The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-12-06
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End oj
War TO Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-wsr Shipments
Rsguired-situation in Wheat ans
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.

Wan the guns In Europe sllenerd.
we have now Ia consider new world
food situation But there caA be- 40
hope that the volume al our exports
cun fle llghtened Ia the slightest d.
gree with the cessation of lnstilitle|
lru-sian yoke ore now depending
upon us far the food which will keep
eArm frnm starvation.
With food The United States made
Il guSSihlr for The force. or demos-
racy 4" hold oul Ia victory. To insure
democracy In the world. We must CON
thu. 10 I've simply in order that We
may supply these liberated nations If
Europe with food. Hunger among
pr"lGc inevitably breeds aTmrchy.
American food must complete tie work
al making the world safe foe democ-
racy.
Last year We sent ,S2O,WW tnRs At
food Ia Europe For the present wear.
with only the European Allies Ia feed.
we had originally pledged ourselves "a
a program that would have increased
our exports 10 I7.5o0,OW tons. Now.
10 feed the liberated nations, we will
have la export n total Of not less than
! 2OWn,OO0 practically the limit
, of loading capnciis al our ports. Ee-
/ viewing the world food aJiuation, we
And that some foods will he obtalnahle
in quantities sufficient TO meet oil
world needs under \ regime " seo-
nomicai consunpi,n. ON The other
hand. there viii he marked world
shortages IN some important cominodi-
ties
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
WIN the ..tllnr"cd wheal crops
which American turner's hnyl 'rOwD,
ana HE supplies of Australia, n Ar
scntlnc and other msrkels nov access
s.hlr D shipping, u,ere ar" bread
graips enough to enable the nations 10
return Ia their normal wheat loaf,
provided We continue Ia mill flour vt
ITCH percentage ~ extraction ana
maintain economy IN eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
la fats here will be u heavy short
: az. uhum 3.,apom.OO0 pound = In
unrk products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. White deere will be n
shortage of nb.ut thrca million tons
in rich nroicin feeds for dairy AMI
mails. here VIII b. sufficient supplies
of Other rrcdstuns Ia blow Economical
consumption
In the matte ~ beof, tse world =
supplies are limited Ia the capacity of
the available refrigcrnting ships. The
supplies. of beef IN Australia, the Ar
/, .rui me aud the United State IRE suf
dccn, - lpud lhcs" ships. y re VIII
u 90 u shortage IN the import o. coun
= tries, hui We cannot hop" 4 expand
r exports materially for the upN months
In view Of Ia, hottie Noes N trans
: portation.
: W. viii h1y, = .ulhcirnt supply al
a sugar TO allow normal consumption IL
. this country " the other nations re-
, tain their Isescni short rations or In
e crease them only slightly. for th'
Ia countries of Europe. however, "a in
:, crsaSe their present rntinns - Il ma
10 terial extent will neccssitatc our shar
d InI a part of our own supplies Will
them.
y Twenty Million Tons OF Food.
y OF the world total. North America
will furnish more than 90 pes cent
= The United States. including the Yves
Indies. viii Ice called upon 10 furnls
aODp,O0 ions of food of AL kinds n
!. compared with our pre- war exports q
:, about GNO.OoO tons.
" While we will he able to CHANGE on
- program in many respect. even
casual survey of the worl, -unplle
In COMPARISON Ia world dcn,a hOn
conc,uSiNrIy that Europe Nll kuu'
canine unless the America p"upl
bring their HON" consump Hn dow
Ia the nar,st minimum that ~ al mali
tain health and strength.
v There are conditions of faIpile
Europe that Win be beyond our row,
W 10 remedy. There are 4O.Noy,f pc
- plc In North Russia whom pr
VI small Glance OF reaching ~ %
y this winter. Their transpo- lI0n
u lSnoraI.g,h Ia complrtc ana rs. az
;" shortly nau, of their Tur VII
Re fro. en-. even II Internal auspo
~ could 10 r'al.zrd
To Pr, serve Civilization.
!, Al this moment Germany has ~
. uIope sucked the food anu ANNA
=, FROM all thuse masses ~ l,s'ple i
!, has dominated and left STAR ing. %
:, an, has left behind Ter total wrec
-, nrr " social Institutions. aud a.
mass 81 people - now confronted wi
absolute anarchy.
Q N We value uur own safety aai q
= social organization III thu world. if =
= value IN. prr>erN alton ~ c!vilizaii'
. tSelf We cannot permit grow n OF u
. ,r,,rr an the worlds Vitsls.
Famine Is ihe mother " anarci
Fr,,m the inability 81 governments
. -.curr food fur their I'~''c gro
Q revolution and chaos Prom IA ahilI
. 80 supply their pe"ple grows siabili
. q, government and the defeat 1t :
= archy. Did We put d. ou no high
~ ulsue than our Interests To- the pi
lection Of our Institutions. We MI
h.stir ourselves In solution Of u
problsa-