The Washington herald., 1918-07-19
HOOVER TELLS
OFGLORYHON
IN FOOD SAVED
Sacrifices Of Americans
Brought Allies Over
Hard Period.

The United States SHIPPED . total
Of q. l0o0oooo0 worth OF foodstuffs to
the allied countries Of Europe during
the fiscal year which has Just closed.
Il was learned yesterday from letter
sent to President Wilson by Herbert
Hoover, Federal Food Administrator.
This enormous total Of overseas
food transportation only begins to
represent what, the American people
can conserve at homo for shipment
to our soreiy pressed. allieAl the food
chief assures the President
Letter to President.
The letter of Administrator Hoover
to President Wilson 10 as follows:
- July II, 1919
Dear Mr.. President:
1T Is now possible to summarize
the shipments OF foodstuffs from the
United States to the allied countries
during the fiscal year Just closed
practically the last harvest year.
These amounts include all shipments
to allied. countries for their and our
armies. the civilian population, :. the
Belgian Relief and Red Cross The
figures indicate the measure Of effort
OF the American people In support Of
allied food supplies.
'The total value Of these food ship
ments, which were In the main pur-
chased through, or with the collabora-
ton Of, the Food Administration,
amount to. roundly. 81. .4oo. .Oooo 900 dur
ing the fiscal year.
Meats and Fats.
The shipments OF meats and fats
(ihcludes meat products, dairy pro-
ducts, vegetable oils, etc.). to allied
destinations were as follows:
1s16-17. ........ 2.1ss.5o0,0oo lbs.
1s17-1s. ....... 3.o11.10o.ooo lbs.
Increase. s44.600,0 900 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the
beginning of the last fiscal year
were not appreciably larger than the
year before. and particularly in
hogs they were probably less. The
increase in shipments Is due to con-
servation 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
exports to the allies were 2,133,-
100, 900 pounds, as against 1.266.500,-
900 pounds in the same period of
the year before This compares
with an average of s01, 200, 900
pounds of total exports for the same
half years in the three-year pre-
war period.
Cereal Products.
Tn cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels, our
shipments to allied destinations have
been: -----.. - .....-.. ..-
Fiscal year 1861. 2sssOo. 900 bushels.
Fiscal year 1s17-1s. $40 800. 900 bushels.
Increase. 50. .s0o. 900 bushels.
OF these cereals our shipments Of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal
year 19f7-1s to allied destinations were,
wheat 131, 10000 bushels, and Of rye
13, 100000 bushels, a total Of 1A. 800. 900
bushels.
These figures. however. do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. Despite
the magnificent effort OF our asricul-
tural population in planting . much
increased acreage In 1917. not only was
there a very large failure in wheat
but also, the corn failed to mature
properly and our corn is our dominant
crop. We calculate that the total
nutritjonaI production of the country
for the fiscal year just closed was
between Z per cent and per cent
beelow the average Of the three
previous years, our nutritional surplus
for export In those years being about
the same amount as the shrinkago
last year. Therefore the consumption
and waste in food haye been greatly
reduced in every direction during the
year.
AUfe., Strength SustaIned.
'I am sure that all the millions of
our people, agricultural as well as
urban, who have contributed to these
results should feel q very definite sat
isfaction that in q year of universal
food shortages In the northern hemi-
sphere all Of those people Joined to-
gether against Germany have come
through into sight Of the coming har-
vest not only with health and
strength fully maintained. but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
"The European allies have been
compelled to sacrifice more than our
own people but we have not failed to
load every steamer since the delays of
the storm months last winter. Our
contributions to this end could not
have been accomplished without ef-
fort and sacrifice and 1t is a matter
for further satisfaction that 1t has
been accomplished voluntarily and in
divdualiy.
TT is difficult to distinguish be-
twene various sections OF our people
the homes, public eating places, food
trades, urban or agricultural popula-
tions-in assessing credit for these re-
suits, but no one will deny the domi-
nant part of the American women.