Catoctin clarion., 1918-11-21
VICTORY ADDS MILLIONS TO
ALLIES kEEOIRG FOOD.

Baltimore. - Tue advent of peace
must inevitably demand not less but
greater saving Of food from the Amer
lean people. That is the warning key
note OF the latest message from the
Maryland Food Administration.
A hundred million Allies have been
rescued from their servitude. But
though their own national flags again
hoat over their citadsls they are far
from having come to the end Of their
legitimate demands upon the United
States They must be fed.
"Gvs me liberty or give me death"
cried Patrick Henry. Through the Of.
forts Of the United States and our
Allies In arms these peoples have
now received the blessings Of liberty.
They still want to live. And for hun.
dreds Of thousands Of them, cold facts
show US, that 10 not possible without
enormous oonsignments OF foodstuns
which this nation alone 10 In posi-
tion to send them.
Scarcity Of ships means that the
straight line aoross the Atlantic Is the
only one that can be operated. With
the coming OF peace. the natural de.
ueuu vi cNViy loy ~ cisi@Sh SAOeAN
be that every available vessel should
b dedicated to the service Of bring.
ing Uncle Sans soldiers back to their
waiting homes. On their east-bound
trips they must not 60 with empty
holds They must be crowded with
vast cargoes OF food for their fellow.
yictors
The minimum amount which will
sufice to avert starvation from our
Allies is computed by Herbert Hoover
at 17,5t 0.000 tons for the year ending
next September. BY then, If all goes
well, they will be harvesting their own
hrst normal crop in four years and
will begin to be self-supporting once
more. Meanwhile, 200, 100000 Allies
look to US for sustenance and they
put upon us this year burden half as
big again as we have yet managed TO
shoulder. The honor Of the American
people is staked upon breaking this
nnal record
There 10 no more food to work on
than last year. The wheat crop is
estimated by the Department Of Agri
culture to yield an increase of 280.
100000 bushels. Against that may be
OF 442 900 900 bushels. Altogether the
crop estimate shows fall OF 226,.
100000 bushels against that may be
put the higher nutritional value Of the
corn and the great increase in the
number OF the nations hogs All in
oil, the national larder Is sbsut the
same as last year. but the outside de-
mands upon It have increased at least
10 per cont.
Only vast saving can save Flu.
rope from anarchy, 1t means retrench,
ment all along the line
II we fail the Old World will be
almost inevitably plunged In an orgie
Of food riots growing, perhaps, into
absolute anarchy. War has taught
how the affairs OF the nations are knit
together and how the plight Of one is
apt to entagle the others. The same
lesson holds good in time OF peace
Violent disorder cannot be rampant
In Europe without being feat the
world over Therefore, self-interest
demands that We avert anarchy by
preventing its cause, which 10 starya
hen.
This truth is 80 elementary that 1t
10 income Svsble that a people which
has astounded the world with Its ma.
tional intelligence can fail to grasp II.
The danger 10 that the relaxation after
the tenscst times In history may
cause temporary slackening in our
food conservation. Our allies cannot
wait while the United States gets Its
bearings. They need victuals as we'll
~ victory. They need food every day.
We alone can save and ship II.