Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-20
STARVATION WILL WIN IN
 BICCONFLICT
 SAYSHOOVER
Food Administrator Tells Business Men of America That Proper Use of Resour- ces Will Win War For AL lies.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

bert Hoover, the food administrator, speaking on the world food situation tonight, at the war convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, declared starvation would win the war and the side best able to organize it's resources for food pro duction and conservation would come out victor.
 Neutrals the Issue.
 "The food situation of America and the allies is such," said MT. Hoover, that the neutral countries of northern Europe cannot hope to get food from the United States unless they expect to furnish equivalent service in other directions to the common pool against Germany
 Spending Money Fast.
 Lord Northcliffe, head of British missions in this country. told of his work as purchasing agent for Great Britain and how he is spending be- tween fifty and sixty million dollars a week. He also described fundamen- tai changes in industry to be used in Great Britain and some of these changes will place also in the United States.
 Food and Strategy.
 Food" said MT. Hoover, has since the war began gradually assumed a larger place in the economies. she statesmanship and the strategy of war fare. The allies are blockading the food from German and the surrounding neutrals are under great pressure to export their supplies both ways. The Germans are trying to starve the al- lies by sinking the food ships and all governments are faced with reduction of consumption, stimulation of produc- tion, control of prices and readjust- ment of wages. The winning of the war is largely a problem of who can organize their resources best.
 Supplies Limited.
 There has come about not only a limitation of supplies but an accumula- ton in inaccessible markets. The re- suit of these cumulative forces is that North America is called upon, both by allies and neutrals for quantities of food far beyond it's normal export ability.
 Too Much Export.
 If the extremely high prices tbupdar;Dg ot avarv daor xpara not a sufficient demonstration. it is possi- ble, by actual figures, to prove that we have been exporting in many com munities actually beyond our capacity to produce. During the last year we have exported every last ounce of which the country during this period was capable of producing and our nar tional stack of cereals and animal products, proportionate to our popula- tion was at the beginning of this harvest, the lowest in our history. Many of us have been unde rthe keen est anxiety lest we would face absolute shortage. This anxious period is possed. The demand in many com modities durin gthe coming year is beyond our capacity.
 Demand Great
 "The demand in many commodities during the coming year is beyond our capacity to furnish if We consume our normal amounts. The necessity of maintainence of the allies is our first limo of dafapca and orr dutv tn hup,oui. ty in feeding the neutrals demands of us that we reduce every ounce of consumption and waste to the last de- gree and even then those dependent upon us must face starvation It is obvious that our people must have quantities of food and must have them at prices which they can pay.
 There are few who will dispute the advantage of such regulations as will eliminate speculation and extor- tionate profits.
 Largest Question.
 "The largest question of the hour is price fixing, for the suspension of the law of supply is absolutely neces- sary at this time.
 We will find as we go on with the war and its increasing economic dis ruption that one commodity after an other will need to be taken into con trol We will. however. profit by ex- perience if we do not lay down hard
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