Show i a BAN ON AERICN BEEF 1Jt Order of British War Office Will Have Little Effect i i if DEAL 1UNsff a MONTHS r I i I il i Action Not Ut the Nature of Ret 1it I Token Long Before uuIt Was 1 I I proceediflTh0 Jloc 1 the Now Orleans Effective June Isfr Order Becomes 1 Amount of Beef Furnished Army i From America Only Iwo Hundred I Thousand Pounds a Week Barely Two Per Cent of Weekly Imports I A 1 I London April 12Th British War that the Associated Press ofllcp informs i it Is going to try experiment of sup I pjylirg the uimy with only1 homcgrovn I beef The experiment will extend six i njonths from June 1st Major I The director of contracts I said to a representative of the ASBO sld elated Press The new rule npplles r < only to lefrfgcrated beet hitherto I bought In the open market in London I I I I will not seriously affect the American r Ameri-can trade ns the total weekly supply a for the army lony l 200000 founds which is 1 barely 2 per cent ot the weekly i week-ly Imports of refrigerated beef into t England front the United Suites BnJlnnd Brodericks action was taken j long bcfoio the New Orleans proceedings i proceed-ings It is quite absurd to suppose that any Jdca of retaliation prompted the I order which was dueta natural desire de-sire to help some of the home Indus i I tries The difference In prlce Is very a trifling and we are making that up by I 1 giving Tommy Atkins frozen mutton I r two days Instead of one day weekly Jf j i the plan Is satisfactory our supply 1 1l problem will be greatly l simplified for we often have cqmplalnts disagreements i p disagree-ments over refrigerated beef You must not suppose that wo now 1 U so no homegrown beef Aldershot Ii and some ot our other camps are nit ni-t most entirely supplied with homegrown home-grown beef We have hitherto used reo frigcrated beef us an addition to our f rations rather than an Integral part I We have no prejudice against Amen i I can firms and we do not believe they will miss this trade to nny extent even If It Is decided to continue the experi ment1 |