The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-15
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED THE ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi.
dent America Conserved 14lr
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased BY
s44,eoo,ooo Pounds.

Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 14l,-
100000 bushels OF wheat and S44,6oO,'
900 pounds Of meat during the past
year, valued In all at sl,400,0oo.OOo-
This was accomplished In the face Of
serious food shortage In this country,
bespeaklng the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover. In let
ter TO President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the pillng
up OF the millions OF bushels OF wheat
during l9l7-ls and the shipment Of
meat during bits.
The total value of all food ship
ments 10 Allied destinations amounted
to Sl,400,0O0,000, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures nre all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
tncluding meat products, dairy prod
ucts. vegetable oils, etc. 10 Allied des'
tlnatIons were as follows.
Fiscal year 19l6-17 %. 2. lG6. .50oop0 lbs.
Fiscal year l9l7.l8. .3.0l !. 100000 lbs.
Increase ........... si4.G00,00U lbs.
Our slanghterable animals AT the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs they
were probably less. The Increase In
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight Of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
TO bear their best results In the last
half Of the fiscal year, when the eS-
ports to the Allies were 2,l33. 10000
pounds, as against | .2G6 100000 pounds
In the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average Of
SOL 100000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years In the three year
pre-war period.
In cerenls and cereal products re-
, dnced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1861. 25o, 100000 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-1S. $40, ,s00.OOl bushels
Increase ......... s0,a00,0Oo bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year
1gl7-ls to Allied destinations were
Wheat 13l, 100000 bushels and Of rye
13,9O0000 bushels, a total of lii9O0,-
900 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1867 were:
Wheat 35,10o.OOO bushels and rye
2,3eo, 600 bushels, total of l37 100000
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest Of
wheat win be therefore, about 1il .nbo,-
coo bushels, or a total of l5i,901.010
bushels Of prime hreadstuifs. In adj
ditlon TO this we have shipped some
l0o00,000 bushels 10 neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters
This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly II we bear In mind that we had
available In the fiscal year 19l617
from net cnrry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
2O00U0.000 bushels of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our home loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. This last year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-oyer and production and Imports
only Just about our normal conSumI,-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
10 Allied destinations represent APP
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De
spite the magnificent effort Of our agri-
cultural population In planting q much
increased acreage in 1911, not only was
there a very large failure In wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prom
,erly, and our corn is our dominant crop.
Il am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, "that all the
millions Of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel very
definite satisfaction that In d year of
universal food shortages in the north.
ern hemisphere all Of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained. but with
only temporary periods OF hardship.
1T Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections Of our people-the
homes, public eating places. food
trades, urban or agricultural popula-