The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-12-06
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ATE CRYING For FOOD.

B<1m0r0.-When large, IaL mah
In Baltimore restaurant heard a
acpc-t mat the Germans nal accepted
the Allies armistice terms he feryent-
ly exclaimed 81 1e! Now you can
bring me three iii 2s Of sugar and
II some more butter
True, he had one of those befcgged
minds that cannot see three feet away
from their own appetites he just
figured that--as during the war he
had been deprived of his second luGI
OF sugar and such like necessities
fe-therefore, with the war won he
could straightway begin to stuff HIM
self up again as In the good old days
of yore. He did not stop to reason
how a laying-down OF arms by the
Huns was going in the twinkling of
an eye to raise up the amount of food
In the world. 1t may be he hal moth
ing to think with; but there are lots
OF people in .America-and right here
in Maryland-who can think but are
thoughtless And their thoughtless-
situation worse than war-a state Of
anarchy which could not fail to have
disastrous results on this continent as
we'll For the war has taught how
closely knit together are the affairs
of the whole world; and that is a
lesson that one dare not forget at the
first sign of peace.
The embattled millions OF T"rore
have got to return from the worlds
battle grounds and not o2ly SOW a
crop, but also harvest and mill it
before food conditions cover there"
will re-approach the normal There are
granares TANNED with grain in dis
tant lands ike India and the Argen
tine: but now that 1t is re2lly over
"over there" Uncle Sam Will use his
ships for bringing home his boys
rather than for PLYING trop:c seas in
search of food for u.s. There wiz
be vessels to spare only on thcf
return trips to Europe. and t9aerica'
task will still be to keep than full.
of food.
For the food fight is far from over
The advent Of peace does not enc
Americas obligations but actually
doubles them. The millions who have
been rescued from Teuton thraldor
now clamor for food as 1mpe ~ativelv
as they cried for liberty. The Hun
has gone, but only after stripping their
larders bare.
Consequently, there are two hun
dred million people who legitimatelv
look to the U. s. A. for sustenance
To desert them now would be as
dastardly as never to have gone to
their aid
The u s. Food Administration has
promised that the American people
will shoulder this huge task sof SUP.
plying them with at least minimum
of food. That Is computed for tn
year ending September 30th. 1919, q,
17,600,000 tons; which is half as much
more than with all our saving we
were able to transport during the past
Twelve months.
Our supply is practically the same
as before. Wheat has increased by
28S. 100000 bushels and because SO
much attention was devoted to wheat
thrift many people now falsely as
sumo that the food crisis is past. But
here are steadying and sober figures:
Corn has decreased by $4,000, 00n
bushels and potatoes and oats b
100000 bushels each At first view
The Department of Agriculture report
would seem to indicate that we have
IN sieslt 100000 GOO more Of Gro,
han last year. Fortunately, however
re nutritional value o. the corn j.
substantially higher and promises les
SDo'lage. Also, the number of hog
y the country Is materially increase
'aking the situation as a whole, this
United States has about the same sur
@ly to count on as last year-and h..
sacrifice for its friends fifty pei
ont more than before.
Without this food, grave disaste
threatens in Eurone, the grim visae'
Of anarchy may be- seen, and tn
ehole world be plunged for lon
years into state of affairs no les
disastrous than war To foveste'
ut it will be necessary to send foo
zen to the hungering Huns-thor
anly after our own Allies are provi ~
or
The new food program sis base
lpon the Food Administrations RI
aliza alton of the utmost gravity of tn,
situation it has to face. It calls 70
saving all along the line. The pre-
va;ling belief that with the comm
of peace the old order of plenty wi
e restored is dangerous one RI
cent market events have shown the
this belief is very widespread, an
|, is doubly unfortunate when accepteF
by the producing ect,on of the cour.
t,y, whose burdens will inevitably be
rla7e not less but greater by tn
coming of peace.
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