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ENGLISH NAT10AL KITCHENS AND
REST A IRAN IS l NDERSELL THE PRIVATE
ESTAHLISH.MEN 1 > AND MAKE PROFITS.
WASHINGTON. Sept.. 7— National kitchens
ami national restaurants esu i.isheii in England this year
hy the British Food Ministry to avert public hardship and
provide food at reasonable com. tire underselling privately
operated eating houses, and still are earning big profits.
Mead- in the restaurants cost less than in the average Am
erican eating place, despite the tact that England must
import mud. of its food and l as undergone three more
years of war.
The kitchens are to prepare food for householders,
and in few instances only are arrangements made for con
suming food on the premises, rhe restaurant caters onlj
to the iatter. A good substantnal lunch can lie had at t!i»
restaurants for do cents, ucc r ling to Phillip B. Kenm .Ky
commercial attache at Bondi n of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce.
i ood rationing has heeii i -ta »ii^:uid successluily tin
vear. Mr Kennedv informs tlu bureau , but food regulat
ions .. suited in hotel and restaurant owners reducing t.i
quantity and quality of food w lt*i lit .
price. In some instances prices were increased.
Seeing that this situation was likely to become an act •
ual hardship, the Food Ministry took steps to assist tl'
public, writes Mr. Kennedy. The first action was establish
ment of national kitchens. A thousand were establish. :
from February to August, with only three or four under
the direct management of the Food Ministry, the othe:.
being controlled by local authorities. Necessary capita:
may be obtained from the government, but return pay
meat must be made in temyears. The kitchens are said t.
have helped materially in relieving the food difficulties.
A further step was necessary, Mr. Kennedy report:-.,
because hotel and restaurant patrons found the food re
gulations to lie a hardship. As an experiment, t ,e Food
Ministry opened its first national restaurant on June 2b
th, last, near the newspaper district in Fleet sir et, and
it has proved so successful that others are to be opened in
London and other cities.
“The original payment for rent and equipment amount
-ed to 812,100,” writes Mr. Kennedy. ‘‘The management
of the restaurant is in the charge of the Director of the
National Kitchens, who hopes to be aide to repay the ori
ginal tieasuvy investment w ithin a year from profits earn
-ed. There has been some idea that this restaurant has
been subsided by the government, but the director declar
es tin ■, he food is purchased in the open market in compe
tition with others, and that till money advanced by the
gov?.- will be fully repaid.
‘‘In this initial restaurant the staff numbers about
thirty persons. The kitchen and dining room are very
clean and attractive, and the service appeal's to he very ef
ficient. The system in vogue is what is sometimes known
in the United States as the cafetaria plan the customers,
wait on themselves. The dining room has a seating capa
city for 170 persons at one sitting. It is estimated that
about 1000 meals are served from 11.30 a.m. to 8 p.m.. One
of the most profitable features of the restaurant is the
serving of afternoon tea, which has been very well patro
nized. The principle on which the restaurant in run is to
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servo food which is most easily procurable at the time. |
' This makes possible the serving of liberal portions at rea
sonable prices. As an indication of the prices the follow
j ing will give those in effect on July 2, 1918.
! “Sou]), 2 pence a portion; fish, 4 to 6 pence; roast
meat, 4 to (5 pence; two meat entrees, 4 to G pence, vege
tables , 2 pence a portion: bread, one-half pence; sweets,;
3 and 4 pence: coffee, 2 pence a cup; tea, one pence a cup.
“An arrangement has been worked out whereby six
vouchers will be exchanged for one meat coupon, each
voucher entitling the holder to a meat meal ot not less
than two ounces. In this way it is possible to procure six
meat meals for one meat coupon. A good substantial luncn
can be produced for a charge of one shilling, six pence
(approximately 35 cents.)
“The national restaurant is very popular with the
■shop workers clerks and business men in the vicinity of
Fleet street, the newspaper center of London.
A queue starts forming a half hour before the doors
open, and it was necessary to remain in line about 45 min
utes before being served. This is the only inconvenience
attached to the scheme, and perhaps when more restau
rants are established this may be overcome.
