Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-24
FOOD SITUATION BETTER THAN 1917, SAYS MIR. HOOVER Only Restrictions Will Be in Use of Beef and
 Sugar. FOOD HEAD RETURNS FROM TRIP ACROSS Declares U. s. Must Share With Allies Their Sacrifice of Food As
 Armies Are Sharing
 in Battle.

New Pork, Aug. 23.-The United States will share with the al ies their sacrifice of food as we'll as Slood m the cause of world democracy. declar- ed Herbert c. Hoover, federal food administrator, on his arrival here to- day en route to Washington, after a brief visit to England and France.
 Asserting that i've nave :o make good" a pledge to this eject, which he had given to the allied food admin. istrations while sitting lat common table i'll common cause" Mr Hoo- yer said that to do so, America vii: next year have to supply .he allies 4,OOO, 100000 pounds of fats, 30O. O.OOO,. 900 pounds of beef products. 5OO, ,OOO.- 900 bushels of cereals, and 1,5OG, 900 tons of sugar.
 However, MT. Hoover added, begin ming September 1, there will .te no need for drastic food rationns in the allied countries, except in the case of sugar and beef.
 Allies Harvests Cool.
 In statement dealing with his observations abroad MT. Hoover said in part:
 "The harvest in France, England and Italy are better than one could expect in the tremendous Lrail of man power to the front. This is due 70 the women.
 There is no sight in the world that would appeal to the Americaa heart as that of the literally millints C. women doing all of the work -attiEg in the harvests while their men are at work in the shops and driving back the Germans"
 Of the food stuffs which America must export, Mir. Hoover said:
 After shipping is set aside for the transport of the American army and for military purpose of the allic,, 8 definite amount of tonnage is mad: available for the transport oi food for civilian consumption. '"The purpose of our European food conference has been determined the amount of food upon which hea!ih and morale can be maintained. and 70 determine the nearest possible sOur" ces of supply of this food to the a,- lies.
 Burden Falls Upon America.
 Upon North America falls the bur- den of food supply.
 
 900 bushels of grain this year. the major part of the allied program for next year falls tupon us. We have also to feed our own enormous army. We can do it If we simply hays the will to live with every economy and to waste nothing.
 By the great efforts of our farm CTS, our United States harvests are better this year, but in order that we may build up surplus of wheat this year, as against possible crop failures such as we had last year. we have de. cided to mix 20 percent of other grains with wheat flour in all the countries fighting Germany.
 We cannot ask for better bread than France, and we propose the American should maintain common standard of bread with them.
 Better Bread Than Last Year.
 Bread to them is of the first i'm portance. it comprises SO per cent ol their food intake.
 By supplying them with bread and fats in such amounts as will nos necessitate rationing on their side we can Test asured that their courage and strength in the war will remain high during next winter. ' "It will be bad winter in Europe, because cool will be much shorter there than ever last winter. and the health of their populations cannot De maintained, if they, in addition, are to