Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-08-22
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED the ALLIES
Food Administrator Writes Presi-
dent America Conserved l4l,.
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.


CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased BY
s44,6o0,0o0 Pounds.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our W forces overseas 14l,
100000 bushels of wheat and S44, 900,
600 pounds Of meat during the past
year, valued in oil at $1.40O.OO 900
This was accomplished In the face of a
serious food shortage In this country
%bespeuking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have me the food crisis abroad
Food Administrator Hoover, in a let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fOstered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up of the millions Of bushels Of wheat
during 1918 and the shipment OF
meat during 1917-1S.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $l,4OO, O00, 900, all this food being
bought through Dr. In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 30, 1918.
The shipments Of meats and fats
Nncluding meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils. etc., to Allied des.
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year l916-l7... 3, l66, SOC, 900 lbs
Fiscal year 1917-1S.. ..3,O11, 100 900 lbs
Increase ........... S44, GOO, 900 lbs
Our slaughterable animals at the be.
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
a%ppreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments Is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the ex-
ports to the Allies were 2,133, 100, OO0
pounds, as against 1866, 100000 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
SO1, 900, 900 pounds Of total exports for
the same half years In the %three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1861. 259, 1900 900 bushels
Fiscal year 1918. $40, SOC, 900 bushels
Increase ......... $4,000, 900 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations were
Wheat 49, 900 bushels and of rye
100000 bushels, a total Of 144,9OO,-
900 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1867 were
Wheat 1876, 1OO,0 900 bushels and rye
100000 bushels, a total of 1877, o 900
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels Of 1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto. The total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest Of
wheat will be therefore, about 141,O0O,-
900 bushels, or a total of 154,9OO,OOO
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad-
ditior to this we have shipped some
100000 bushels to neutrals depend.
ent upon US, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out aver more
clearly II we bear In mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1867
from net c%arry-over and as surplus
owe our normal consumption about
2OO,O0O,000 bushels of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
%trenching on Jul home loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. ':This last year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De-
spite the magnificent effort of our agri-
cultural population in planting a much
increased acreage In 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote In
concluding his report, "that all the
millions Of u people, agricultural as
well az urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel a very
definite satisfaction that in a year Of
universal food shortages In the north.
ern hemisphere all Of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight Of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods Of hardship.
1T Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections Of our people-the
homes, public eating places, food
urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no n will deny the domL
nant part Of the American women"
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