Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-12-12
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Requlred-SituatIou In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.


with the guns In Europe silenced.
We have now to consider new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree. with the cessation Of hostilities.
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which win keep
them from starvation.
With fosd the United States made
II possible for the forces Of democ
rscy b held out to victsry. To insure
asoseracy In the world. We must con-
tanus - I'VE sinply in order that We
nay supply these liberated nations Of
nssspe with food. Hunger among a
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
Anaasan food mut complete the work
q making the world safe for dsmes-
raey.
Last year we sent II, s2e. ZOO tons OF
fssd to Europe. Fer the present year.
with emily the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves to
4 program that would have Increased
our exports to 17,500,000 tons. Now.
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export total Of not less than
20,000,0o0 toas--practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainable
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under regime Of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there win be marked world
shortages in some important commodi-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentlne and other markets now Access
sble to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
In fats there will be a heavy short
age about 8000.0O0,0O0 pounds - in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be a
shortage Of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity of
tho available refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef In Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf-
fciept to load these ships. There viii
be Ahortags In the importing coun-
triea. bat we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the pszt months
Ia view Of the bottle neck In trans
portattop.
We viii have q sufheient supply sf
sagsr to allow normal consumption I'm
this country n the other nations 70
tain tAeir present short BatieDs ~ In
crease them only slightly. For the
csuAtxies Of Europe, however, 70 m
crease thssr present ratieAs to ma
tortal sxtsnt win nscessitats esv shaF.
Ing = part Of our own supplies with
thou.
Twenty Million Toss Of Food.
q tAs world total, Noyth America
will furnish more than 90 per cent
TAs Uaitsd States, intending the West
ladies, WI be called upon to furnish
100000 tons Of food Of AL kinds n
compared with our pSs-war exports Of
about e,00o, 900 tons.
While We will be abb 70 change ouI
program In many respects, even O
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
conclusiyely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main.
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine In
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 peo-
Pile In North Russia whom there is
small chance OF reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation Is
demoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even If internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
che has left behind her total wreck
ago Of social institutions, and this
mass Of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II We value our own safety and this
.ocial organization Of the world, II w
value the preservation Of civilization
itscdf. We cannot permit growth Of thIl
cancer In the worlds vitals
FsaiDs Is the mother Of anarchy
Fro the inability OF governments Il
secnrs food for their people grows
revelation and chaos. From an ability
~ II L. A.