The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-30
sWST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on By End Of
mar to Supply Added
HiHion2
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
ovss Three Times Prs-War ehipmsnts
Observation-Disclosures h Wheat anh
Fats Proves 0ovsrmusU&.s
Policy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL hEEpEl


We have now to consider q now world
food situation But there can b no
hope that the volume Of our exDortx
can be Hshtensd to The slfghtes4 De-
gree with the cessation Of hostilitsea
Millions OF people liberated from the
Prussian poke are nav depending
upon w for the food which viii keen
them from starvation.
With food the Uaitsd states mazda
tt possible for the forces Of d>uoe.
racy to hold out to victory. To iasurs
democracy In the world, We must con-
tinus to live simply IN order that 10
may supply these liberated nations az
Europe with food. Hunger amenx q
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for densoc-
Facy.
Last year we sent II. $40 GOO tons Of
food to Europe. For the present rear.
with only the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves ts
. program that would have increased
our exports to II 800, 600 tons. Now,
TO feed the liberated nations, we viii
have to export total Of not less than
100000 toasTprac1cAHy the Limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re-
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods VIII be obtainable
in quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under q regime Of eco
nomfca1 consumption. On the other
hand, there Will DO marked world
shortages Ia some important coumodi-
ties
Return 10 Normal Rrsad LoaS.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
gentins and other markets. now aeces-
dbls to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to-
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue 70 mt1I -four at
= high percentage OF extraction and
maintafn economy In eating and the
avofdance Of waste.
In fats there viii Be q heavy short
age - about 8,ooo, oo0,o 900 pounds - tn
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable ot13 White there VIII b q
shortage OF shout Tires mil3Aon tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy anil.
mails, there win be sufficient supplies
Of other feodstu6s 10 allow scoaomtcar
consumption.
In the mattsr Of beef, ohe worfds
supplies arc limited 10 the capacity Of
the available refftsesating ships. The
supplies Of bss1 In Australia, the Ar
gentine and the Unitsd States are slf-
ncient TO had these ships. There Will
be q shortage In the importing coun-
tries. but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
In view Of tie bottle neck In trans
portation.
We VIII have q sufficient supply al
sugar to allow normal consumption m
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short ratisus or IN.
crease them only slightly. For ths
countries Of Europe, howevsr: to In
creass their present rations to . ma
terfal extent viii necessttato our sllaFs
Ing q part Of our own supplies with
them.
Twssaty Million 'Yaae Of Feed.
OF the world tossi. North America
viii furnish moC~ Iss9 ~ T~f eent.
The United State faaiaasas he West
Indies, VIII be caged .sn % furnish
2o,OOo, 600 tons @ Esszsf ex 81 Kinds al
compared with ear afeNsv exports Of
about 5000 o0e tugsg
While We Wiz be alsss - change eur
program fn ma1g eets, even q
casual sur. = * frs SoRic supplies
In compar, safs III vsvso demands shows
conclusive shat u rope Will know
famine 4s4ieHs no American people
bring tier aesaie onsumption down
to the -a.~8t sum that win main-
tain heaEEss ard stiength.
Thfre mrs % Iiti0ns OF famine IN
Eurcse shgt nj be beyond cur power
to r psay .re are 10000, 900 peo-
ME tn Aa4tA Russia whom thsre -
sm ca - OF reaching with food
TIL 81 Their tfansportation 10
dc ggsprayszss i complete anarchy, and
saarsTy masg Of their ports will be
frozen al II internal transport
sas.F g lized
Tn presOrve Civilization,
~ s moment Germany has not
s.f,xa ked tho food and animals
g-ssfa sf those no9aBe1 OF people she