Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-12-05
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
ReQuired-Situation Ia Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns In Europe sllencod.
we have now to consider q new world
food situation. But there can be No
hope that the volume Of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation of hostilitieG.
Millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon US for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
1t possible for the forces Of dem0c-
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tinue to live simply In order that We
may supply these liberated nations Of
Europe with food. Hunger among Z
people inevitably breeds anarchy
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy
Last year we sent IL $780, 900 tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to
program that would have increased
our exports to 17,5OO,OO0 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have TO export a total Of not less than
2O.OOO.OOO toas-practically the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
find that some foods will be obtainable
in quantities sufficient to meet Mi
world needs under q regime of eco
nnn1i0Ql I'm <h1
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodi-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies Of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acces.
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf.
provided we continue to mill -four ut
high percentage Of extraction and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance of waste
In fats there will be a heavy short
age - about 3,OO0OOO.O0O pounds - in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be 4
shortage Of about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy ami.
mails. there will be sufficient supplies
OF other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity az
the available refrigerating ships. The
supplies Of beef in Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf.
ficient to load these ships. There will
be shortage In the importing coun.
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
IN view OF the bottle neck in trans
pOrtation.
We will have q sufficient supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country If the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or in
crease them only slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however. to in
crease their present rations to a ina.
teriai extent win necessitate our shnr-
Ing part Of our own supplies with
them
Twenty Million Tons Of Food.
OF the world total. North America
Will furnish more than 60 per cent
The United States, including the West
indies, will be called upon to furnish
2O,OOOOOO tons Of food of all kinds AZ
compared with our pre-war exports Of
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program In many respects, even a
casual survey OF the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions OF famine IN
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy, There are 40.OOO.OOO peo-
pie IN North Russia whom there Ia
small chance Of reaching with fond
this winter. Their Transportation In
demoralized in complete anarchy. and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even ii internal transport
SOUu DC realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
AT this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and anima,a
from all those masses Of people she
has dominated and left starving, hut
she has left behind her Q total wreck
age OF social institutions and this
mass OF people 10 now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II We value our own safety and the
social organization Of the world. il va
value the preservation Of civilization
itself, We cannot permit growth of this
cancer In the worlds vitais.
Famine Is the mother OF anarchy.
From the inability OF governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
OF government and the defea, uf an
0rchy Did NE ns1f II IN ~, ht..,.~~