers—In-
sures Greater Food Saving.
Grocers of the nation have accepted
enthusiastically the 50-50 basis for the
purchase of wheat flour and are doing
their utmost to explain the new regu-
lation to the housewife, This ruling by
the U. 8S, Food Administration requires
each purchaser of wheat flour to buy
one pound of cereal substitute, one
kind or assorted, for every pound of
wheat flour. It was necessary to re-
strict the use of wheat flour In order
that the allies and our fighting forces
abroad might be assured of an ade-
quate supply of wheat to meet their
vital needs. This supply must come
from our savings because we have ai-
ready sent our normal surplus.
Wheat saving pledge cards were for-
warded by the Food Administration to
all retail food merchants, and these
are being signed and posted in stores
throughout the country. This ecard
states, “We pledge ourselves loyally to
carry out the Food Administration pro-
gram. In accordance with this order
we will not sell any wheat flour except
where the purchaser buys an equal
weight of ‘one or more of the following,
a greater use of which in the home
will save wheat:
“Cornmeal, corn flour, edible corn
starch, hominy, corn grits, barley flour,
potato flour, sweet potato flour, soy
bean flour, feterita flour and meals,
rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled oats and
buckwheat flour.”
Some confusion has resulted on the
part of the consumer in construing
this “50-50” ruling to mean that an
equal amount in value of substitutes
must be purchased with wheat flour.
This is a mistaken idea. The ruling
states that the consumer in purchasing
flour shall “buy at the same time an
equal weight of other cereals.”
One exception to this ruling is con-
cerning graham flour and whole wheat
flour, which may be sold at the ratio
of three pounds to five pounds of
wheat flour. This provision is made
because approximately 25 per cent.
more of the wheat berry is used in the
manufacture of ‘these flours than stand-
ard wheat flour.
Another exception is that concern-
Ing mixed flours containing less than
50 per cent. of wheat flour, which may
be sold without substitutes. Retailers,
however, are forbidden to sell mixed
flours containing more than 50 per
cent, of wheat flour to any person un-
less the amount of wheat flour substi-
tutes sold is sufficient to make the to-
tal amount of substitutes, including
those mixed in flours, equal to the to-
tal amount in wheat flour in the mixed
flour. For instance, if any mixed flour
is purchased containing 60 per cent.
what flour and 40 per cent, substi-
tutes it is necessary that an additional
20 per cent. of substitutes be pur-
chased. This brings it to the basis of
one pound of substitutes for each
pound of wheat flour.
A special exemption may be granted
upon application in the case of special-
ly prepared infants’ and invalids’ food
containing flour where the necessity is
shown. -
Some misunderstanding seems to ex-
isc on the part of consumers in assum-
Ing that with the purchase of wheat
flour one must confine the additional
50 per cent. purchase to one of the
substitutes. This is not the case. One
may select from the entire range of
substitutes a sufficient amount of each
to bring the total weight of all substi-
tutes equal to the weight of the wheat
flour purchased. For instance, if a
purchase of 24 pounds of wheat flour
is made a range of substitutes may be
selected as follows:
Cornmeal, 8 pounds; corn grits, 4
pounds; rice, 4 pounds; buckwheat, 2
pounds; corn starch, 1 pound; hominy,
2 pounds; rolled oats, 3 pounds.
These substitutes may be used in
the following manner:
Cornmeal, 8 Pounds.—Corn bread, no
flour; corn muffins or spoon bread,
one-fourth flour or one-third rice or
one-third hominy; 20 per cent. substi-
tutes in whole bread.
Corn Starch, 1 Pound.—Thickening
gravy, making custard, one-third sub-
stitute in cake.
Corn Grits, 4 Pounds.—Fried like
mush, used with meal in making corn
bread.
Rolled Oats, 3 Pounds.—One-fourth
to one-third substitutes in bread, one-
half substitute in muffins; breakfast
porridge, use freely; oatmeal cookies,
oatmeal soup.
Buckwheat Flour, 2 Pounds.—One-
fourth substitute in bread, buckwheat
cakes.
Hominy, 2 Pounds.—Bolled for din-
ner, baked for dinner, with cheese
sauce.
Rice, 4 Pounds.—One-fourth substi-
rute in wheat bread. one-third substi-
tute in corn bread, boiled for dinner (a
bread cut), as a breakfast food, to
thicken soups, rice pudding instead of
cake or pie, rice batter cakes.
Several grocers have stated that
their customers who strictly observe
the 11 wheatless meals each week find
it necessary to buy substitutes in ad-
dition to those ordered under the 50-
50 plan,
| higher return per bushel from wheat
FARMER CHOSEN
EXPERT ADVISOR
C. J. Tyson, of Pennsylvania,
Named Fer National Post.
HONOR FOR KEYSTONE STATE
C. J. TYSON.
Philadelphia, March 26.—C. J. Ty-
son, one of the representatives of
the farmers in the United States Food
Administration for Pennsylvania, has
been appointed a member of the Ad-
visory Board, selected by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture and the United
States Food, Administrator, Herbert
Hoover, to represent the producing in-
terests of the nation, in the matter of
increasing the supply of live stock,
fruits and vegetables.
This Advisory Board will be called
into conference by the two depart-
ments from time to time to discuss
national agricultural problems. The
first meeting will be held in the of-
fice of the Secretary of Agriculture, in
Washington, March 28th.
The membership has been selected
with reference not only to the larg-
er agricultural interests, but alse to
geographical consideration. The full
membership of the committee follows:
E. S..Brigham, St. Albans, Vt.
C. J. Tyson, Flora Dale, Pa. =
‘Henry C. Stuart, Elk Garden, Va.
David P. Massie, Chillicothe, O.
:D. O. Mahoney, Viroqua, Wis.
