The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-01
Phtouats Send Abroad Food That Starving Americans Have Produced
Enough Breads1ffs Leaves U.
S. Monthly TO Make Mn
lions of Loaves

Government figures show every
month enough foodstuffs are export
ed from America to make 1,470,038, 100
loaves Of bread, or ten loaves month
for every man, woman and child in
the United States.
Government figures do not lie.
These statistics have to be gathered
in order to try and prove what
great prosperous people we are, but
to those Of us who think along work.
ing class lines, they have different
meaning.
Every starving democrat, republi-
can, progressive and direct actionist
gave their consent to this condition
of affairs last fall but we can rest
assured that these figures will not
be presented to them in the same
manner that we are presenting them
here.
Even should the capitalist press
publish these figures they will be so
published that very few workers, out
side of Che Socialists will get the real
meaning of them. The capitalist press
does the thinking for the great bulk
Of th3 worAing Class ard ~ long as
that condition exists so long will
poverty and all its attendant evils
remain with US.
Meat, raisiHs, butter, lard, sal
mon, corn syrup, bacon, cheese, con-
densed milk-all food products of
the broad fields Of the United States
ARE going to feed starving nations
of Europe at more than $500, 0OO, 900
a year.
In 1914 the United States exported
$244 ,449,341 worth of breadstuffs; in
1915 it rose to $477. 1923 80. and lssr
year dropped slightly to B494.2Gl .495
The latest figures avs;lat,s SHOW
that in five days this month more
than $32,oO0,oso worth of food and
machinery, but principally food, was
taken out Of New York alone. At the
same time the drain goes on out of
other ports, as Galveston, Boston,
Norfolk, Baton Rouge sad philsdel-
phia.
On Feb. 9Th. II ships took out s.,
760,164 Of American products. of
which the biggest item was canned
and fresh beef, Tho next day. 1.
record day, $20.4Gs.9s6 was tbs value
placed on the exports taken away by
IL ships.
Besides explosives and war r,unt-
tons, the biggest items were bacon
about $35O,000; wheat, shout $500.
900 worth
On Fec. IA another 81. 900 ,20c worth
of SUITS We taken away, Wheat,
10000 bushels worth $4,000 wa4
the largest single food export.
The total Of all exports, including
munitions, in 1914 totaied 5384,440,
446. Last year it was $766 ,953.247,
almost double.
The one reason why this Eood as
beiAg sent a6rCad while the great
mass Of people are starving IL ba.
cause you have produced more than
you get wages fer. 70 buy back IL
otaer words y0u have beer robbed
not rs q consumer. but as e producer
According 70 government statistics
you receive N wagas less than oaa-
eth c2 the value YOU have created
Tha other &our-61ths goes TO the own.
ers Of tho factories. mills, mines, rail
ROADS, etc, IAe Socialists advocate
that we, the producers, saouyd own
these 1aiag5, but the great mass Of
the producers say no. let the tig fel-
low own them SC that he can give VS.
work, expio.t u3 and send sae things
that we have procured abroad
We Socialist wan. " know how
long you will continue tnlg state Of
affairs When you have made W
your minds that # nu5e stoo, then
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