The Meeker herald., 1918-08-17
.J;,ii JAvLJ fUUD
FED THE ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presl-
dent America Conserved 1@1e
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN
Meat and Fat shipments lnersassd ~
Oh, eoo, 900 Pounds.

Conservation measures applied ~
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141.-
OOO, 600 bushels of wheat and 844 Co.,
600 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at $1.400.000.000.'
This was accomplished In the face Of .
serious food shortage In this country.
bespeaking 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 piline
up OF the millions Of bushels Of wheat
during 1918 and the shipment Of
meat during 1017-18.
The total value Of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,4OOOOO. 600, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on ofncial reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June SO. 1913
The shipments Of meats and fats
(includIng meat products, dairy prod.
ucts. vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1916-17... 2. 1876, 500. 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1017-18.. ..3.O11, 100, 900 lbs.
oA.aoo oon,h
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
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 ex-
ports to the Allies we're 2, 1873. 100, 900
pounds. as against 1,268. SOC. 600 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-yeaf
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products ~.
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1857. .259, 900, 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1918. $40. 500. 900 bushels
Increase ........ $4,000. 900 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments Of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year
1017-1S to Allied destinations were:
Wheat 100000 bushels and of rye
13,OOO.OOO bushels, a total of IN, 800.
600 bushels
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1867 were:
Wheat 135.1O0O00 bushels and re
2,3OO,O0O bushels. total Of 1871, 400 900
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 will be therefore, about IA, 000.-
600 bushels, or q total Of 154,00O,OO0
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In adj
tlItion to this we have shipped some
lOOO0,OO0 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 more
clearly II we bear in mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1867
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
2OOOOO.OOO 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-over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent 'ap-
proximate'y savings from our own
whent 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 much
Increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there very large failure in wheat.
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant cron.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote In
concluding his report, shat all the
millions Of our people, agricultural a.
well us urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that In a 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 nlaces food