F. J. Hagenbarth, Spencer, Idaho.
Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D.
‘W. G. Gordon, Humboldt, Tenn.
H. W. Jeffers, Plainsboro, N. J.
Milo D. Campbell, Coldwater, Mich.
George C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.
C. W. Hunt, Logan, Ia.
William F. Pratt, Batavia, N. Y.
David: R. Coker, Harteville, S. C.
C. 8. Barrett, Union City, Ga.
Oliver Wilson, Peoria, Ill.
Marion Sansom, Fort Worth, Texas.
N. H. Gentry, Sedalia, Mo.
J. N. Hagan, Bismarck, N. D.
W. L. Brown, Kingman, Kan, .
Jugene Funk, Bloomington, III
‘W. W. Harrah, Pendleton, Ore.
W. R. Dodson, Baton, Rouge, La.
John. Grattan, Golden, Colo.
Howard Heinz, U. 8. Administrator,
and other officers of the Pennsylvania
Food Administration expressed gratifi-
eation at the selection of Mr. Tyson ag
constituting a tribute to the efficiency
cf the State Administration, a recogni-
tion of the farmers of Pennsylvania,
and a high compliment to the scien-
tific skill and attainments of Mr. Ty-
son himself,
Mr. Tyson was born om the farm
where he still lives, at Flora Dale,
Adams county, Pa, September 4, 1877.
He was educated in the public
schools, at the George School, near
Newtown, Pa., and at Swarthmore
College. He operates one of the
largest apple orchards in Pennsylva-
nia, which is owned jointly by him-
self and two brothers. He has also
about 200 acres in general farm crops.
Mr. Tyson served seven years as
secretary and later as president of
the State Horticultural Association
of Pennsylvania, and he is now chair-
man of its legislatuve committee. He
is a trustee of Pennsylvania State
College to the advisory committee of
its School of Agriculture, and of the
standing committee in charge of agri-
culture extension.
He has been since 1912, Pomologist
of the Penngylvania State Board of
Agriculture, and he is a member of
the committee in charge of the Penn-
sylvania Agriculture Products Show
for the years 1917-1918. He iz a mem-
ber of the State Chamber of Com-
merce, and of its Board of Directors.
WHEAT RETURN IS HIGH
Interesting Figures For Farmers From
Food Statisticians.
Washington, March 26.—Dr. Ray-
mond Pearl, statistician of the United
States food administration, says that
er still receives a
the American farm
than from any other cereal crop.
Dr. Pearl, ta his information
from the publis reports of the
United States agricultural depart-
ment, finds that the average price re-
ceived by the farmier for wheat fer
the three years before the war was
86, 9-10 cents a bushel. He receives
now $2.006 a bushel, a percentage in-
crease of 131.
Corn comes next with a percentage
increase of 108and ozte esi barley
are tied wit: ¢ presse of
106.
Insurance Clause—
Every OPPENHEIL ‘ER garment is
inspected rigidly and then offered for
sale with ABSOLUTE INSURANCE
without argument, quibbling, or celay.
In Line with the Temper
of the Times
: Oppenheimer Clothes have the appearance of
high-priced custom tailoring. And like the model
shown above they are as good all through as they
look outside.
The Oppenheimer label is your guarantee of de-
pendable fabrics, correct fit, satisfactory service
and honest value.
The spring models, now ready, are in line with
the temper of the times. See them. For sale by
leading clothiers.
Suits, $15 to $30. Trousers, $2.50 to $6.
JIM. OPPENHEIMER, @ CO.
WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY
115-123 Seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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THE GREAT WAR HAS MADE
CIGARETTES A NECESSITY.
J. T. Yoder
JOHNSTOWN
Sells the Champion Cream Saver
—TENEW DE LAVAL
ID you know that while other manufacturers are raising their
prices to meet the soaring cost of materials, The De Laval
Separator Company is putting out at no increase in price a
bigger and better cream separator than ever before—a separator with a
self-centering bowl, a bell speed-indicator :
that insures operation at the proper speed,
and many other important improvements ?
The NEW De Laval embodies the greatest
improvements in cream separator cone
struction in the last 30 years.
The NEW De Laval has greater capacity.
The NEW De Laval skims even closer.
The NEW De Laval is even simpler in
eonstruction.
The NEW De Laval is even more sanitary.
And you get all these improvements
without one cent increase in the price.
The first time
you come to town
drop in and see
one of these new machines. We know you will
be interested in the new self-centering bowl,
the new milk-distributing device, the improved
discs, the bell speed-indicator, and the im-
proved automatic oiling system—all fea-
tures that are found only in the NEW
De Laval.
You can buy a De Laval from us on such
terms that it will pay for itself while
yor are using it. But even if you are not
ready to buy yet, come in and look the
machine over. It will be worth your while.
“Our boys must have their smokes.
Send them cigarettes!” This is a
familiar appeal now to all of us.
Among those most in demand is
the now famous “toasted” cigarette—
LUCKY STRIKE. Thousands of this
favorite brand have been shipped to
France. There is something home-
like and friendly to the boys in the
sight of the familiar green packages
with the red circle.
“This homelike, appetizing quality
of the LUCKY STRIKE cigarette is
largely due to the fact that the Burley
tobacco used in making it has been
toasted. “It’s toasted” was the “slo-
gan” that made a great success of
LUCKY STRIKE in less than a year.
Now the American Tobacco Co. is
making 15 million. LUCKY STRIKE
Cigarettes a day.
A good part of this immense pro-
duction is making its way across the
water to cheer our boys.
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Be Careful
—to keep the stomach well, the
liver and bowels regular, by the
timely and helpful aid of
BEECHAM'S
PILLS
Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World
Cross-section of New Bowl
signal”
that insures operation
at proper speed.
Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25¢. ;
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