Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-05

M europe neutral and begerent are lean
w short rations; that all of the beigerents
England producing less than before the war;
United States must sustain itself Its ten
allies and hve-year struggle. and
literally fatten the world back to normal after II Is
over-these are the premises of the new and drastic
system control before congress- these are
the suggestions which the authors OF
the measure proceeded.
America is the rich. the fat nation OF the earth
Her resources not only enormous but they are
developed developing they in the hands OF a
people who do things The countries of Europe were
not before the The poor ate meat but once
week bought bundles Of twigs for fuel. Everyone
practiced that would be considered stinsi-
in this country.
Europe could not increase production after the
war began because its at the front and its
agriculture already at high point of efficiency
Imports reduced by the U-boats. Hence Europe
is lean like wolf after hard winter. And lean
Europe Is fastened the fat body of America
like a hungry leeoh T1rsre talk before the
declaration of stopping food exports Now the
word rs that must feed our allies at any cost And
our allies are starved They only
tanned they fattened. Dr. A. E Taylor. of the
University of Pennsylvania the informant of the
committee agriculture this point. He spent
long time Germany and other parts Of Europe
studying methods food control and distribution
Practically speaking. the entire population of
Europe may be regarded underfed" Dr. Taylor told
the congressman These people are now below their
ordinary consumption and their ordinary bodily
weight, and below their desires
"Tt going take years repair dencien-
cias their body tissues, their live their
stores The conditions Holland Switzerland
almost bad those in Germany. 1t is
practically impossible for them produce cattle.
cattle they emacated the last degree.
The entire population is emaciated They have
no future Of food There Europe
except grain hid In the distant
will take bumper crops in this country,
all they could produce This year and the year
to place them where they were the year before
out"
So America needs realize It taken a
great starving boarders. There hundreds
of millions of people in Europe. whose bodies
wasted, who replace their burnedout tissues by
OF food produced in America And America has
wasting food. Food has been rottng
ground in this country for lack Of transportation; it
lost and ruined the o. road
and thrown into the garbage millions
homes. Much OF this wastaEe saved. The
looseness system producing distributing
food must be taken like the slack in hungry mans
belt Secretary Houston have wasted 100000
600 worth of food every year The part
loss must be eliminated II to fatten half a
billion lean people and have anything
That is the philosophy of food control
Taylor brought out the fact that despite tremen-
dous efforts their planting Of the
begerent countries have equalled their peace time
production except England. England is now actually
increasing her production foodsuffs by breaking
her game preserves and parks-her heather-grown
grouse and uplands where the red deer are
hunted-and planting them with grain and potatoes
In the there such surplus lands
To be planted Dr. Taylor brought word that Germany
is really producing less than formerly that has
fed her population only by saving large Of the
30 per cent food which she found that had
been wasting
The agricultural classes and the wealthy fairly
we'll fed In Germany according to Taylor. but the
people the industrial classes emaciated
and suffering from anaemia and malnutrtiOn This is
interesting America only because trying
TO starve Germany now. but because when done
irving to starve her, will her again.
along with of Europe The experts predict
food shortage and high food prices will prevail in
this country for two after the war. when all