Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-12-05
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End oil
War 10 Supply ADDED
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Times Pre-Wsr Shipments
MISUNDERSTANDING In Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns IN Europe Silenccd,
we have noW 10 consider 4 new world
f0ud situation. But there can he no
hope ;hal The volume Of onr exports
can lie lightened 10 the slightest lie
gree with the cessation Of hostilltles.
Millions Of people liberated from the
PrUssian yoke are now depending
upon ls for the food which will Keep
then from starvation.
viii, food the United States made
II possible for the forces Of denlOc-
ray 10 hold 0ut 10 victory. To insure
democracy In the world, we mus con
iinue 10 live simply in order that we
MAY supply these liberated nations Of
Europe With food. Hunger among u
peVrl. inevitably breeds anarchy,
American tood must complete the work
Of n akirg the world safe FOR democ-
racy.
Last year NJ sent l1.Sa0,tAW tons OF
food 70 Europe. For Tie present year,
with only The Europeau Allies to feed,
we mad originally pledge ourselves to
= program that would have Increased
eur exports 10 II .510,U00 IONS. Now,
70 feed the liberated nations. We will
have 10 export . total az not less than
2n000.o0o tess-prac!ically the limit
Of lwit'ng capacity ut u ports, Re
viewais the world food situation, we
and hat some foods will be obtainable
In quantities sufficient 10 meet all
world needs under Il regime Of eco
nemi,al CONSUMPTION. on the other
ham, there will be marked world
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With The enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and rhe supplies OF Australia. the Ar
xcntfhe and other markets now acces.
sibls to shipping, there are tread
grains enough to enable the nations TO
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided We continue to mill -four at
= high percentage OF extraction and
maintain eeonomy In eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
10 fats there will be u heavy short.
age = about 5000, 00O, 900 pounds : In
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable otis. While there win lie a
shortage OF about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
ct ether teedstuffs TO allow economical
consumption.
Ii the natter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity OF
the available rsfrigerating ships. Ths
supplies Of beef In Australia, the Ar
Ssntine and the United States are sui.
ncsnt 10 lead these ships. Their. win
- . shortage In the importing conn-
tries. bu! we cannot hope TO expand
exports materially for the mex months
in view Of the bottle neck IN trans
portation.
We will have a sufficient supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or In.
crease then only slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however, to In.
crease their present rations to q ma
tssisl extent will necessitate our shar-
ING . part Of our own supplies with
tAem.
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 DO called upon to furnish
100000 tons 81 food of all kinds as
compared with pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
While we viii be able to change our
pRogram 10 many respects, even q
casual survey OF the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption dowr
20 the ba-est minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions Of famine In
Europe thai will be beyond our power
70 remedy. There are 10000. 600 peo-
pie In North Russia whom there In
mal chance Ut reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation 10
demsnlixed ia complete anarchy, aud
shorey many Of their ports will be
fsszen, even II Internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
AZ THU moment Germany hes no
alone sucked the feed and animals
from ell those masses OF people she
has dominated and left starving, but
shs has left behind her y total wreck
age Of social institutions, and this
mass OF people ID now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II we value u own safety and the
social organization Of the world, II ws
value the preservation Of civliizallea
Itself, we cannot permit growth Of this
cancer In the worlds vftals.
Famine Is The mother of anarchy.
fron this inability Of governments TO
secure eco for their people grows
revelation and chao< From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
VI government and The defeat OF IN.
aschy. Did ws pat IL on 10 higher
plane Than U interests In the pro
teetlan 81 cor institutions, we must