The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-24
AMERICAN WHEAT
ENLIYENS MORALE
FOOD FOR ALLIES MUST GO
FORWARD OR DISAS-
TER FOLLOW.

Columbia, Mo-, March 22-Thc
big food conservation program for
the next five or six weeks will be
concentrated on wheat, according to
the state food administration.
Wheat must be sent abroad to tho
allies to prevent a breakdown in the
morale A morale that could never
be broken by the might of the Ger
man armies alone would crumplc
beneath the strain Of worry and anX-
iety if the men on the fighting line
knew those at home were suffering
for want of bread
The one thing that can prevent
collapse Of morale is American
food, and especially American
wheat" said F. B. Mumford, fed
eral food administrator for Missou-
ri. "If we should stop our export
tomorrow, in only a few weeks we
would find we were alone in our
fight against Germany
Saving from our own normal
consumption of wheat is the only
way we can meet the demands for
wheat for export. We must realize
that failure to do this would mean
defeat. We know that unless Eu-
rope can be fed Europe cannot
fight. We know that unless we
save from our normal consumption
Europe cannot be fed.
"This makes wheat conservation
an absolute military necessity; it is
as necessary as the making Of guns
ammunition and airplanes. Lack Of
food will mean defeat as surely as
lack of munitions OF war. America
is the only available market for
wheat now. The tonnage cannot be
spared for the long trips to Aus
tralia and South America. We must
reduce consumption that Europe
may be fed with what America
saves"
Maximum Prices.
Maximum prices of the 1918 grain
crop Of Great Britain have been
agreed upon by the food controller
in conjunction with the board of
agriculture and fisheries, the board
of agriculture of Scotland, and the
department of technical instruction
for Ireland, according to reports
just received by the Missouri diyi-
sion of the United States food ad.
minstration. The prices are as fol
lows:
Wheat and rye, Sis a bushel
barley, $l.67 bushel; oats, $l06 a
bushel.
All grain crops grown in Great
Britain will be taken over by the
government at these prices. The
supplies needed will be bought by
the government at prevailing mar
ket prices for imports, but will be
distributed at the regulated prices
and the loss sustained will be paid
by the government.
The new retail price assigned for
marmalade in England is p cents q |
pound.
Here are a few food facts an
nounced today by the Missouri di-
vision Of the United States food ad-
ministration.
Food, especially wheat, is more
important in seeing the allies
through the war than men or muni-
tions at the present time.
The question of who wins the war
is the question OF who can endure
the longest, and the problem of en-
durance in our country is the prob
lem Of food supply and the ships to
carry it.
Last Bushel of Wheat"
It will not be the last 100000 men.
but the last 100000 bushels Of wheat
that will win the war.
The world wheat crop for 1917 |
Exclusive Of the Teutonic powers |
was only IS per cent normal. This
in the face of largely increased acre
age. The wheat crop Of France last
year was only IS per cent normal |
and Italy's was only SIS per cent
normal.
The women of France are abso-
lutely dependent upon wheat bread.
which forms 81 per cent of the total |.
food of the French people (the pres
ent ration is II ounces a day for a
laborer), larger percentage than
with any other nation Of the world
They eat no rice, no corn; they
know nothing OF oatmeal, and OF
barley have little knowledge.
We must save 30 per cent OF our
wheat, 20 per cent Of our pork. 10
per cent OF our beef and mutton and
~ per cent OF our sugar.
Argentina and India are O.OOO
miles from Europe, Australia is TO- II
600 miles, but the United States is
only 5000 miles away. One ship
sailing between France and Ameri- II
ca can haul wheat to Europe faster
than three ships from Australia.
One hundred million bushels oil
wheat must go from America. Ships
TO get it from other countries do not
exist.