The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-12-14
MUST INCREASE
| FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times prs.Has ohipsnsnss
RequIred-aItuatIon In Wheat aal
Fats Proves Governments
psiIcy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.

With the guns In Europe silenceA,
we have now to consider q new world
food situation. But there can be No
hope that the volume Of our exports
can be lightened to the slightsse d.
gree with the cessation Of hostiiltisA
Millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon Us for the food which VIII keep
+ them from starvation.
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces Of democ-
rzcy to hold out 20 victory. To insure
democracy In the world, We must con-
tinue to live simply In order that We
may supply these liberated nations OF
Europe with food. Hunger among q
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for dsmoc.
racy.
Last year we sent II, $50, 900 tons OF
food to Europe. For the present year,
with onl. the European Allies 70 feed.
We had originally pledged ourselves to
o program that would have increased
our exports % 17.6OO,0O0 toaa. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, We viii
have to export total Of not less than
20.OOO,OO0 toas-practically the limit
OF loading capacity ut our ports Re
viewing the world food situation, We
find that some foods viii be obtainabls
IN quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under q regime Of eco
nomical consumption On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages In some important commodl.
ties.
Return % Normal ssead Loaf.
| With the enlarged wheat crops
! which American farmers have grown.
and the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
| genuine and other markets now aces.
sible 10 shipping. there are bread
; grains enough TO enAble the nations 10
J 'sturn to their normal wheat Loaf.
.'fNtided we continue to mill nOur at
1t high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
| III ta's there will he Q heavy short.
IKE - shout 3,OOO.OtU.OOO pounds In
! FORK products. da!ry products and
! -Ee'ab!r oils. While there will b. q
.'.or'ase OF about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy AMI
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
" other feedstufSs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter of beef, the worlds
| supplies are limited to the capacity Of
he available refrtgersting shipa The
supplies OF beef In Australia, the Ar.
..ent.ne and the United States are suf.
fi>iei,t to load these Clips. There will
hc = shortage In the importing cOun.
ries, but we cannot hops to expand
exports materially for the next months
4! view Of HE bottle neck In trans-
.mrtntiOIl
We will have O sufficient supply q
suSar 10 allow normal consumption To-
mis- country " the other nations ~.
':'tr their present short rations or IL
:sr'ise them only slightly For the
s'AH!i!es of Europe. however. to ID.
tease ihe!r present rations to a MA.
:,;iai extern. Will neccssisate our shns.
M n part Of our own supplies WITH
Them
Twenty Million Tons Of Food
OF the worid total, North America
VIII furnish more lhun 60 yer cent.
Tie United States. including the West
:!.'iies, will be- called UPON to furnish.
.a,C30,G'D tOna Of food Of all Kinds as
TInlp"rra with Uug pre-wur exports ot
sEcut G,HO.OUO tons
While we will he able 10 change our
program in many respects. even y
dslal survey OF tie world supplies
II comparison 10 world demands shows
r:,H!usively that Euru,e viii knew
famine unless the American people
hr!ag their home consumption down.
20 the baivst minimum that will m.in-
Tain health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine In
Europe that VIII he beyond our power
10 remedy. There are 40,0s0.OOO peo-
pie in North Russia whom there 10
small chance Of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation 10
telnoralized In complete anarchy, and
shortly many Of their ports will be
frozen, even IL internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food aud animals
from all those masses Of people she
has dominated and left starving, bat
she has left behind her o total Vrsek.
age Of social institutions. ADD shis
mass Of people is now coofreotsd v1tA
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and -
social organization Of the world, n Ne
value the preservation Of eiviiizAtloa
itself, we cannot permit growth Of tAis
cancer in the worlds vftalA
Famine is the mother Of anarcAy.
From the inability Of governments to
secure food for their people grows |
reE. .ltion and shacs. From an ability |
t. supn'y thelr peopis grows stability
Of government ana the defeat Of an.
Erchy. DID we Sut it on no higher
plane than orr interests IN the pro
lection Of 0uf Institutions, We must |
beatr on selves IL sOlution Of this /
prob,enL