“This first national restaurant has received a great
deal of public attention. The newspapers contain a full ac
count of a visit paid by the wife of the Prime Minister.
Mrs. Lloyd George, the wife of the Minister of Munitions,
Mrs. Churchill, and the wife of the Food Controller, Mrs.
dynes, who took luncheon at the restaurant and express
ed great commendation of the food and service. The rush
•of patronage and the public attention given to this rest
aur: r Mwe indicated in London and other cities of the
Cnited Kingdom.
“Already hotels and restaurants have naturally been
considerably alarmed by this development. The Ministry
of Food received a deputation of these interests, but found
hat they had no definite program. The object of the Min
istry of Food is to procure the co-operation of private ho
' lels and restaurants which they would like to have adopt
ihei methods. Although there has been some protest ol
the entry of the government into private business, it does
lot appear likely that this will amount to enough to check
the movement. The other alternative is that the private
establishments will have to meet the national restaurants
nqualuy of food and prices, and this the Food Ministn
stands ready to lend them all the encouragement and givt
them every possible assistance. If this results, it probably
will be the greatest advantage to be derived from this
>. nent undertaking.
: ood Ministry, however, is going ahead with the
establishment of more restaurants immediately. The Di
rector of National Kitchens of the Ministry of Food, C. P.
Spence . has already made definite arrangements to estai
lisii four similar restaurants in London and one in Leeds,
Glasg >vv, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Brighton, Car
diff, Birmingham and Bristol. Many appeals have also
been r ived from different parts of the country for the
'tarti:;g of similar restaurants in their communities. It is
Impossible to say at present how far this undertaking will
'V', but it appears to nave neen inaugurated with
very great succes.
“This movement has resulted from the tendency of ho
tel and restaurant keepers to fasten the burden of food re
gular mis on their customers. This has resulted in a spee
nergency need for something to be done to protect
the interest of the public during the war. The success, how
-cv-.M',. of national kitchens and national restaurants mav
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have an ultimate effect in showing the advantages of co
operative cooking and serving of food.”
WAR GARDENS
IN SALT LAKE
PRODUCE MUCH
SALT LAKE CITV., Sept., 7.—Ac
cording to estimates of Walter J.
Sloan, supervisor of community war
gardens in this city until two weeks
ago, food products of the value of
from $750,000 to $1,000,000 will be
raised in war gardens here this year.
Mr. Sloan’s report shows that 1349.5
acres were planted this year in a tot
al of 8515 gardens.
Applications for free water to the
number of 4310 were made to the city
water works department for war gar
den use, and the department sent 35.
000 packages of free seed and 40,000
books and pamphlets on gardening.
* which had been issued by the govern
ment. Generosity on the part of th“
press is given much credit for the sli
ce." s of this year’s war garden cam
paign.
Mr. Sloan, who has given up much
01 the work because of other work,
in reporting to the waterworks de
partment, recommends that the city
war garden bureau he organized as
a permanent institution, at least until
the end of the war, for possibly for ^
considerable period thereafter, declar
ing that the necessity for increased
food production will not end at the
signing of peace. Mr. Sloan also has
recommended that war gardens be
turned into wheat fields this fall and i
a growth of winter wheat produced.
TAX OX WHISKEY STARTS '
MANY ILLICIT DISTILLERIES
DUI'LIX, Sept., 7.—The tax on
whiskey, which has risen from ten to
thirty shillings a gallon, has greatly
stimulated illicit distilleries in Ireland
and there has been a great addition to
the number df cases of portheen- mak
ing reported to the police. This was
always been a secret hillside industry
in Ireland. Xow it ,is extending to the
towns. In the country districts barley
stepped in sacks in a bog-hole and
malted on the barn floor is the mater
ial used.
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I RAPID PROMOTION IS
GIVEN A WELSH MINER
LONDON, Sept., 7.—Godfrey Jones
af Wales is the first British working
man to attain the rank of brigadier
general. He enlisted in the ranks at
the beginning of the war and has
been steadily promoted ever since.
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