The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-08
BILLION BUSHELS
Of CEREALS ALONE
America Must Provide This
Amount for Our Allies
Across the Seas
HOOVER OUTLINES
SITUATION ABROAD

Points Out That the Enormity of the
Task of Furnishing Supplies Requires
Reduction of Home Consumption in
Many Ways.
WASHINGTON, June S.-Hcrbert g.
Hoover s report to the government on
what the United States must do to sus-
tain its allies with food, made public
Yesterday, shows that the allies, and a
few neutrals which must be considered.
require during the next year a billion
bushels Of cereals alone and that their
needs Of meat, fats and sugar also will
he enormous.
Production in tho allied countries and
imports from other countries can meet
only a portion Of these needs; Ameri-
"a must supply the remainder Amcri-
ca 5 surplus on the present scale Of con
sumption will not meet the deficiency,
Mr.. Hooyer says. so he points out that
tine enormity Of the task requires ne
duetiou of home consumption in many
waes.
The report closes with an appeal to
the American people to assist the food
administration in its efforts to increase
production and to conserve American
supplies.
1--WE are at war, it SAYS. 1--WE
must do what success in war demands
He also fights who helps a fighter fight.
That is the way we can All help in the
waf aud if we don't help the war will
NOT be won.
The situation abroad was outlined
by Mr.. Hoover as follows
''Great Britain normally raises about
onefourth Of the grain she needs for
her bread, France about half The
additions necessary to make up the to-
tai quantities needed are brought iii
from various other countries. But in
these abnormal times the native pro-
reduced by the withdrawal Of man
power; also by reason Of late frosts
this year 5 crop in the United Kingdom,
France and Italy is partial failure.
Opportunity TO import from certain
@rdin-raiSin- countries as Russia and
E6HmHHfa is entirely farkirrg and from
certain others as Australia. South
America and India is greatly lessencd,
ON account Of the long haul for which
ships cannot be spared
In addition the actual cereal and
meat consumption of the allied coun-
tries is increased by the transfer of
millions If men from Scdeutary occu-
lations to those Of great physical ae-
tivitv and b. the wastage incidental to
the feeding of the great armies III the
field. There must also be recognized
the greater demand for seed grain to
maintain the dairy and meat supplies
and the cavalry horses of the armies -
America 5 duty is set forth ~ Mr..
Hoover thus:-
"All those conditions throw on North
America the brunt of the burden Of sup
PLYING our co-bclligerents with the hu-
man animal food necessary to maintain
them great armies in fighting condition
as well rs to keep alive and efficient
the families of the fighters and the
great industrial army at home.
The exports from America necessary
to meet these needs which absolutely
must be met if the war is to be won or
even is 10 he carried on at all during
the next year must he Immediately
greater than they have been i'll normal
times.
"The requirements in cereals alone
for the next year of the allies and
for the few neutraIs whose needs must
be given some consideration is estimat-
ed as a billion bushels. The needs of
meat, fats and sugar also are enor.
moHs. Native production and imports
from other countries can meet but a
part o. these requirements; what is
| left must come from us, yet this amount
is far beyond any surplus that we shall
/ have if we try to maintain our normal
/ consumption. Our wheat prospects for
| this year are not encouraging. \ rca
sonable forecast would indicate croI
OF between 650,000,o00 and 700,000,00t
bushels. We have never exported more