Deming graphic., 1918-12-13
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on BY End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED
over Three Tlmss Pre-war shipments
Requlred-sItuatlon In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns IN Europe siIenced,
we have now TO consider a new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume OF our exports |
can be llghtened to the slightest de- !
gree with the cessation nf hostilltles. /
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
II possible for the forces OF democ.
racy to hold out to 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
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete The work
Of making the world safe for demOc.
racy.
Last year we sent ll,s20,00O tons Of
food TO Europe, For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
We had originally pledged ourselves to
q program that would have Increased
our exports to 17,500,OO0 tons Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have TO export total Of not less than
20,OO0,0O0 toas-practically the limit
OF loading capacity at our ports. Re-
viewing the world food situation, We
ind that some foods will be obtalnable
In quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime Of eco.
nOmlcal consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages In some important commodl-
ties
Return to Normal Bread Loaf
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies OF Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acces.
slble to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations 70
return to their normal wheat leaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
a high percentage OF extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance Of waste
In fats there win be q heavy short.
age - about S,OO0,OOOO00 pounds - in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there win be u
shortage Of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dRiry ami.
mails, there win be sufficient supplies
Of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity OF
the available refrigerating ships. The
supplies Of beef In Australia, the Ar.
gentlne and the United States are suf.
hcient to load these ships. There will
be a shortage In the importing cOGn.
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
In view OF the bottle neck In trans.
portatlon.
We will have q sufficient supply OF
sugar to allow normal consumption IN
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short ratlons or IN.
crease them only slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however, to In.
crease their present ratlOns to ina.
terlal extent will necessltate our shar.
Ing a part OF. our own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total, North America
Will furnish more than 90 per cent.
The United States, including the West
indies, will be called upon to furnish
20,000,0OO tons Of food OF all kinds az
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 60O0OOO tons.
While We will be able to change OuI
program In many respects, even 0
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison 10 world demands shows
cOncluslvely that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
TO The barest minimum that will main
tain health aud strength.
There are conditions OF famine n
Europe that will he beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 peO
pie In North Russia whom there I,
small chance Of reaching with f0Ot
this winter Their transportation Il
demoralIzed In complete anarchy, anC
shortly many Of their ports will b
frozen, even II Internal trunspOr
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
Al this moment Germany has no
alone sucked the food and animal
from oil those masses Of people sh
has dominated and left starving, bu
she has left behind her a total wreck
age Of social institutions, and thl
mass Of people is now confronted viii
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and n
sOcial organization Of the world, II "
value the preservation Of civilization
Itself, we cannot permit growth Of TIL
cancer In the worlds vltalA
Famine Is the mother Of anarchy
From the inability Of governments
secure food for their people grow
revolution and chaos From an abllt
10 supply their people grows stnblllt
Of government and the defeat Of aI
archy. Did we put II on no highe
plane than our interests In the pr.
tectIon Of our institutions, we ma.
haaffP ouraalvon IN onlufion - ~