Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1917 — Hoover Predicts High Meat Prices. [ARTICLE]

Hoover Predicts High Meat Prices.

Washington, Aug. 20.—Herbert Hoover today warned America that the world faces a meat famine and America “a high range of prices for meat and animal products for many years to come.” He cited figures to prove that the nation’s-cattle, sheep and hogs are dwindling rapidly under the demands of war and in allied Europe threaten to be wiped out entirely. Fabulously high prices in Europe and America wul extend to butter, lard, cheese, fats, oils and wools. Hoover advocated government control of this country’s meat export. He. called upon America’s livestock breeders to lay plans at once for enormously increasing herds and flocks. He pleaded that all rich, well-to-do, middle class and other non-manual laborers in the United States greatly reduce their meat consumption and leave more for the fighting men and female war workers of allied lands. He cautioned the allies that “large amounts of meat from northern neutrals are being diverted to Germany” and offered this as an added reason for regulation of American exports. As»a meat conservation measure for America he suggested that our comparatively little utilized fish supply, be thoroughly _ harvested, well marketed and more generally eaten.