The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-06-07
FOLLY SEND MEN
ABROAD IF ALLIES
ARE NOT SUPPLIED
MORALE OF CIVILIAN PoPULA.
TON MUST BE MAINTAINED
If WAR is TO eE won.
EUROPE NOW SHORT OF FOOD
Dairy Industry Hae Been Hardest Hit
Of Any In Countries over
run by Huns.

It is worse than folly to put 5000,
900 Of our soldiers in France II the
civilian populations of the Allies are
not also to be maintained In strength
and morale with our food. Herbert
Hoover said recently IN communica-
ton to F. B. Mumford, Federal Food
Administrator for Missouri. All
Europe Is now short OF food. he added.
in telling of conditions in the war
stricken countries overrun by Ger
many. t1', (
"If you could stand in the middle Of
Germany today and survey the land to
the borders Of Europe you would dis
cover its whole population of 400 mil
lion human beings, short Of food" said
Mr.. Hoover. Where Germany has
overrun the borders. millions Of people
In Poland, Finland, Serbia, Armenia
and Russia are actually dying OF star
walton and other millions are suffer
ing from under-nutrition. Still others
of these millions outside the German
lines-that is, the Allies and neutrals
ARE living on the barest margins
that will support life and strength.
This, the most appalling and dread
full thing that has come to humanity
since the dawn Of civilization. Is to me
the outstanding creation of German
militarism. yet the Germans them
selves are not the worst sufferers.
They are extorting at the cannon's
mouth the harvests and cattle of the
people they have overrun. leaving
them in desolation.
Il am convinced that If the war.
were to cease tomorrow the toll of ac-
tual dead from starvation and its at
tendant diseases within the German
lines would double or treble the 5,000,-
600 or 100000 men who have been
actually killed by Germany and her
allies In arms. The 100000 people
in occupied Belgium and Northern
France would have died of starvation
had It not been for the action Of the
nations at war with Germany in the
maintenance for these people OF pit
liable relief But this Is only one part
OF the whole story of misery. for the
sinking Of the worlds shipping Is re-
verberating privation in some direc-
ton into every corner of the globe.
Dairy Industry Hardest Hi. H..
"Of all the food industries of Europe.
there is none which has been stricken
by the war as the dairy produce. The
human race through scores Of thou
sands ;of years has developed total
dependency upon cattle for the rear
ing of its young. No greater catas-
trophe can happen to a people than
the loss Of its dairy herds. for the total
loss Of dairy produce means the ulti-
mate extinction Of people.
1.-THE German people supported their
herds by the import Of feedstuffs from
their neighbors. This being cut off by
war. their produce In meat and milk
would have fallen to low ebb indeed
had they not supported themselves to
a considerable degree by stealing the-1
cattle Of the populations they have
overrun. have had Polish and Ser
bian cattle in German pastures point,
ed out to me with pride by German Of
Ulcers. | witnessed for years the steal
ing Of Belgian and French cattle. In |
alone the herds diminished
from 100000 to 100000 in three
months Of German occupation.
Condensed MIX Sent Across.
"One Of the first duties of the Relief
Commission was to undertake the i'm
port of milk in order that these chill
iren might be saved We found that
n the terror under which these people
lived the average period of breast
eeding was fewer than four months.
Ne have. therefore, for nearly four
tsars been sending them American
condensed milk. not Ia single cans,
mt 4 ~, scores n thoasands ,of tons
fhFs shsss besA seascsly = child ;bofh i
:, tho. North n ySnnae., ~, MANY /, 81 /