Evening journal., 1914-08-11
america MUST FEED
warning nations
Russia Alone Raises More
Than Enough Food Prod
uctS For Own Use
WHEAT SHORTAGE
is THE GREATEST

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE ap
parent ease with which the Tripl,
Entente could starve out the German,
Austrian allies through control Of the
sea. is strigingly illustrated in sta
tistics now being prepared by the
Department OF Agriculture. They
show that Of the Triple Entente, Rus.
sia alone produces food products
more than sufficient for her own
needs, but that all allies will be
largely dependent upon the United
States for held products with which
to maintain their armies.
Uncle Sam, with bumper crops. a
wheat production Of a quarter Of a
billion bushels more than the average
for the last ten years, and occupying
position Of absolute neutrality, will
be able to make pretty much his own
terms as to the prices to be paid for
his products.
Aside from Russia. only two ma
tions produce more cereal of any
kind than they consume All others.
excepting Germany and Austria Hum
gary, are forced to import all cereals
for home consumption. Germany ex-
ports 7054i607 bushels of rye annu-
ally. and Austria-Hungary raises 49,
646,575 bushels more Of barley yearly
than Is consumed within her borders.
In meat products the countries al
lied with the Triple Entente produce
nearly twice as many cattle and five
times as many sheep as do Austria
Hungary and Germany combined The
Teutonic allies produce about one
third more swine than their enemies.
Wheat Shortage Greatest.
Germany and Austria Hungary,
with a total population of 110,432,740,
face an annual shortage in wheat of
72,A46,46S bushels. The average year.
ly consumption per capita for these
two countries is 399 bushels under
ordinary circumstances.
The countries of the Triple Entente
face a net shortage in wheat of &c.
245.942, spread over a population of
250, ,l42,525. The average of per cap
countries which do not export is 7.73
Russia alone of the countries in the
Triple Entente exports 150,S75,000
bushels Of wheat annually The Unit
ed States was the second largest ex-
porter of wheat in the world until
this year. Her bumper crop is ex-
pected to place the country in the
lead far above the 200000,000 bushel
mark.
in all probability the United States
wheat exports alone will be sufficient
to absorb the shortage which all the
warning nations face now, regardless
Of the fact that Russia expects a
shortage.
Here are figures showing the cereal
situation with the warning nations
Germany-Imports: Barley, 107,-
S73 sos bushels; corn, 1896, ,503 bush
els; oats. 16,766.997 bushels; rice, |
474 ,747, 264 pounds; wheat, S9,635, ,0O2 |
bushels. Exports: Rye, 1854 ,6O7 |
bushels.
Austria-Hungary Imports: Corn, |
8, 9,919,3S7 bushels; oats, 1.7S3 1898 bush
els: rice, 199,620,672 pounds; rye, L.
132,777 bushels; wheat, 3,2I1, 466 !
bushels Exports: Barley, 19,646,575.
Great Britain Imports: Barley,
49,777, 1874 bushels; corn, $4,000, ,797
bushels; oats. 54,S71 ,951 bushels; rice,
599,577 .437 bushels; rye, 2,13706S
wheat, 610.S19,395 bushels.
France-Imports: Barley, 4,S33,7
bushels; corn, 1881, ,060 bushels;
bats, 1s,27s,510 bushels; rice, 347 ,464,-
)40 pounds; rye, 1,17S.026 bushels;
wheat, S,4G7 SIG bushels.
elgium-Imports: Barley, 14,923,-
AS bushels; corn, Ii, 5,4S9, 6S2 bushels;
rats, 5,153,922 bushels; rice, 83,479,728
pounds; rye, 2,5S5.2O5 bushels; wheat.
Is, i'll 1855 bushels.
1ussia's Oats Exports Heavy.
Virtually all OF the cereal items are
n the export side Of Russia's ledger.
aside from an export Of more than ,
10000 bushels of wheat her corn ex- j
ort runs upward of 40,O0O,0O0 bushels |
nd her oats export is one Of the great
st in the world
In contrast to the figures for all
except Russia, statistics for
he United States show of the cereals !.
AIMED imports only Of rice, and com Z
small quantity of that. On
he other hand the exports in many
lses exceed the imports Of some Of the
lrger countries. Here are the figures
'r the United States: h
Exports, barley, s,5l6,355 bushels; j
,rn, 66,S50,065. bushels; oats, s,3ss, ,532
ushelsi rye, 955,604 bushels; wheat, a
)ll4l,60l bushels. Imports, rice, 49, +
1921 pounds. The wheat figures are
ken from small year. This years 4
cures promise to exceed them by one I
Iird