Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-27
CRY
MORE PR0PAGANOA
PRESIDENT PEARSON. OF IOWA
STATE COLLEGE, SAYS HUNS
HAVE FOOD.
ALLIES MORE SADLY
IN NEED OF SUPPLIES
Central Powers Have Fruits Of 1918
Harvest to Tide Them Over Winter
Existing Stores Would Have Had
to Have Served For Next Twelve
Months Had War Continued.
Special to Times Republican.

Ames, Nov. 27.-That starvation
walls from Germany and Austria are
more propaganda than anything else
is the opinion of President r. A Pear
son, Of Iowa State College, who has
just returned from service as men,
Der OF the United States agricultural
commission to Europe.
These people who cry that they are
starving should have on hand the fruits
of the 1918 harvest" continued MIR.
Pearson. They would have had to
rely on this mainly for the next twelve
months food supply if the war had
continued. No doubt they are short
on food, especially fats and oils, but
with the 1918 crop. they are not starry
ing as they make out. Their desperate
demands for food with immediate de-
livery seems to be in harmony with
their sudden military breakdown which
developed so fast when their ponderous
bloody progress was reversed by the
allies and the United States. They
can't stand adversely"
Allied Nations Need Help.
In the countries Of the allies, how
ever, there is need for large amount
If assistance with food, live stock,
fertilizer and farm machinery, Presi-
dent Pearson found. America must go
on saving food and conserving in many
materials for the benent Of our allies"
he says: People in these allied coun-
tries have not starved nor been m
danger Of starvation at any time, ex-
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which could not be supplied because
Of inadequate transportation facilities.
But they have all made great sacrifices
both in quantity and variety Of their
food. The war bread Of England is
not nearly as good as our own has
been. Nor is 1t good in France-except
that credit must be given to the genius
Of French cooks"
All European countries have drawn
On their own live stock resources so
heavily that It will take quite long
time to get these back to normal. In
England. while the number Of dairy
cows has remained almost at normal,
production has decreased because OF
lack OF feed. Best breeding stuff of all
kinds in England has been preserved
IN good shape, President Pearson found.
but prices are high. IN France and
Italy. however, the number Of dairy
cattle has been greatly reduced. due to
the need for slaughterng for meat,
but there is now more than the usual
number Of calves. These countries are
anxious to secure American meat 80
the calves win not have to be
Slaughtered.
French, Sugar Industry Suffer-
France has suffered severely thru
destruction Of her sugar beet fac
tories and many thousands Of sugar
beet acres have been put out Of use.
Most OF the factories are tangled mass
Of ruins President Pearson saw one
such factory back Of the American
Zines that was being rebuilt by Ger
man prisoners Of war. Some of the
French agricultural leaders hope that
Germany. which has a surplus OF beet
sugar will be compelled to donate 400
900 tons Of sugar a year to France until
its industry can be restored.
England Is in greatest need right
now of concentrated feed stuff for live
stock. says President Pearson. IN
italy. the need Is for fertilizers. Both
of these needs exist in France. In all
three there is a great labor shortage.