The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-11-15
HOOVER OUTLINES
1919 FOOD PROGRAM
FOOD CHIEF GIVES FIGURES
SHOWING WHY AMERICAN
PEOPLE MUST CONSERVE.
Gospel Of the Clean Plate viii Go q
Long Way Toward Turning The
Trick Allied Table VIII Be
Less in Spite OF All Our
Efforts.

| mended Tor the American people duF-
ing the coming year
| There is no prospect OF prope.
ending of the war before the cam
| paign OF the summer OF 1919. To at
tain victory we must place in France
| three-and- a-half million lighting men
with the greatest mechanical equip
ment that has ever been given to any
army. While we expect the position
on the Western front may be improv-
/ ed, from military point of view, be-
tween now and then, there can be no
hope OF contamination Of the end
that We must secure until another
year has gone by.
If we are TO accomplish this end in
1919 we will save a million American
lives that will be expended If we have
to continue until 1920. To give this
final blow in 1919 we have not only
to find the men, shipping and equip
ment for this gigantic army, but this
army. the Allied Armies and the Al.
lied civil population must have ample
food In the meantime If we are to
! maintain their strength. We can do
all these things and l believe we can
bring this dreadful business to an end
il every man. woman and child in
the United States tests every action
every day and hour by the one touch
stone-does this or that contribute to
winning the war
The food program is no small part
OF this issue. To provide ships for
our Army, we have not only to build
all that we can but we must have the
help Of Allied shipping. In order that
the Allies may provide this, they must
! take food ships from the more dis
tant markets and place them upon
the shorter run to the United States.
! We must decrease our imports OF
sugar, coffee and tropical fruits.
Under these conditions, the demand
upon us is for larger supplies. The
conferences on food supply and ship
ping we have held in Europe enable
us to estimate our burden. Compared
with previous years, the Allied civil
| ians and armies, our own armies, the
Belgian Relief and certain neutrals
following round amounts from us:
Meats and Fats-(Beef, Pork, Dairy,
! Poultry and Vegetable Oil Products),
average 3-year Pre-war shipments tons
! Gao, 0O0 shipped year ending July l, 1918
tons 1,55O,00O; must ship year ending
! July l, 1919 tons $500, 00O increase this
year over last year tons 100000
Bread Stuffs-(Wheat and substitutes
Of 90 q
war shipments tons 3320,0 00 shipped
year ending July l, 1918 tons $500, 000
must ship year ending July /. 1919 tons
| 10, 400 600; increase this year over last
year tons 100000
Sugar-(From United States and West
Indies). average 3-year Prey war ship
ments tons els. go; shipped year ending
July |. 1918 tons 100000; must ship
year ending July l. 1919 tons 1850. OOO
increase this year over last year tons
$50. 900.
Feed Grains-(Mostly Army OATS, aV-
erage Swear Pre-war shipments tons
$780, shipped year ending July l, 1918
tons l,950.OOO; must ship year ending
July l, 1919 tons 100000; increase this
year over last year tons 100000.
Totals-Average 3-year Pre-war ship
ments tons 5,533,O00; shipped year end
ing July l, 1918 tons 11S20. 900; must
ship year ending July l, 1913 tons 1885,
900; Increase this yeaar over last year
tons $3.50. 900.
Even this program means further
self denial by the Allies next year.
They are making this sacrifice in the
common cause. We must maintain
the health and strength OF every hum
an being among them or they will be
unable to put their full strength
alongside our own in the supreme
effort At the Presidents direction.
have assured them that lin this com.
mon cause, We eat at common
table, and upon entering these con
ferences in Europe We promised them
that whatever their war-food program
called for from us we should fulfill.
If we survey our ability to meet
this definite promise to them we find
that our wheat production this year
Is better than last year our produc-
ton of other cereals is less. We have
had severe losses through drought in
many sections. On balance our re-
sources are no great than last year.
We find however that we can give
IllS IuCIedSe III lOOQ supplies, or o.
100000 tons over last year, and still
have a margin over the amount neces.
sary to maintain our own health and
strength.
At best the Allied table will be less
than ours, for the Allied peoples are
denying themselves more in order To
transport our soldiers. We can do no
less than fill the ships they send us.
OF our imports, we shall apparently
have sufficient sugar to maintain the
present consumption and take care OF
the extra drain Of the Allies from our
markets instead of compelling them
to send their ships to the Far East.
We can secure in sailing vessels the
coffee We need, IL no one makes an
over-brew. OF our own products we
must secure reduction in consump-
ton and waste in the two great
groups Of, first, breadstuffs; and sec.
Ond. meats and fats:-that IA. in ALI