Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1918 — URGE WHALE MEAT AS SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

URGE WHALE MEAT AS SUBSTITUTE FOR BEEF

A movement to urge the people to eat whale meat as a substitute for beef, lamb, artd other victuals has been begOn by the American Museum of Natural History. Statistics submitted by this institution show that this whale meat can be marketed for about 12J4 cents a pound and is- just as tasty and nourishing as any other meat. It has been used in Japan as a foodstuff for the past 20 years, and has proved satisfactory. Should this r.ew eatable appeal to the American people it will undoubtedly result in t tremendous expansion in the whaling industry. The photograph shows the enormous tongue of a Gray whale.