The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-08-31
HOW AMERICACAN
FEED IT'S ALLIES
important Message to People
From Herbert c. Hoover,
Administrator.
WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED
Increased Production. Elimination OF
Waste and Careful centFel Of Feed
Exports Form the Solution
OF This War Problem.

WaNAsG&teh. Aun, u " aHs IlAc M
nle Of the rnited States not kaly can
but lauSt do In the nMtter af hAoa Pre-
duction and use In order to help win
the war la set forth In detail ia
statement issued today by Food Ad'
minlstrator Herbert L. Hoover, IL We
fail TO do cur part In this respect. be
says, the people Of the allies cannot be
maintained at war, for their soldiers
cannot fght without feed.
The normal imports Of wheat and
other cereals by France. Italy, the
United Kingdom and Belgium, and the
estimates OF the 1917 crop In those
countries compared 10 the normal pro
dnction are given ny MIR Hoover IN
tshulated form, and the conclusion Ia
drawn that In order 10 provide normal
consumption II will he necessary
for them to import In the next T.
rnoaths 577,eNon bushels Of wheat
and 6;s,Ooa,oc0 bushels Of other cerr~
ais, II the crops Of the United States
and Canada all mature safely, North
America will have an apparent sur
plus of glS,oo0,oo0 bushels OF wheat
and go, 100000 bushels of other cere-
ais. The allies. therefore, must use
other cereals than wheat for mixing
In their war bread, aud the people Of
America must reduce their consump.
zion OF whoa, -four from five 20 four
pounds per week per person.
Decrease in Food Animals.
4 caf&fu1 estimate 'l1of the su4fffiss'
food animal position shows q total net
decrease OF ll50o5,ec0, aud this will
be greater AS the war goes ON. As
the increase OF herds and fiocks takes
years, we must reduce the consump-
ton, eliminate waste and carefully con
troll meat exports.
Our home dairy products supplies
are decreasing. while our population Is
increa sing. and we must ship In
crcaslng amounts Of such products TO
our allies. Consequently this indus
! try must DO stimulated. and home
users must save the wastes In milk and
butter. Much the same may be said In
the case Of sugar.
Mr.. Hoover urges n greater COO
sumption OF Ash and sea foods, In
which our coasts and lakes are cnor.
mously rich. The products Of the land,
he reminds w, are conserved by the
eating af those Of the sea
Our Duty,
In conclusion the food administrator
says:
have endeavored TO show In prevl-
Gus articles that the world IL short OF
food; that Europe In confronted with
the grim specter Of starvation unless
from our abundance and our waste We
keep the wolf from the door. Not only
must we have proper use OF our food
supply In order that we lnny furnish
our allies with the sinews with which
they may eight our battles. but II IL
an net of humanity towards fellow
men, women and children,
BY the diversion OF millions Of men
from production to war, by the ocrn'
patton Of land by armies, by the leo
lation OF markets, by teliigercnt fines
and by III. destruction Of shipping by
submarines. not only has rnr nnre pro
fuc;lon OF our allies fallen by over
500. Osl 900 bushels OF grain, but they
are thrown upon us for much larger
proportion of their. normal imports for
merry obtained from other markets,
They have reduced consumption ut
every point, hD' Enen in The TRENCHES.
men il the shops. and The millions Of
women placed nj physical labor re
nnIre more food than durin. peace
times, ard the Incidence Of their saving
and any shortage which they may suf.
fer falls arst upon women and chill.
) dren II this privatlon becomes too
: rest, their peoples cannot be main
tanned constant In the war. and we will
~ ieft alone to fight the battle Of
: deaodaey with Germany
The problem Of food conservation Is
80 Of many compilations. We cannot.
end W 90 NOT wish, with our free In
solutions and our large resources OF
feod. TO initiate Europe In It's pollced
rationlng. but We must voluntarily and
ln4elliy-ntly asSume the responsibility
before us a. one In which everyone
has direct and unacceptable inte.@~!
We must increase our export ~ foods
10 the allies. and IN the circumstances
Of our shipping situation, these exports
must be ~ the most concentrated
foods. These are wheat. four. beef
! pork and dairy products We have 9th
or feeds fnasreat abundance which we
!. can use instead ~ those commodities
and we ctn preveu: wastes In thou
sand directions We must guard tbs
:. drainage Of exports from the United
States. ,hat we retain Il proper supply
for our own country, end we must
adopt such measures as viii arnelio
rate. 20 far as may he, the price eond!
tons II our less fortunate. We might
80 drain the supplies from The country
10 Europe as by the high prices thai
would fftiow To force oiIr l'~1I'ir Il
shorten their consumption. This orer
atom Of normal economic forces
rould stsrve that element of the rofD