Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-08-16

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In spite OF n subnormal food supply
In this country the American people
have been ablo TO ship 10 the Allies
as well rs our own forces overseas
l141,OO0,OO0 bushels OF wheat, besides
S44. 10000 pounds OF meat, during the
year ending June 30 last. This has
been mnde possible by the whole.
eouled cooperation OF the people,
who. besides practiclng self-denlal,
have spcedcd up production and re-
sponded nobly TO the appeal from
abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, In q
letter 10 President Wilson, gives a
brief summary Of the results Of food
conservation In the United States and
of the activities Of the Food Admin.
istrntlon 10 this end. Tho conserva-
tion measures have been put through
practically on n voluntary basis which
is regarded as n splendid tribute 10
the patriotism Of the American people.
Meat shipments were Increased 844,-
100000 pounds during the first fiscal
INfNIs nN fIlHIlilfl WIN Jul llfhA "a
ports during the year before America
entered the war.
THE total value Of these food ship
mcnts, Mr.. Hoover wrote President
Wilson, (which were IN the main pur-
lchased through or with collaboration
lOf the Food Administration, amount
TO. roundly, S1.4OO,OOO,oOo during the
fiscal year"
In t9lG-17 tho United States sent
the Allies 2%,lGG.500.O00 pounds Of
ment. Ia lOt7-lS, with voluntary on
%servntion practlccd IN America, and
aided by extra weight Of animals, we
sent the Allies 2,Ol1, 100000 pounds Of
ment, an Increase OF S4i,GOO,OO0
pounds.
Wheat Saving Enormous.
when tho Food Administration be-
gan operations IN the summer OF 1917,
this country was facing a large deficit
in wheat. Counting In all carry-over
wheat from the 1910 crop. we had at
the beginning Of the 1917 harvest year
just enough wheat to take care Of
Americas normal consumption,-not q
bushel OF surplus.
Al the close Of the 1918 harvest
year the Food Administrations Official
reports showed that our total wheat
shipments to the other side had been
shipped was wheat saved by the
American people from their normal
consumption.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced 10 terms OF cepnal bushels our
shipments 10 Allied destinations were
8l0.S0O,0O0 bushels, s0.0OO.OOO bushels
more than the amount sent IN 1891.
Included In these figures are 1900
600 bushels Of rye and the t4i,0OO.O0O
bushels OF saved wheat In addition
we cent the neutrals dependent on Ms
1O.OOO.OOO bushels Of prime breadstuffs,
These figures no not fully convey
the volume NJ the enort and sacrifice
made during the past wear hy the
whole American people the Food Ad.
mlnistrntor wrote. ~ am sure that
ull the millions OF our people agricul-
tuml as well ns urban, who have % n
trlbutcd 10 these results should feel
"A very definite satisfaction that In a
year 81 universal food shortages In
the Northern Hemisphere, all OF those
people Joined together against Ger
many came through 10 the new har.
vest, not only with health and strength
fully maintained, but with only tenn
pornry periods OF hardship,
1T rs difficult % distinguish be
tween various sections OF our people
tho homes, public eating places, food
trade urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these
results, but no one will deny the dom
linant part OF the American women.