Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-04-27
Why New Mexico Should Strain
Every Nerve to Produce Food

Some of friends thought the statements made last
Monday at the Commercial club not warranted by the
facts One OF the facts upon which the alarm given
may be stated frankly because it has been cabed from Eng
land and therefore, the government Washington have
further objection TO its publication in the United States
Sir Albert Stanley president of the British board of trade
position corresponding the British cabinet to that Of
secretary OF agriculture and secretary OF commerce
bned stated Thursday the situation in the following
language
eve have not vet found q way of dealing with the sub
the danger of their being enormously
important factor determining the outcome OF the war The
effect of the submarine upon the existence of the British
empire simply hiSlat cannot continue to bring into
this country all the supplies and materials required for
ence for the continuance OF the and Tor the actual eeS
of industries.
The fact that Great Britain had found way of dealing
with the submarine situation known to the Washington
officials but they preferred that publicity should be given
to it in this country in advance of publicity in Great Britain
For that chiefly the alarm sounded in New Mex
co The governor called in council representative from all
sections Of the state The people of Albuquerque called
to meet at the Commercial club in order that they might be
informed other than through the newspapers
To carry food to Great Britain France and Italy the United
States is building 1000 wooden vessels and hou-
sands will follow 1t is expected that these vessels will be sunk
but the hope that enough food may be carried them
prevent the allies from being reduced by starvation to making
peace Germanys terms
Germany short of food also. But if she manage
exist until her crops there will be food enough tide
sher until the spring. The peasant of Germany
Ihave been trained work the fields and they raising
lcropS every foot of ground in Germany.
Through free trade Great Britain lost the larger part of
her agriculture and paying the price
Let be forgotten that if Germany should defeat Eng
land should lie open despoment by the conqueror That
is the stark fact which Americans strive
prehend the full But there people in Albuquerque who
say nothing that will effect seriously here
and that all of this worked by Wall street in order
stimulate sale of bonds Some of them think the Journal
has grind Others believe Robert f. Puney who
refused last the nomination for governs and who has
always refused to allow his to be connected with any
public office, now be laying the foundation for
of political preernent
The whole fact of the is that Mr.. Putney told
the INSIDE when it could not be told many people He
shown that if another potato used for food
than IS per of the normal potato crop of the United
States could be put because there enough
for seed He shown that only 90 per of winter
wheat crop possible He shown that the high prices
had greatly diminished brood and that veal and baby beef
had robbed the farms and the ranges of the normal supply of
young cattle These and other things pointed him.
and his quick mind grasped the gravity of the situation and
his great energy and initiative at work do all
that could be done to avert the danger Mr. Putney
office of any and like the Journal is pling up ex-
penses himself
Ambassador Gerard who should know something about it,
has announced repeatedly that Germany expected when she
inaguaed her submarine force England for
peace sarve and, using the munitions Sup
piled to the allies by American manufacturers expected col
ect enough indemnity from the United States total
expenses-probably $5OO00OOOO00
Still we have people Albuquerque who thought the warn
ings at the Commercial club ulwarraned