Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-08

VVYASHINGTON. June 7.-Herbert W c. Hoover's report to the gov w ernment on what the United
 States must do to sustain it's al- lies with food, made public today, shows that the allies and few neu- trals which must be considered re- quire during the next year a billion bushels of cereals alone and that their needs of meats, fats and sugar also will be enormous.
 "We are at war;" he says. 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 war, and if we don't help the war will not be won"
 The situation abroad was outlined by MT. Hoover as follows:
 Great Britain nominally raises about one-fourth of the grain she needs for her bread, France about one-half. The additions necessary to make up the full quantity needed are brought in from various countries. But in these abnormal times the native pro duction of the fighting allies is greatly reduced by the withdrawal of man power from the farms to the armies and munitions factories; also by req son of late frosts this years crops in the United Kingdom, France and Italy is a partial failure.
 Imports Lacking.
 Opportunity to import from certain grain raising countries, such as Russia and Rumania, is entirely lacking, and from certain others, such as Australia South America and India, is greatly lessened on account of the long haul, for which ships cannot bs spared.
 "In addition. the actual cereal and meat consumption of the allied coun- tries is increased by the transfer of millions of men from sedentary occu- pations to those of great personal ac- tivity and by the wastage incidental to the feeding of the great armies ln the field. There must also be recog' nized the greater demand for seed grain to maintain the dairy and meat supplies and the horses of the armies
 Americas duty is set forth by MT Hoover thus:
 America Must Help.
 "An those conditions throw on North America the Drunt of the burden oi supplying our co-belligerents with the human and animal food necessary tt maintain their great armies in fight ing condition, as well as to keep alive and efficient the families of the fight CTS and the great industrial army al home.
 "The requirements in cereals alone for the next year, of the allies, and th' few neutrals whose needs must D' given some consideration, are billion bushels. The needs of meats, fats ant sugar also are enormous. Native pro duction and imports from other cSun tries can meet but a part of these re ouirements: what is left must com' from us; yet this amount is far De yond any surplus that we shall have l we try to maintain our normal con sumption.
 Urges Conservation.
 "Our wheat prospects for this yea are not encouraging. A reasonabl forecast would indicate a crop of be tween 5O.OOO,OOO and 7O0,OoO.o00 bush els. We have never exported nor than 800. .OOO. 900 bushels of cereals in year, yet the needs abroad are fo twice that
 he moral is clear, our consumption must be reduced. This can be done first. by elimination of waste; secont by the substituting for the kinds . food needed by the allies of food no so needed, but which we can just a well use, as corn for wheat, poultr and eggs for red meat, and so on, 1T voluntarily restricting ourselves to sufficient and sensible ration"