Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-11
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES.
Food Administrator Writes Presl-
dent America Conserved 141,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44, eoo,o 900 Pounds.

Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,soo,ooo POunds.
Conservation measures applied oyl
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our W forces overseas H.
100000 bushels of wheat and $4,000
600 pounds Of meat during the past
wear. valued in all at s1.40o,o 1000.
This was accomplished In the face OF q
serious food shortage In this country,
b~espeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
4 people have met the food crisis abroad
Food Administrator Hoover. in q let
ter to President Wilson, explains now
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered By the
Food Administration enabled b piiing
ND of the millions Of bushels OF wheat
during 1918 and the shipment OF
meat during 1918.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 1,400, 600, 900, all this food being
bought through or 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 80, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
Qncludlng meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 191e-17.. 2, 166. SOC, 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-1S.. ..3,011,100.OO0 lbs
Increase ........... ips.
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs; they
we're probably less. The increase In
shipments is due to conservation end
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 2,1S8, 100000
pounds, as against 1896. SOC, 900 pounds
In the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average Of
SO1, OO0, 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 1851. 259, 900, 900 bush sls
Fiscal year 1918. $40. 800, 900 bushels
Increase ......... S0,900,000 bushels
OF these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs In the fiscal year
1917-1S to Allied destinations were:
Wheat 1871, DOC. 1000 bushels and of rye
1900, 900 bushels, a total of 144,900,-
900 bushels.
during the fiscal year 1851 were:
Wheat 1875, 100000 bushels and rye
2,300,00 0 bushels, a total of 1S7, 100000
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels of,1917 wheat are now In port
for Allied destinations Or en- route
thereto. Xhe total shipments to Allied
countries from our last harvest Of
wheat will be therefore, about 141 ,000,-
900 bushels, or a total of 154,e00,000
bushels Of prime breadstuffs. In adj
dition to this we have shipped some
10000 900 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 even more
clearly II we bear In mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1916-17
from net earry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200,000,000 bushels Of wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenching on our 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 u normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap-
proximately savings from our swn
wheat bread.
"These figures, however, do dot 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 s1so the corn failed to mature prop
eriy and our corn is our dominant crop.
II am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report. that all the
miltions Of our people, agricultural as
well as 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-ths
homes. public eating places, food
trades. urban or agricultural popula.
ticns-in assessing credit for these re-
suits. but no q will deny the domL
nant part Of the American women"
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