The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-13
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
over Three Times Prs-war shipments
Roqulrsd-sltuatlon In Wheat and
Pats Proves oovsrnmsnps
Policy eound.

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food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume Of our ,
can be lightened 10 the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hostilities
Millions Of people liberated from the
Prusslan yoke are now depending
upon ne for the food which viii keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
q possible for the forces OF democ
racy 20 hold nut 10 victory. To Insure
democracy In the world. w must con.
tinue to live simply IN order that We
may supply these liberated nations Of
Europe with food. Hunger among q
people Inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year We sent ii,s20.OOO tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year.
with only the European Allies TO feed,
va had originally pledged ourselves 10
a program that would have Increased
our exports 10 100000 tonA Now,
10 feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export n total OF not less than
2o.0oo.Oo0 toas-practicaily the limit
Of loading capacity az our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
md that some foods will be obtalnable
In Quantities uunicient 70 meet ali
world needs under a regime Of eco-
nomical consumption. On the other
hand. there viii be marked world
shortages In some important eommodl-
tiea
Return 10 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 aces
slble to shipping. there are bread
grair. enough TO enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue TO mill -four At
a high percentage OF extraction and
maintain economy In eating and the
avoidance OF waste.
In fats there will be a heavy short
: - about 3.000.O00.000 pounds - In
pork products. dairy prodscts and
vegetable oils. While there will be q
shortage OF about three million tons
In rich protein feeds for dairy AMI
unlA there vii be sufieient supplies
Of other feedstuRs TO allow economical
consumption.
In tho matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited 20 the capacity Of
he available refrigerating shlpa The
supplies Of beef In Australia. the Ar.
gentine and the United States are SUI.
hcient to load these shipa There win
be a shortage In the importing coun-
tries. but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the nextmonths
In view OF the bottle neck In trans
p~ortation.
We win have a sufficient suppay Of
sugar 10 allow normal consumption IN
this country n the other nations re-
tain their present short ratlons or On.
crease them only slightly. For the
countries OF Europe however, 10 In
crease their present rations 20 . ma.
terial extent will necessttate our shar.
Ing a part Of u own supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tons Of Rood.
OF the world ponl, North America
viii furnish more than 90 per .
The United STATES. including the West
indies, win be called upon TO furnish
100000 tons Of mod OF al Kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports OF
about 100000 tors.
While va win be able 20 change our
program In many respects, even o
casual survey Of the world supplies
In comparison to world demands shows
oonclusively that Europe will know
fnmine unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the hnr-st MIN lmum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are Conditions OF famine IN
Europe that win be beyond 0ur power
20 remedy. There are 100000 PEG
pie In Nor1h Russia whom there IL
small change OF reaching with food
this winten Their transportation 10
demorall1Od In complete anarchy, and
shortly RAINY OF their ports will be
frozen. even n internal transport
could be realIzed.
To PrsssrAs Civilization.
AZ this momera Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has left behind her a total wreck.
age Of social institutions. and this
mi. 80 OF people Is now confronted with
ABSOLUTE anarchy.
n We value our own safety and the
sOcial organization Of the world, II we
value the preservation OF civilization
itself. we cannot permit growth Of this
cancer IN the worlds vitalA.
Famine n the mother OF anarchy.
From the inability Of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revelation and chmos. From an ability
10 supply their people grows stability
Of government and the defeat OF an
archy. DID W. put Il on 10 higher
plane man a interests In the pro