The Washington herald., 1914-08-11
u. S. MUST. FEED
|. .WARRINGfUROPE
Statistics Show All Allies
Look to Uncle Sam for
Substinance.
CAN FIX HIS OWN PRICES
Triple Entente viii Starve Out Ger
many by Control of Seas, and y. S.
Must Fill the Dinner Pail.
CAN FIX HIS OWN PRICES
By JOSEPH p. AMIN.

The apparent ease with which the
Triple Entente could starve out the
German-Austrian allies through control Of
the sea is strikingly Illustrated in sta
tistics now being prepared by the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Thesee same
statistics also show that of the Triple
Entente Russia alone produces food prod
ucts more than sufficient for her own
needs Furthermore, and finally, the sta
tistics show that all allies will be very
largely dependent upon the United STATES
for the food with which to- maintain
their armies
Uncle Sam, with bumper crops, a wheat
production Of go 900 bushels more THAI
the average for the last ten years, and
occupying a position of absolute neutral
ity, with the power to enforce that
neutrality, will be able to make pretty
much his own terms as to the privileges
to be accorded his merchant marine, such
as it is. and as to the prices to be paid
for his products.
Fucts About Food Products.
These facts stand out strongly in con-
sidering the food products situation in
Europe:
OF the six nations at present embrolled
only one-Russia-produces more wheat
than IL consumes. All the others import
wheat for home consumption.
Aside from Russia, only two other ma
tions produce more cereal Of any kind
than they consume. All others, excepting
Germany and Austria-Hungary are forced
to import all cereals for home consum-
ton. Germany exports 7,064.6T bushels of
rye annually, and -.ustria- Hungary
raised 9,646,515 bushels more Of barley
annually than is consumed within her
borders.
In meat products, the countries allied
with the Triple Entente produce nearly
twice as many cattle and hve times as
many sheep, as do Austria-Hungary and
Germany combined. The Teutonic allies,
however. produce about one-third more
swine than their enemies
Germany and Austria-Hungary, with a
total population Of no, 49,, 74o, face an
annual shortage in wheat Of 72,446, ,46S
bushels. The average yearly consumption
per capita for these two countries is
2O9 bushels under ordinary circum-
stances.
Shortage of wheat.
The countries Of the Triple Entente
face a net shortage in wheat Of S9,245 SO.
spread over a population OF 250,14252S.
The average of per capita consumption
annually for the countries which do not
export, is ia. Russia alone Of the cOun-
tries in the Triple Entente exports 15o,
S75, 900 bushels of wheat annually. The
United States was the second largest ex-
porter Of wheat in the world, until this
year. Her bumper crop is expected to
place US in the lead, with a mark far
above the 2OO,OoO,O 900 busheI mark
In all probability our wheat exports
alone will be sufhcIent to absorb the
shortage which all the warning nations
face now, regardless Of the fact that
Russia faces a shrinkage this year in
her wheat crop.
Here are figures showing the cerea
situation with the warning nations:
/ Germany-Inports: Barley, 1G7, so
bushels; corn. 34,s66,5o3 bushels; oats
/ 16, T66,ss7 bushels; rice, R4,7f7,2e4 pounds
wheat, 6s.2S5. .0O2 bushels. Exports-Rye
! 7,O54.607 bushels.
Austria Hungary-Imports: Corn, ass,
Ss7 bushels; oats, 1.7S3,SsS bushels; rice
1s9, ,620672 pounds; rye, L132,T7 bushels
wheat, an. 466 bushels. Exports-Barley
| Is. .646,575
| Great Britain-Imports: Barley, 4s.777,
334 bushels; corn. s5,oeo.7E bushels; oats
Isl, ,s51, bushels; rice .457 pounds
rye. 2.15T,o3 bushels; wheat, 21O,s1s,Ss
! bushels.
France-Imports: Barley, 4.sS3,77s bush
| els; corn, 1873. $50 bushels; oats, 1S,27s, 81
! oifsTo1.V1U rye
! !, ,ITS, ,02s bushels; wheat IS 467, SIS bushels
| Belgium-Imports: Barley, 1882. "A
bushels; corn, 15,4Ss.sS2 bushels; oats
5.15s,s22 bushels; rice, S347s.72S pounds
rye. 2,5S5.2O5 bushels; wheat, Sill, IS
| bushels.
Virtually all Of the cereal items are. oil
the export side of Russia's ledger. AsId
from an export Of more than 10000. 90
bushels Of wheat. her corn export run
upwards of 100000 bushels and her oat
export is one Of the greatest in tn
| world.
| Figures for United States.
In contrast TO the figures for all coun
tries except Russia, statistics for tn,
United States show that the cereals
named we import only rice. and a com
lparatively small quantity Of that o.
the other hand, our exports in man!
cases exceed the imports OF some of tn,
larger countries Here are the figure
for the United States:
Exports-BarIey, S,516.555 bushels: corn
$3.50. .065 bushels; oats, s,SsS. .532 bushels
| rye, 955, ,64 bushels; wheat (smaI crol
year,, I07,1a,tm bushels. .Imports-Rice
I76,O5s,2T pounds. The wheat figures ar,
taken from a small year. This year.
figures promise to exceed them by one
third.
II Ths live stock figures for the countrie