The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-08-30
HOW AMERICA CAN
feed ITS ALLIES
important Message to People
From Herbert C. Hoover,
Administrator.
WORLD SUPPLIES ESTIMATED
Increased Production, Elimination Of
Waste and Careful Control of Food
Exports Form tho Solution
Of This War Problem.


OF This War Problem.
washington, Aug. 2O.-What the pco-
pie OF the United States not only can
out must do In the matter Of food pro-
auction and use In order to help win
the war Is set forth in detail in
statement issued today by Food Ad-
inlnlstrntor Herbert G.. Hoover. If we
fall to do our part In this respect, he
says, the people Of the allies cannot be
maintained Mt war, for their soldiers
cannot fight without food.
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 to the normal pro-
ductlon are given by Mr.. Hoover In
tabulated form, and the conclusion Is
drawn that In order to provide normal
consumption it will be necessary
for them to import in the next II
months 577,OO0.00O bushels Of wheat
and G74,0O0,OOO bushels Of other ccre-
ais. If the crops of the United States
and Canada nll mature safely, North
America Will have IN apparent sur
plus Of 20S,000.OO0 bushels Of wheat
and 05O,000,00O bushels of other cerc-
ais. The allies, therefore. must use
other cereals than wheat for mixing
In their war bread and the people Of
America must reduce their consump-
ton Of wheat flour from five to four
pounds per week per person.
Decrease In Food Animals
A careful estimate Of the worlds
food animal position shows total net
decrease of 115.005.O00. and this will
be greater as the war goes on. AS
the increase Of herds and tlocks 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
increasing, and we must ship in
creasing amounts Of such products to
our allies. Consequently this indus
try must be stimulated. and home
users must save the wastes in milk and
! butter. Much the same may be said ir
the case of sugar.
Mr.. Hoover urges greater con
sumption Of fish and sen foods, II
which our coasts and lakes nre enor
mously rich. The products Of the land
he reminds us, are conserved by th'
eating Of those Of the sea.
Our Duty.
In conclusion the food ndministrato tor
says:
I have endcavorcd to show in previ-
GUS articles that tho world is short of
food; that Europe Is confronted with
the grim spcctcr Of starvation unless
from our abundance and our waste we
keep the wolf from the door. Not only
must we have q proper use Of our food
supply in order that we may furnish
our allies with the sinews with which
they may fight our battles. but 1t Is
an net Of humanity towards fellow
men, women and children.
BY the diversion Of millions Of men
from production to war. by the occu-
patton Of land by armies. by the iso-
lation Of markets. by belligcrent lines,
and by the destruction Of shipping by
submarines. not only has the home pro-
duction Of our allies fallen by over
60000O000 bushels Of grain, hut they
are thrown upon us for Il much larger
proportion OF their normal imports for
mcrly obtained from other markets.
They have reduced cOnSumption Mt
every point, but men in the trenches.
men In the shops, and the millions of
women placed ut physical labor re-
quire more food than during peace
times, and the incidence Of their saving
and any shortage which they may suf-
fer. falls first upon women and chill
drcn. If this privntion becomes too
great their peoples cannot be main
taincd constant in the war. nnh we will
be left alone to fight the battle Of
democracy with Germany.
The problem OF food conservation Is
one Of many comp'exiOns. We cannot,
and we do not wish, with our free In
stitutions and our large resources Of
food, to initiate Europe In It's policcd
rationing, but we must voluntarily and
intelligcntly assume the responsibility
before us as one in which everyone
has n direct and inesCapablc interest.
We must increase our export Of foods
to the allies, and IT. the circumstances
Of our shipping situation. these exports
must be Of the most concentrated
foods. These are wheat. four, beef.
pork and dairy products. We have 9TH
can use instead Of these commodities.
and we can prevent wastes In thou
sand directions. We must guard the