The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-03-08

from North America. There is IN
enormous supply Of wheat in Austria
liz and India, but because Of the long
haul, plus the terrible menace of the
submarines, it is practically impossi-
BILE to get those supplies to Europe.
Even in the case Of food shipped from
the United States and Canada, from
five to ten per cent is sunk by SUBJ
marines.
In her first attack upon France,
Germany captured and carried off
100000 French cattle, at the very
time when the burden was thrown
upon the unconquered portion Of
France Of feeding millions of refu-
gees from Belgium and the conquered
portions of her own land.
Not only is there a shortage of
food in Europe, but there is an in
creased demand for it. Clerks, law
yers and physicians, who are taken
from their Offices and put into the
strenuous toll Of the trenches, need
more food than before. Women who
are taken from lace making and home
keeping, and put into the heavy labor
of munition factories, require more
food.
In the effort to meet this demand
for food, all Of the nations of Europe,
as well as u W country, have been
killing off their herds, that, is, de-
stroying their capital stock in cattle.
This means a serious condition not
only today but for several years after
the war is over.
The Russian revolution was caused
primarily by hunger rather than by
political ideas. We must send food
to Europe if our boys and our asso-
ciates in the war are to win, and be-
u of the shortage of ships it is
necessary to send that food in the
most concentrated form possible. That
means, wheat and meat and fats and
sugar. BY meat we refer to beef,
mutton and pork, the kinds of meat
which are most easily exported, and
we do not refer to eggs, chickens, fish
and game, which are not suitable
for export. This food must be sent by
the shortest possible route, and that
from the United States and
Canada. These two countries of North
America must send the wheat and
meat.
We have an enormous corr crop in
this country, the largest that we have
ever had. Often the question is asked
why we do not send Europe corn, of
which we have an abundant supply,
instead of wheat, since we have only
wheat enough for the average con-
sumption of our W people in nor
NAL times. The answer to this ques-
ton is that orn meal is not a stable
meal; it will not stay good nor than
a few days and will not stand ship
ping across the sea. If we were to
ship corn we should have to ship it in
the grain and there are no mills on
the other side suitable for grinding
corn. Even if mills should be built
for this purpose, there is the further
difficulty that the women of Europe
have neither the knowledge to make
corn bread nor the equipment in their
kitchens with which to cook it. The
women of America, in colonial days,
made all of their soap and wove the
cloth for the garments of the men,
but we have found in this country that
it's more economical to have soap and
cloth made in factories and sold over
the counter in our stores. Even SO
the women of Europe long ago gave
over the baking of bread to the bak-
ers for economical reasons, and they
have not the equipment in their
kitchens to bake bread. Corn bread
is delicious when served hot, but can
you imagine any one wishing to go to
the bakers and buy corn bread that
is several hours old, or would you
send to the Frenchmen who are fight
ing in the trenches, corn bread that is
several days old. There is another
reason which is psychological. It is
impossible to make a radical change
in the diet of people who are in great
mental distress. You know that when
there is a funeral in your home there
are some members of your family who
in their sorrow find themselves unable
to eat even the food to which they r
accustomed. Now consider this.
Every home in France has n or
more men from that home either at
the front in the trenches, or else in
capacitated by wounds OF disease, OF
else dead. There is no exception to
this. Some members of every family
in France is either fighting at the
front, or incapacitated by wounds OF