The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-13
Forty Millions in Russia Alone Faced by Starva-
 tion This Winter, He Says
FOOD ADMINISTRATION DISCONTINUED WHEN
 PEACE IS DECLARED
Economy and Elimination of Waste Still Necessary, But Substitutes
 in Bread Can Be Advantage ously Abandoned

Washington, November 12. The Nations obli@ations and
 opportunity to serve stricken
 humanity in war-torn Europe
 by helping to provide suste- nance until the next harvest will demand further sacri- fices of the American people, Food Administrator Hoover
 declared today, in an address at conference here of state food administrators.
 Conditions of famine exist in Europe. MT Hoover said, which will be beyond
 cur powers to remedy even with the carrying out of the plan to ship from
 America 2o.ooocoo tons of foodstuffs dur Ing the next year. In northern Russia alone, he declared. there are 4o,o0o,o0o people who have but little chance of ob- taining food this winter, Millions of
 others throughout Europe, he said, who ear be reached. must be fed, rThis being the world situation ere ated by the collapse of the war. Mm H@aver continued, the prime changes
 in our policies on todays outlook. can be summarized:
 , That we may now advantageously wheat bread: that we will still require economy and elimination of waste in it's consumption that for the present we
 need conservation in butter. and con densed milk that ultimately we must ex- tend this to all the fats
 We can contemplate at the most, maintaining fully three pounds per month of sugar per person of household sugar on this present outlook, and we can by | the availability of Java sugars to Europe at sonce to relax more restraints on sugar l pending some change in European pol 1 icies.
 'srhese are special features of changes | in policy, but the shifting of conserva- ! tion from one commodity to another is not the whole policy There is one policy which cannot change and that is l the vital necessity of simple living to economize in all consumption for commod- l ities more or less substituted for each other. We must realize that the spectre of famine abroad now haunts the abun- ! dance on our tables at home. "The matter of prime importance to each of us, is how much of each commod- ity the exporting countries can furnish
 between now and next harvest. and how much is necessary to the importing coun- tries in which we have vital interest, 1 In order to maintain health and public order in the world
 l computation on this basis shows, Mir. 1 Hoover said, this situation until next | harvest
 | A shortage of about 5000, 900 900 pounds 1 In pork and dairy products and vegetable oils, and of dairy feeds of about 5000, COG l tons Of beef there are sufficient sup plies to load all refrigerating ships to capacity, and there will be enough of other foodstuffs provided the utmost economy is practiced by the American public. Although sugar that will be I available is ample for normal consump- ton here, if other nations retain their present short rations, any increase in Europe will create a world shortage. l There is surplus of coffee.
 North America, MT. Hoover said. will have to furnish 60 per cent of the world supply of foodstuffs, and the United | States and the West Indies will be able
 to export 20.000.000 tons as against pre-
 war normal of 6.o00, 100000 tons. I There will be shortage under the
 normal world supply of fats for two ol
 three years. Mir. Hoover asserted, anc pork production must be maintained. Oi
 Americas export possibilities in fats, ths
 largest item will be pork products. MT Hoover said
 | MT. Hoover told the state admins ! tration that the food administration vii l be discontinued under the law wher peace is proclaimed. and added:
 'I do not expect to see it's renewal
 q look now, he said for turn Tn American food trades toward consrv- latism and safe business"