The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-07-19
Presidents Embargo on Foods
and Other Supplies, Hard
Blow at Enemy.
AMERICAN CROPS TO Be Big
Russians, In Tremendous Drive on
lemberg, 5reak Through Teuton
Line-Governmentai Crisis In
Germany May Result In
Internal Reforms.
BY EDWARD W. PickARo.

The matter Of food Its production
and control, Is becoming more i'm
portnnt daily as factor In ending
the war. The international aspect
was brought sharply to the front last
week when President Wilson pro-
claimed I'm embargo on shipments Of
food and certain other articles. No
one has been blind to the fact that
Holland and the Scandinavian coun-
tries have been shipping great guam
titles of foodstuffs into Germany ever
since the war began. This was with
In their rights, but to do 1t and still
feed their own populations, they have
been importing very heavily from
America. Therefore 1t Is equally with
In the rights of America, certainly
the part of wisdom, to shut of the
expectation to neutrals OF all food
stuffs beyond what they need for their
own sustenance and what we and our
allies can spare. 1t would be stupid
to continue to supply food, even indi-
rectly, to our enemy, and the United
States, though slow to act, Is now act
Ing firmly. The neutral nations of
course are wailing, but II they are not
for US they are In II degree against US
and must stand the consequences.
President Wilson, being human-
tartan, insists that the neutrals hamed
must be permitted to ship into Ger
many dairy products provided that
they can give guarantees that such
products will be consumed only by
women and children and other nom
combatants. This Is kindly. but ig-
nores the fact that the German women
are doing most Of the work IN the EN-
pire, releasing all the men for fighting.
Great Crops In America.
The success Of the American cam.
paign for the increase OF production
Is demonstrated by the highly encour-
aging government forecast OF crops.
The acreage sown was immense and
the general outlook Is for correspond
ingly immense yields of all grains ex-
cept wheat, and even in wheat there
will be fair average crop. The yield
Of corn will be tremendous. and In a
word, the United States will have not
only an abundance Of food grains for
itself, but also great surplus stocks for
Its allies. The crop of potatoes will
be the biggest on record, and the hay
crop, also Of prime Importance, will
be heavy.
On the other hand, Food Controller
Batocki says Germany's fruit and veg
etable harvest Is far below the aver
age and that the yield Of grain will be
"as good as In 1915" which was
year Of drought and miserable crops In
the empire.
The senate Is still trying to formu-
late law to regulate the distribution
and use Of the country's food and prob
ably other supplies Of vital importance,
and has agreed to vote on the bill on
July 81. The long and patience ex-
hausting wrangle over this measure
has been caused largely by the deter
mination OF the "drys" TO take advan-
tage OF the circumstances and make
II prohibition law. Whether the dis.
tillntiOn of whisky shall be prohibited,
whether the stocks In bond shall be
Communicated and used for munitions,
whether beer and wine shall survive
or perish, and n dozen other like Ques-
tions have been the subjects of argu-
ment ana dispute. The inclusion or
exclusion of fuel, steel and other prod
ucts also has been debated at length.