The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-20
CREDIT DUE TO W0MAI
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased ~
s44.6o0.ooo Pounda

Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit.
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas AL
100000 bushels Of wheat and S44. 600.
GOO pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at $1,4OO, ,OOO, 900,
This was accomplished In the face OF
serious food shortage In this country.
oespeaking the whOleheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people nave met the food crisis abroad.
~ Food Administrator Hoover, In a let.
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up Of the millions of bushels of wheat
during 1918 and the shipment of
meat during 1917-1S.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 81, OO,OOO,O00. all this food being
bought through or In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
ngures are all based on official reports
ana represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 80, 1918.
The shipments Of meats and fats
Oncluding meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils. etc., to Allied des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1918-17.. q, 1856, 500 600 lbs,
Fiscal year 1917-1S. 3,O11, 100, 900 lbs.
increase ........... S44. 1000, 900 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be-.
ginning Of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs; they
we're 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 ex.
ports to the Allies were 2,fS3, iOC Goo
pounds. as against 1 ,266. SOC, 900 pound,
In the same period of the year before.
Ihis compares with an average OF
SO1. 100000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years In the three-year
pre-war period. ~
In cereals and cereal products re-
NNNS' W VI CeTeul DuSnelS our
shipments to Allied destinations haye
been:
Fiscal year 1918-17. 259. 900. 900 bushels,
Fiscal year 1917-1S. $40. 800, 900 bushels
increase ......... S0,9O0.OOO bushels
or these cereals our shipments NJ
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal wear
19l7-1S to Allied destinations were
Wheat 131 100000 bushels and of rye
18,9OOOOO bushels, q total Of Ia, ,9OO.-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destina tons
during the fiscal year 1916-17 were:
Wheat 135,1OO,OOO bushels and rye
1,SOO,OOO bushels. a total of 137, ,4OO. .OO0
bushels. In addition some 10000, 600
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now In port
Tor Allied destinations or en- route
tnereto The to:a! shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest of
wheat Will be therefore. about 141, ,OOO,-
OoO bushels, or total Of 154, 300 600
bushels OF prime breadstufrs In ad-
dltion to this we have shipped some
lo,OOO,OOO bushels to 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 mora
clearly II we bear in mind that we had